PARALYMPICS

India opened their campaign at the Paralympic games with women paddlers Sonalben Patel and Bhavinaben Patel and while both were up against more fancied opponents, Sonalben ran World No.4 and Rio Games silver-medallist close. Bhavinaben […]

On the first day of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, Paige GRECO (age 24, Australia) won the first gold medal of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games in the Women’s C1-3 3000m Individual Pursuit. Greco triumphed […]

President of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Andrew Parsons told athletes that they were the “the best of humanity” as the Tokyo Paralympics kicked off with a vibrant Opening Ceremony on Tuesday. The delayed 16th […]

The Tokyo Paralympics get underway today, with Covid-19 cases rising in Japan and all parties acknowledging that there is still a challenge ahead. Delayed by a year because of the pandemic and with supporters unable […]

The Afghanistan flag will be displayed in Tuesday’s opening ceremony of the Paralympics even though the country’s athletes were not able to get to Tokyo to compete. Andrew Parsons, the president of the International Paralympic […]

Tokyo 2020 will exceed Rio 2016 in terms of the number of National Paralympic Committees (NPCs) set to take part in the Paralympic Games. A total of 162 delegations, including the Refugee Paralympic Team and […]

The Organising Committee of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games has announced the concepts for the Opening and Closing Ceremonies, backing up the overall message of “Moving Forward”. “We Have Wings” will be the concept for […]

The Tokyo 2020 Parlaympic Games will start on August 24, 2021. The 16th edition of these Games will offer some new events and sports. Here, check out the complete schedule and key dates. After a […]

The Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (Tokyo 2020) and the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) today hosted a ceremony at the Village Plaza in the Paralympic Village during which a Paralympic Mural […]