PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Herath scripts history for Sri Lanka
‘I just enjoyed the weather out here today as it was like I was training in my backyard’

Lekhara enters history books with gold
“I can't describe this feeling, I'm feeling like I'm on top of the world. It's unexplainable”

More than 20 countries benefit from Kit Us Out support
Nearly 30 lifters compete in Tokyo with lifting suits donated through World Para Powerlifting partnership with Great Britain-based organisation

Refugee Paralympic Team Airbnb Online Experience inspires youth
IIeana Rodriguez hosts Tokyo schoolchildren in exclusive Experience

IPC pay tribute following passing of former IOC President Rogge
'It was under Jacques’s leadership that London 2012, arguably the greatest Olympic and Paralympic Games, took place'

It's a China sweep in wheelchair fencing closing day at Tokyo 2020
Chinese team won in men and women's foil team events at the Makuhari Messe, finishing with a record 20 medals overall

Tokyo 2020 Day 6: Ones to Watch
Some of the greatest shooting para sport names, among other sports, will start competing this Monday in the Games

Sunday sees fastest 100m in Paralympics and Ecuador's gold
Salum Kashafali breaks Jason Smyth's 11-year-old mark the same day the Irish takes his fourth 100m title at the National Stadium

Day 5 review: Wheelchair rugby shocks continue, triathlon thriller, Ecuador history
Great Britain claim a historic wheelchair rugby title, the women's triathlon saw a sprint finish and shot put world record goes long way for Ecuador