PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Star-studded Para athletics competition set to start in Tokyo
Athletes from 156 nations will compete in 167 medal events during the 10-day action at the National Olympic stadium

Al Hussein to open Refugee Paralympic Team participation
Class 8 swimmer is the first athlete of the six-member team to compete in the Paralympic Games

Paralympics preview: shooting day two
Paralympic legends Sareh Javanmardi and Yang Chao to be the biggest stars in action at the Asaka Shooting Range on 31 August

Day 3: Paralympic Games preview
Athletics takes centerstage and judo starts action, while swimming and track cycling go on awarding medals

Kukundakwe hopes her Paralympic campaign will change perceptions
The youngest Paralympian at Tokyo 2020 hopes her debut has an impact that reaches outside of sport

IPC reminds athletes to prepare for heat and humidity at Tokyo 2020
Awareness and methods to counteract adverse weather effects can help Para athletes perform at their best

China’s Guo Lingling yearns to clinch first Paralympic gold
World record holder and favourite for gold, Chinese lifter will have Indonesia's Ni Nengah Widiasih and Syria’s Noura Badour as main rivals in the -41kg event

From the saddle to the cells: Danish rider plans to improve local penal system
After the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, Tobias Jorgensen wants to help rehabilitate prison inmates in his country

Four golds for Australia on fantastic day one
Fourteen-year old gives Japan its first medal at the home Games while Paralympic legend Daniel Dias extends his legacy with 25th medal in the pool

Four gold medals only part of the plan for Sherif Osman
'My dream is to win six gold medals in six Paralympic Games. I feel I am standing at the middle of my road. I have a lot of road left, and it will be difficult'