SRF broadcasts live from the Paralympics for the first time
The Paralympics will be held in Rio de Janeiro from September 7 to 18, 2016. SRF will broadcast part of the competitions live for the first time.
On September 7, the 2016 Paralympics will open in Rio. SRF will be on site with its own crew for the week and a half, broadcasting more live Paralympic sports than ever before. 23 hours of sport are on the program. For Switzerland, 24 athletes will compete at the Paralmypics 2016. Also taking part are Manuela Schär and Marcel Hug - two familiar faces from the scene, and gold medal candidates in various disciplines at the same time. Almost half of the Swiss Paralympians compete in the discipline of athletics. For this reason, SRF is concentrating on these disciplines during the live broadcasts. Stefan Hofmänner will comment on the Paralympic competitions. At his side is Christof Baer as an expert. Baer was Chief de Mission Paralympics until Sochi 2014 and now works at Swiss Olympic. Roland Mägerle, Head of Department at SRF Sport: "It is important for us to cover the Paralympics in live programming. For the first time, SRF is broadcasting a large live area. With this, we want to set another example in SRF's diverse sports programming."
