PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
Lia Coryell painted mental picture of Tokyo in fight for life against Covid-19
'I spent many days in the hospital looking at the ceiling, breathing and mentalising (the Paralympic Games). I just see it, it’s on my head all the time'
Tenorio targets medal in seventh consecutive Games after winning Covid battle
Brazil legend was hospitalised for 18 days and says " being in Tokyo is already a very big victory"
Refugee Paralympic Team athletes ready to 'make dreams come true' in the Games
For swimmer Abbas Karimi and athlete Alia Issa, competing at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics is the greatest step of an arduous journey
Kashafali plots course from civil war to maths teacher in Norway
'Moving to Norway was like winning the lottery. It was a one in a million chance, to go from begging for food to getting a roof over you'
USA and Japan take first gold as day two sees 11 world records
Anastasia Pagonis breaks record in her Paralympic debut and Takayuki Suzuki puts host nation on the top of the podium at the Paralympic Games
Tan Shumei wins second gold in wheelchair fencing at Tokyo 2020
Chinese wheelchair fencer obtains back-to-back victories in the épée and sabre category B events in Japan
World record debut for Lingling on day of first-time champions
Kazakhstan and Jordan make history with their first Paralympic powerlifting gold while Nigeria shows fine form in the opening day in Tokyo
Pagonis speaks out about panic attack ahead of world record win in swimming
"Mental health is 100% of the game. If you're not mentally there then you're not there at all"
Takayuki Suzuki delivers first Tokyo 2020 gold medal to hosts Japan
Suzuki wins men’s 100m freestyle S4 in a Paralympic record of 1:21:58
What wheelchair rugby star Kory Puderbaugh said to President Obama
"I asked him when he was going to get his six-pack abs back. He laughed and said, ‘I’m still working on my four-pack’"