PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
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Great Britain win gold 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/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/2021-08/GettyImages-1337017826.jpg?h=b04c4a8c&itok=QIHRRXy4)
Great Britain 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/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/2021-08/Ibrahim-refugee.jpeg?itok=pHU6INYp)
Al Hussein carries message of hope in Tokyo
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"
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Patel's struggle is now laced with silver
On the occasion of India's National Sports Day, Patel creates history
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Thrilling sprint finish sees Gretsch beat Parker to tape
Para triathlon competition wraps up at Tokyo 2020 with four champions crowned
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A common goal unites Spanish rowing crew despite less than a month together
"Just a year ago many of us really didn’t know how to row"
![Female rower on her boat celebrates gold medal](/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/2021-08/birgit-skarstein-getty.jpg?itok=V4D9tql8)
Skarstein claim elusive Paralympic gold in Tokyo
Norwegian left behind the dissapointment from Rio 2016, where she just missed the podium, to secure a much-celebrated Tokyo 2020 title
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Tokyo 2020 Day 5: Ones to Watch
It's debut day for the unbeaten Brazilian football-5-a-side team and Mexican judoka Lenia Ruvalcaba
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Tigist Gezahagn Mengistu takes Ethiopia to the top
First-ever Paralympic gold comes in the women's 1500m T13, South Africa claims two golds at the National Olympic Stadium on Saturday
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Amalia Perez rewrites history with fourth Paralympic gold
Mexican takes first place ahead of Nigeria's Lucy Ejike in nail-biting competition, Bonnie Gustin gives Malaysia its first Para powerlifting gold