PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
![Team standing holding the Haiti flag](/sites/default/files/2021-08/7f594b98-1f59-4d46-9599-64e3017a0bbc.jpeg)
Haiti arrives at the Paralympic Games amid devastating earthquake
"It’s really important for Haiti to be here, to show the world that we are still here."
![Chilean Alberto Abarza celebrates winning the celebrates winning the men's 100m backstroke S2](/sites/default/files/2021-08/Alberto-Abarza.jpg)
Alberto Abarza claims Chile's second Paralympic gold medal ever
The 36-year old topped the podium in the men's 100m backstroke S2
![Female wheelchair fencer celebrates](/sites/default/files/2020-03/saysunee-jana.jpg)
Day 2: Paralympic Games preview
Medals to be awarded in cycling track, equestrian, powerlifting, swimming and wheelchair fencing
![female Para equestrian rider Natasha Baker on the podium with her gold medal](/sites/default/files/images/180727150529212_Natasha-Baker-Rio-2016.jpg)
Great Britain's Natasha Baker makes all the right sounds as 'horse whisperer'
'Lottie is my sole focus. I devote all of my time and all of my energy into her, because we have to have a really deep connection'
![Wearing a white mask and black top and shorts, Natalia Partyka smiles in the press mixed zone](/sites/default/files/2021-08/IMG_9325.jpg)
Leading Para table tennis athletes reflect on the Olympic Games
Melissa Tapper of Australia and Natalia Partyka of Poland, both known rivals, qualified for both the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games
![Two men in chairs in the middle of a square](/sites/default/files/2021-08/1628884773907.jpg)
Greek father and son making Paralympic history
Lazaros and Leontios Stefanidis get ready for their Games debut competing in men's shot put F33 and F20, respectively at Tokyo 2020
![Sarah Storey](/sites/default/files/2021-08/Sarah%20Storey%201.jpg)
Great Britain's Sarah Storey clinches 15th gold of her Paralympic career
'It's quite overwhelming. I don't know if it will sink in until I get home'
![Danish wheelchair rugby team celebrating after beating powerhouses Australia](/sites/default/files/2021-08/Denmark-wheelchair-rugby.jpg)
Rio 2016 champions Australia stunned by Paralympic debutants Denmark
Day 1 of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic wheelchair rugby competition sees one of biggest upsets in the sport
![A picture of a man celebrating on a bench press](/sites/default/files/2021-08/GettyImages-151147636.jpg)
Tokyo 2020: Para powerlifting in numbers
Facts, numbers and records to get ready for all the Paralympic action that kicks off in Japan on 26 August
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Blast survivor Shepherd relishing second chance in Tokyo
'I’ve always joked with my siblings (that) I’m the miracle child, I’m the favourite with mum and dad'