PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
![Petrucio Ferreira dos Santos of Brazil wins and sets a new world record in the Men's 100m T47 Final at the London 2017 World Para Athletics Championships.](/sites/default/files/images/180129104325463_Petrucio%2BFerreira%2B.jpg)
No pressure for Brazil's Petrucio dos Santos at the Paralympic Games
‘I am a man that likes the challenges. It is not pressure, it is a challenge that I present to myself: try the best you can’
![Alexandre Bento Anastacio of France and Adam Scaturro and Josh Wheeler of USA at Rio 2016](/sites/default/files/2021-08/GettyImages-605727810%281%29.jpg)
USA wheelchair rugby star Adam Scaturro hit heights in Everest adventure
'I wanted to do it because nobody else in a wheelchair had gone up there before'
Inseparable German judo twins Ramona and Carmen Brussig are reunited in Tokyo
‘We always need each other because we are very close. We cannot be alone, and the older we get, the closer we become’
![Rowing venue for Tokyo 2020](/sites/default/files/2021-06/Sea-Forest-Waterway-tokyo-rowing.jpg)
Nigeria Para rower Ijomah Kingsley has the appetite for success
'They’re world champions in powerlifting, in table tennis and in javelin, but rowing just doesn’t exist at that level yet. It’s a big deal for Nigeria'
![Japanese Para athletes Yui Kamiji, Shunsuke Uchida and Karin Morisaki turn and wave after lighting the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Flame](/sites/default/files/2021-08/Cauldron.jpg)
LET THE PARALYMPIC GAMES BEGIN!
The Paralympic Games have wings and take flight in a spectacular Opening Ceremony
![Agitos logo in front of the Olympic Stadium at Tokyo 2020](/sites/default/files/2021-08/tokyo-2020-olympic-stadium-agitos.jpg)
Are You Ready? Paralympians set to change world’s view on disability at Tokyo 2020
Opening Ceremony on 24 August to kick off spectacle of amazing athlete performances to come
![Lucy Ejike poses with her gold medal after winning in Manchester](/sites/default/files/2021-03/Lucy-Ejike.jpg)
Nigeria athletes striving for Games success
'Nigerian Para athletes are going for the kill'
![A man and a woman in a press conference wearing face masks](/sites/default/files/2021-08/1800413.jpg)
Flag bearer Alia Issa leading from the front in more ways than one
First woman to be part of a Refugee Paralympic Team she will be the flag bearer in the Opening Ceremony of the Paralympic Games