PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
![Sevda Valiyeva of Azerbaijan celebrates her gold medal on the podium](/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/2021-08/Sevda-Valiyeva.jpg?itok=D4EnPY0q)
Valiyeva takes gold on Paralympic debut
Khanim Huseynova wins the women's -63kg and Huseyn Rahimli takes men's -81kg gold
![Japanese male wheelchair rugby player and his team line up for the anthem](/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/2021-08/daisuke-ikezaki-tokyo-2020-getty.jpg?itok=5E9Zh_m5)
Fairy-tale ending not meant to be for Japan at home Paralympics
Home favourites shocked by Great Britain in semi-finals and will play for bronze medal on Sunday
![Qian Yang](/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/2021-08/Qian%20Yang.jpg?h=1835bcdf&itok=mBtRnbAh)
Australia's Qian Yang stuns Polish star Natalia Partyka
Yang sets up a title clash with Brazil’s Bruna Alexandre
![Phipps close up chasing the ball in his wheelchair](/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/2021-08/GettyImages-1336469981.jpg?h=a5f1ef32&itok=_smY2lTc)
Wheelchair rugby star conquers Kilimanjaro on hands and knees
Aaron Phipps crawled to the summit in 2016 when a wheelchair adapted for the task proved not up to the job
![Lora Fachie -with pilot Corrine Hall- competing in the women's 1,000m time trial B at the Izu Velodrome](/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/2021-08/Lora-Fachie.jpg?itok=l3xf-jP6)
Lora and Neil Fachie each take track cycling gold
Great Britain complete sweep on final day of track cycling competition to finish top of the sport's medal standings
![Male triathlete celebrates crossing finish tape](/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/2021-08/alexis-hanquinquant-ois.jpg?h=c475bd48&itok=cO6q03qK)
Alexis Hanquinquant lands triathlon title on Paralympic debut
'I hoped to win today and I don't realise it quite yet. It really is a dream come true. I will never forget today'
![Reinhardt Hamman in a green vest with a gold chain shouts with exertion](/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/2021-08/1801711.jpg?h=fbadb82f&itok=-AiqQab0)
Hamman uses photography to show the world Para sport
"It's a lifechanging moment every time I hit the shutter."
Rio 2016 boccia individual medallists back for another gold in Tokyo
All four individual boccia champions at Rio 2016 will have a chance to reclaim their title
![A man showing his medal and four fingers in a hand](/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/2021-08/51405843358_4c226f69f6_c.jpg?itok=VYKHbMQ5)
Liu Lei ends Paralympic career on a high note in Tokyo
Chinese equals countryman Haidong Zhang's record of four consecutive gold medals. Mariana Shevchuk denies China's gold sweep on day two
![a group of male wheelchair rugby players celebrating on the court](/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/images/180615094505355_Australia%2Brugby%2B2016.jpg?itok=rGwuJl2T)
Australian wheelchair rugby player overcomes rare disease to be in the Paralympics
With a singular optical condition , Richard Voris could not play for the team for five years and missed Rio 2016