PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Defending champion Sareh Javanmardi claims back-to-back title
Iranian retains her Paralympic pistol gold while China’s Yang Chao also tops the podium for the second consecutive Games in shooting

Paris 2024 calls for Para sport representation in emoji
Organising Committee to file an official proposal today to the Unicode Consortium with the support of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC), French National Paralympic Committee (CNPSF) and numerous French and international Olympians and Paralympians

Zeyen in a class of her own, clinches road cycling gold
Bonn-based star won the women's time trial H1-3 on the former Formula 1 track at the foot of Mount Fuji with a time of 32:46.97

No stopping ‘Queen of Sprint’ Omara Durand
With 400m T12 in the bag, the Cuban sensation sets sight on retaining 100m, 200m T12 titles

Queen Durand and newcomer Sol lead Cuba's golden morning
Cuban vision-impaired sprinter takes her sixth Paralympic title in a session with Marcel Hug's second triumph and Brazil's 100th gold in Games history

I’mPOSSIBLE supporters recognised at Tokyo 2020
Three schools and two athletes receive award for supporting Paralympic education programme

The ‘healing power of horses’: a hard road to Tokyo for two riders
Philippa Johnson-Dwyer and Louise Etzner Jakobsson tell remarkable stories of strength to overcome illnesses to compete

History-maker Qarada's twin passions, powerlifting and his wife
'We have a lot of conversation about the sport and discuss each other’s game'

Day 7: Paralympic Games preview
Action includes more than 20 finals in athletics and beginning of road cycling competitions

Day 6 review: Felix Streng flexes strength as Sri Lanka also grab headlines
A night to remember with high-speed thrills and history-making moments for Sri Lanka, Chile, India and Costa Rica