PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
![Japanese male wheelchair rugby player and his team line up for the anthem](/sites/default/files/2021-08/daisuke-ikezaki-tokyo-2020-getty.jpg)
Fairy-tale ending not meant to be for Japan wheelchair rugby squad at Tokyo 2020
Home favourites shocked by Great Britain in semi-finals and will play for bronze medal on Sunday
![Qian Yang](/sites/default/files/2021-08/Qian%20Yang.jpg)
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/2021-08/GettyImages-1336469981.jpg)
Great Britain 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/2021-08/Lora-Fachie.jpg)
British power couple 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/2021-08/alexis-hanquinquant-ois.jpg)
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/2021-08/1801711.jpg)
South Africa's Reinhardt 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
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Liu Lei ends Paralympic career on a high note
Chinese equals countryman Haidong Zhang's record of four consecutive gold medals. Mariana Shevchuk denies China's gold sweep on day two
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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
![A man in a wheelchair celebrates the victory, putting his fist up](/sites/default/files/2021-08/Tomoki%20Sato.jpg)
Tomoki Sato takes hosts to the top of the podium
Wheelchair racer gives Japan its first Para athletics gold while Brazil's Petrucio Ferreira successfully defends his 100m Paralympic title