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![The mascots Miraitowa and Someity were part of the Tokyo Parasports Forward event on August 24th.](/sites/default/files/2023-09/0824Opening%20of%20%20Competition%20demonstrationsresized_0.jpg)
Tokyo keeps its inclusiveness promotion through Para sport events
Tokyo celebrated the two-year anniversary of the 2020 Paralympics with Para sport competitions and exhibitions
![A male athlete with a prosthetic leg steps forward to throw a javelin](/sites/default/files/2022-10/India%20Sumit%20Antil%20Tokyo%202020-1.jpg)
India’s Paralympic champion Antil shares secret to his success in javelin throwing
Antil extended the world record three times in the men’s javelin F64 final at Tokyo 2020 en route to winning his maiden gold medal
![A blind football player in a blue jersey competes for the ball against a player in a white jersey at Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games.](/sites/default/files/2022-08/Japan%20blind%20football.jpg)
Tokyo 2020 one-year anniversary: Blind football league launched a year after Games
Players and officials pin high hopes on new league after Japan made their Paralympic debut in Tokyo
![A Japanese female athlete with a gold medal around her neck waves her hand.](/sites/default/files/2022-08/SUGIURA%201.jpg)
Age-defying cyclist Keiko Sugiura looks toward Paris 2024 and beyond
At Tokyo 2020, the Japanese athlete captured two gold medals at age 50 and became the oldest-ever Paralympic gold medallist from the country
![Lisa Gjessing of Denmark in action](/sites/default/files/2021-08/Lisa%20Gjessing%20of%20Denmark.jpg)
Para taekwondo, badminton stars look back on sports’ historic debuts at Tokyo 2020
Para taekwondo’s Lisa Gjessing and Para badminton’s Cheah Liek Hou share what winning gold in Tokyo meant for them and their sports
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Tokyo 2020 one-year anniversary: IPC President praises Japan's Paralympic legacy
Andrew Parsons spoke with the Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and met with Tokyo's Governor Koike as part of the events held to celebrate the one-year anniversary of the 2020 Paralympic Games
Tokyo 2020 one-year anniversary: A Paralympian's show-stealing violin performance
Paralympic swimmer and mother-of-three Manami Ito re-learned to play the violin with a prosthetic arm to fulfil a childhood promise made to her mother
![Three athletes on wheelchairs light a sphere-shaped cauldron during the Opening Ceremony of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games.](/sites/default/files/2022-08/Tokyo%202020%20cauldron.jpg)
Tokyo 2020 one-year anniversary: Top 10 moments of the Games
Looking back at the athletic feats and some of the most emotional moments from last year’s Paralympic Games.
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Tokyo 2020 one-year anniversary: Andrew Parsons reflects on the legacy of the Games
"Japan as a nation, they were really proud of not only delivering the Games but offering to 1.2 billion persons with disability worldwide that amazing platform to send their message of inclusion to the world"
![A smiling male coach and female athlete wave an Uzbek flag between them after a competition bout.](/sites/default/files/2022-08/Guljony%20Naimova%20coach%20Uzbekistan%20Tokyo.jpg)
Becoming Paralympic champion helps Uzbekistan’s Naimova find her place in life
Overcoming financial difficulty and social stigma before becoming Uzbekistan’s youngest Paralympic champion, Guljony Naimova is now one of the most successful and popular athletes in Asia
![The Agitos sign in front of the Tokyo Stadium at dusk.](/sites/default/files/2022-07/Agitos%20Tokyo%202020%20sign.jpg)
Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Parks to be transformed into Games legacy
Games-time symbols to be reinstalled in Tokyo as a commemoration of the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games
![Photo of Japanese male Prime Minister speaking on podium](/sites/default/files/2022-07/japan-prime-minister-shinzo-abe.jpg)
IPC shocked and saddened by the death of Shinzo Abe
“Abe was a wonderful friend and keen supporter of the Paralympic Movement, his work leaves an important legacy of social inclusion," IPC President Andrew Parsons said in a statement.
Tokyo 2020 announces its financial results
Final expenditures for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games were less than the first version of the budget announced in December 2016 despite additional costs related to the event's postponement
![Marcin Polak and his pilot Michal Ladosz race on the track at Tokyo 2020.](/sites/default/files/2022-05/Marcin%20Polak%20and%20pilot%20Michal%20Ladosz%20Tokyo%202020%20poland%20track%20cycling.jpg)
UCI statement concerning Marcin Polak
Polak is stripped of his bronze medal in the men's 4000m individual pursuit from Tokyo 2020, which now passes to France's Alexandre Lloveras
![Tokyo 2020 Opening Ceremony](/sites/default/files/2021-12/Tokyo-2020-Opening.jpg)
Tokyo 2020 unveils one-year anniversary emblem
Emblems created for the first anniversary of the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games are part of the Tokyo 2020 Games One Year Anniversary Commemorative Project
![Photos of Australian Paralympians from Tokyo 2020 are projected on the Sydney Opera House at nighttime](/sites/default/files/2022-04/AustraliaParalympicTokyo2020SydneyOpera.jpg)
Post-Tokyo 2020 study shows Australia’s Paralympians are more popular than ever
Tokyo 2020 performances help Australian Paralympians' bond with fans reach all-time high
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WADA backed Independent Observer Team commends IPC for anti-doping policies in Tokyo
IPC releases details of anti-doping programme for Beijing 2022 Paralympic Winter Games
![Colorful display of Olympic Stadium during Closing Ceremony](/sites/default/files/2021-09/closing-ceremony-ois-tokyo-2020.jpg)
No COVID-19 spread between participants and residents
'The results also show that, despite the criticisms and concerns expressed before the Games, Tokyo 2020 did not lead to a spreading event, let alone a super spreading event, and mass events can be delivered safely if the appropriate countermeasures are in place.'
![Keiichi Kimura stands on the top of the podium at Tokyo 2020 following his gold medal performance](/sites/default/files/2021-12/Keiichi-Kimura.jpg)
Tokyo 2020 launches Podium Legacy Project
Games podiums to be donated to schools and communities which hosted Tokyo 2020 competition venues
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Tokyo 2020: Takeaways from Para Canoe
Eighteen-year-old Hungarian Peter Pal Kiss became the youngest ever Para Canoe Paralympic gold medallist, and the first teenager to triumph, in the men’s KL1