PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
![Alana Maldonado in action during the Tokyo 2020 final](/sites/default/files/2021-08/Alana-Maldonado.jpg)
Alana Maldonado returns from Rio 2016 disappointment and claims coveted gold
Brazilian beats Georgia’s Ina Kaldani to win the women's -70kg gold
![Jessica Stretton wearing glasses and a cap while competing](/sites/default/files/images/190529130821797_Jessica-Stretton_0.jpg)
Day 5: Paralympic Games preview
Super Sunday has 63 finals on the schedule with the focus on athletics and swimming
![German male table tennis player celebrates](/sites/default/files/2021-08/Valentin-Baus-getty.jpg)
Germany’s Valentin Baus takes sweet revenge at Tokyo
Beats arch rival Cao Ningning of China for gold
![A woman in a racing wheelchair holding a British flag next to a board with her name and world record](/sites/default/files/2021-08/GettyImages-1336973211.jpg)
Hurricane Hannah strikes again for sixth gold
British wheelchair racer breaks her own 100m T34 world record with two more gold for China at the National Olympic Stadium on Sunday morning
![Veronika Vadovicova](/sites/default/files/2021-08/Veronika%20Vadovicova_0.jpg)
Day 6: Paralympic Games preview
Shooting competition starts in Tokyo 2020, while it will be a wrap up for powerlifting and equestrian
![Vanhove brothers](/sites/default/files/2021-08/1802923%20%281%29.jpg)
Three is the magic number for Vanhove brothers as Belgium go for goalball glory
Tom and Bruno Vanhove have been joined by younger brother Arne
![Lee Pearson lays his head on his horse](/sites/default/files/2021-08/GettyImages-1336448316.jpg)
Great Britain win gold in the team test to music despite inexperienced horses
Netherlands take silver with a narrow score margin
![Charles Aoki reaches for the ball past Jim Roberts in the wheelchair rugby gold medal game](/sites/default/files/2021-08/GettyImages-1337017826.jpg)
Great Britain triumph over USA as first European nation to win wheelchair rugby gold
Japan beat defending champions Australia for a bronze on home soil
![Refugee Paralympic athlete Ibrahim Al Hussein in the pool after a race](/sites/default/files/2021-08/Ibrahim-refugee.jpeg)
Ibrahim Al Hussein carries refugee message of hope at Tokyo 2020 despite lung injury
Refugee Paralympic Team athlete proves that nothing can stop him from competing in Tokyo and delivering "a message to the 12 million refugees with a disability around the world"
![Bhavinaben Patel poses with the Indian flag after her historical performance](/sites/default/files/2021-08/India-table-tennis.jpg)
From Sundhiya village to Tokyo – Bhavinaben Patel's struggle is now laced with silver
On the occasion of India's National Sports Day, Patel creates history