PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
![Gold medalist Daniel Dias of Brazil celebrates on the podium at the medal ceremony for the Men's 200m Freestyle - S5 Final on day 1 of the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games](/sites/default/files/images/160909122025260_GettyImages-600950782.jpg)
Tokyo 2020 Day 1: Ones to Watch
Brazilian superstar swimmer Daniel Dias and Australia's Ryley Batt, considered the best wheelchair rugby player in the world, are among the attractions of the first day of competition
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IPC President Andrew Parsons' Tokyo 2020 Opening Ceremony speech
Full text of Andrew Parsons' Opening Ceremony address
![Sarah Storey cuddles her daughter and displays her gold medal](/sites/default/files/2021-08/1071988%281%29.jpg)
British serial winner Sarah Storey chasing cycling glory on track and road
Multiple medallist Storey juggles sport and motherhood as she targets third consecutive C5 3000m individual pursuit title
![Natalia Partyka competing in Rio de Janeiro](/sites/default/files/images/160914134252549_GettyImages-588939342.jpg)
Partyka seeks fifth gold medal in table tennis at Tokyo 2020
After wins at Athens 2004, Beijing 2008, London 2012 and Rio 2016, Polish believes the road to another gold won't be easy
Australia promise to put on show in bid for third wheelchair rugby gold medal
Decorated captain Ryley Batt sounds warning to rivals USA and Japan
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Sir Lee Pearson, the knight on a quest to add to his 11 Paralympic gold medals
‘As a man you never plan to change your title. You think you are always going to be a mister’
![Lithuania goalball team run across court to celebrate gold](/sites/default/files/2021-08/1066081.jpg)
Veteran Pavliukianec answers the goalball call at the age of 45
‘I don't have a job. I had spent a long time with my family, and then I got bored’
![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’