PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Avani Lekhara headlines historic day one for India
Nineteen-year-old becomes the first Indian woman to top the podium in the Games, China and Sweden also claim golds at Asaka Shooting Range

Wheelchair tennis player Stefan Olsson calls it a day after five Paralympic Games
Surgery and kids time on the agenda for 34-year-old Swedish veteran

Morning action has Mexico's 100th gold and Sri Lanka's first
Chile also makes history with the first woman to win a Paralympic Games medal in any sport at the National Olympic Stadium

Van Zon makes it three Paralympic gold medals in a row
Dutch table tennis player beats Russian Paralympic Committee's Viktoriia Safonova in the class 7 final

Storey on hunt for second cycling title of Tokyo 2020
Paralympic France debutant Alexandre Leaute also back in action after two medals on track

India's Sumit Antil aims to compete in Olympics and Paralympics in Paris
“I’m confident of throwing between 75 to 80m and that should be enough to compete amongst the able-bodied athletes”

Animal connection leads to double gold for George
Final gold medals of dressage go to Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark, Great Britain and USA

Rwanda confident strong domestic game will lead to international glory
African nation plans to follow Iran's route to sitting volleyball success

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”