This is an event that highlights the human ability to overcome hardships and disabilities, so the word "insurmountable" isn't one you're likely to hear in Paris.

To fully understand what each competition involves at the Paralympic Games, here’s everything you need to know about the Paralympic classification system.

Being the follow-up act to the Paris Olympics is no easy task, but the Paralympic Games that begin Wednesday promise to offer up their own fair share of memorable sporting moments.

“Classification is the cornerstone of the Paralympic Movement, it determines which athletes are eligible to compete in a sport and how athletes are grouped together for competition,” says the IPC.

Seventeen days after the closing ceremony of an outstanding Olympics, France is hosting its next global sporting event as the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games get underway.

“Classification is the cornerstone of the Paralympic Movement, it determines which athletes are eligible to compete in a sport and how athletes are grouped together for competition,” says the IPC.