PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

How surviving a hippo attack helps archer Philip Coates-Palgrave keep calm
'When you go down it is like being in a huge washing machine. You've got to give yourself and trust that you will go to the surface at some point'

Day 1 review: Australia’s Greco snags first gold of Games, China sabre sweep
Australia finish first day on top of the medals table with 10 while China come in second with a total of eight, including five golds

No rival for China in first day of wheelchair fencing in Tokyo
Chinese athletes swept all four gold medals available in the sabre individual category A and B events

Tokyo 2020 Day 2: Ones to Watch
Champions at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games, Bruinsma and Rong seek more gold medals in Japan

Paige Greco wins first gold of the Paralympic Games
The 24-year-old sets a world record on her way to the women's 3,000m individual pursuit C1-3

Haiti arrives at the Paralympic Games amid devastating earthquake
"It’s really important for Haiti to be here, to show the world that we are still here."

Abarza claims Chile's second Paralympic gold medal ever
The 36-year old topped the podium in the men's 100m backstroke S2

Day 2: Paralympic Games preview
Medals to be awarded in cycling track, equestrian, powerlifting, swimming and wheelchair fencing

Baker makes all the right sounds as 'horse whisperer'
'Lottie is my sole focus. I devote all of my time and all of my energy into her, because we have to have a really deep connection'

Leading Para table tennis athletes reflect on the Olympic Games
Melissa Tapper of Australia and Natalia Partyka of Poland, both known rivals, qualified for both the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games