Opportunity 2030: writing the story of truly inclusive Games
Statement for the reintegration of Adapted Sports at the 2030 Winter Paralympic Games s
A unique opportunity for France
In 2030, the French Alps will host the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. This world event is much more than a sports celebration: it is the opportunity to take an historic step by officially integrating adapted sport, practiced by people with mental or psychological disabilities.
So far, these high-level athletes in adapted sport have never really had their place in a winter edition of the Games. Yet, they train with rigor, perform, push their limits and embody the same values of overcoming and fraternity as all other athletes.
Why now?
The conditions are right. Adapted sport is now fully structured: international regulations exist, reliable sports classifications are recognized and a network of athletes progresses every year all over the world.
In France, the French Federation of Adapted Sports (FFSA) and Virtus already organize high-level competitions, such as the 2023 Global Games in Vichy or the 2025 World Championships for adapted skiing in Tignes and Bessans.
These past and future experiences prove that no heavy landscaping was necessary: the sites are ready, so are the athletes.
France has the know-how, infrastructure and political commitment to take this step. France confirms its ability to organize high-level international competitions in the field of adapted sport and para sport.
An initiative born in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Co-host of the 2030 Games, the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Region is now recognized as a pioneer in disability policy. For several years, it has been deploying a proactive strategy to support people with disabilities in all areas of their daily life: access to training, employment, mobility, culture and, of course, sport. With a simple but strong conviction: inclusion is not a supplement of soul, but an essential condition for a more just and supportive society.
In June 2025, this dynamic was concretized by the adoption, in Plenary Assembly, of a vow officially calling for the reintegration of adapted sport in the 2030 Paralympic Winter Games.
It is therefore only natural that the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region be the birthplace of this statement: an approach that transcends partisan borders, uniting athletes, families, federations and citizens around the same ambition.
A legacy for tomorrow
Bringing adapted sport in 2030 is not only repairing an injustice: it is building a lasting legacy. In the continuity of the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games, which marked a historic step forward for inclusion, the hosting of adapted sports events in 2030 would open a new stage: that of integration into sports clubs, everywhere in the territory, of people with mental or psychic disabilities. This would be a way to transform the momentum of the Games into daily practice, accessible to all.
By becoming the first host country to include, once again, adapted sport athletes in both the Summer and Winter Paralympic Games, France would be sending an unprecedented signal to the world. It would show that inclusion should not be a distant horizon, but an immediate and universal commitment.