Rio de Janeiro - With 38 finals in six disciplines today will start the competition program of the Paralympic Games Rio 2016, which until next September 18th will encourage more than four thousand athletes representing 160 countries.

Swimming is the sport that distribute titles this Friday (16) and will in all styles: free, butterfly, chest and back. Meanwhile, in track and field tests will be announced nine champions in long jump tests, five thousand meters, drive the bullet and release of the album.

Athletics will feature one of the most renowned sprinters in the world, the Irish Jason Smyth, whom many call the Paralympics Bolt.

As the 'Ray' Jamaican athlete Smyth-a blind man will be the dispute in 100 and 200 meters; two distances in which owns the world records of 10.46 and 21.05 seconds respectively.

Testing individual pursuit, male and female, awarded five sets of medals in track cycling, while judo, weightlifting and shooting sports distributed two each.

On the tatami, the final of the 48 kg for women and 60 for men to be settled in weightlifting he will fight for the podium in the 41 kilos (F) and 49 (M), while the shooters contest prizes air rifle standing 10 meters in both sexes.

In shooting will be another of the legends of these quotes: Swede Jonas Jacobsson, who at age 51 take part in its tenth Games. Jacobson, who competes in wheelchair, hoards 28 medals, of which 17 are gold.

Among the other sports, you will also see action on the first day of football activity stands seven clashes with Brazil-Argentina-Britain and Iran. The program is completed by the duels between Ukraine-Ireland and the Netherlands-United States.

The Rio 2016 Paralympic Games include 23 disciplines, including triathlon debut, whose three events (750 meter swim, 20 kilometer bike and five-kilometer race) start and end at the historic Fort of Copacabana.

During the 11 days of competition 528 sets of medals, 225 of them in the women, 265 male and 38 mixed events will be distributed.

Brazil attends this event with the largest delegation in its history, 287 athletes of which 46 already climbed the podium in previous Paralympics.

Homeowners are aimed placed fifth in the medal and beat his performance four years ago in London, where they reached 43 medals: 21 gold, 14 silver and 8 bronze.

According to the Brazilian Paralympic Committee (CPB), 80 percent of possible titles should contribute them to get athletics and swimming, as to aspire to be among the top five will be necessary to achieve at least 30 AUREOS metals.