PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
![Phipps close up chasing the ball in his wheelchair](/sites/default/files/2021-08/GettyImages-1336469981.jpg)
Tokyo 2020: Takeaways from wheelchair rugby
New gold medallists crowned, defending Paralympic champions disappoint and hosts reach podium at 2020 Paralympics
![Keiichi Kimura](/sites/default/files/2020-09/Kimura%20Keiichi%201.jpg)
Day 10: Paralympic Games preview
Competition schedule features 55 medal events this Friday, the last day of swimming
![Nemati celebrates gold](/sites/default/files/2021-09/GettyImages-1337819440.jpg)
Third is the charm for archer Zahra Nemati
Iranian claimed her third consecutive Paralympic gold medal in the women's individual recurve event
![Female archer raises arms in triumph](/sites/default/files/2021-09/zahra-nemati-tokyo.jpg)
Day 9 review: Taekwondo kicks off debut with upsets as Zahra Nemati amazes
Paralympic champions also crowned in athletic, cycling, shooting, swimming and table tennis
![Leonor Espinoza Carranza smiles and hugs a colleague wearing a white jacker with peru on the back](/sites/default/files/2021-09/1805076.jpg)
Joy as Peru take gold on Para taekwondo debut
Serial winner Bolor Erdene Ganbat of Mongolia loses for first time in his career
![A woman sitting in a wheelchair wrapped around with the Swiss flag](/sites/default/files/2021-09/rsz_gettyimages-1337798204.jpg)
Swiss wheelchair racers produce magic in rainy Tokyo on day seven
Paralympic legend Omara Durand wins second gold and Greece's Athanasios Ghavelas takes his first title setting a new world record in the men's 100m T11
![Veronika Vadovicova gold medalist at Shooting R2 Women's 10m Air Rifle Standing SH1 Final at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.](/sites/default/files/images/160913095523755_Veronika%2BVadovicova.jpg)
Paralympics preview: shooting day five
Slovakia's Vadovicova and Chinese Paralympic medallists among the favourites on Friday's two medal events at the Asaka Shooting Range
The coaches who helped the refugee Paralympic athletes on their journey to Tokyo 2020
Shahrad Nasajpour and Anas Al Khalifa describe the positive impact their coaches have had on them
![Xiang Zhao of China celebrating](/sites/default/files/2021-09/GettyImages-1337813202.jpg)
Flawless day for China in table tennis at Tokyo 2020
Chinese players win all five team finals contested this Thursday
![Peruvian taekwondin Angelica Espinoza smiles on the podium while holding the gold medal](/sites/default/files/2021-09/Angelica-Espinoza.jpg)
Angelica Espinoza brings joy to Peru with first Paralympic taekwondo gold
The 23-year-old becomes Peru's first Paralympic champion in over two decades