PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
![Male canoe athlete celebrates](/sites/default/files/2021-09/fernando-rufino-ois.jpg)
Gold medal a story of resilience for canoeists Fernando Rufino, Edina Mueller
Canoe competition concludes at Tokyo 2020 with five Paralympic champions celebrating
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Azerbaijan's gold medal rush continues on morning of day 11
Valiyeva and Aslanov triumph on penultimate day as Cockroft and Ktila add new Paralympic titles to their collection at the National Stadium
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USA and Tatyana McFaddden take historic universal relay gold
Germany's Johannes Floors wins his first individual Paralympic gold with Peter Genyn getting the revenge over Toni Piispanen
![New members of the IPC Athletes Council are introduced during the closing ceremony of the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.](/sites/default/files/images/161216093705047_Athletes%2BCouncil.jpg)
Six new members of IPC Athletes' Council elected at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games
Turnout a record 55.5 per cent, up 1.5 per cent on Rio 2016
![Wheelchair racer Walid Ktila celebrates with the Tunisian flag after winning the 800m](/sites/default/files/2021-09/Walid-Ktila-Tunisia.jpg)
Pace drives Tunisia’s Walid Ktila to dizzying heights
‘Awareness is a key for change and every time I win a medal, or my teammates, we get heard’
![Indian shooters Manish Narwal and Singhraj Adana share the podium](/sites/default/files/2021-09/shooting-India2.jpeg)
Manish Narwal and Singhraj Adana take double shooting medals for India
This was India’s third gold at the ongoing Games, taking the medal tally to 15
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No party time for Ntando Mahlangu with exams looming
‘From athletics to academics, I want to give my 100 percent. I have my vacation now only in December’
![Leomon Moreno reaches for a blue ball](/sites/default/files/2021-09/1805558.jpg)
Day 10 review: Goalball champions decided while Pakistan make history
Brazil and Turkey victorious in goalball, while many more moments were created at Tokyo 2020
![Brazil 5-a-side player dribbles Japanese rivals](/sites/default/files/2021-09/GettyImages-1337169110AlexPantinglow.jpg)
Day 11: Paralympic Games preview
Football 5-a-side, archery, boccia, taekwondo and wheelchair tennis are among the sports with their final events
![Natalia Partyka focuses on the table tennis ball](/sites/default/files/2021-09/GettyImages-1336254749.jpg)
Natalia Partyka exacts revenge to leave Tokyo 2020 with gold
Poland defeated Australia in the doubles gold medal match