PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
![A man celebrating in the swimming pool with his fist high](/sites/default/files/2021-08/1801149.jpg)
Four golds for Australia on fantastic day one
Fourteen-year old gives Japan its first medal at the home Games while Paralympic legend Daniel Dias extends his legacy with 25th medal in the pool
![Sherif Osman holds up his London 2012 gold medal](/sites/default/files/2021-08/GettyImages-151074925.jpg)
Four gold medals only part of the plan for powerlifter Sherif Osman
'My dream is to win six gold medals in six Paralympic Games. I feel I am standing at the middle of my road. I have a lot of road left, and it will be difficult'
![Row of archers in training](/sites/default/files/2021-08/GettyImages-1335680200.jpg)
How surviving a hippo attack helps archer Philip Coates-Palgrave keep calm
'When you go down it is like being in a huge washing machine. You've got to give yourself and trust that you will go to the surface at some point'
![Paige Greco displays her gold medal](/sites/default/files/2021-08/1800939.jpg)
Day 1 review: Australia’s Greco snags first gold of Games, China sabre sweep
Australia finish first day on top of the medals table with 10 while China come in second with a total of eight, including five golds
![Tan Shumei in wheelchair fencing](/sites/default/files/2021-08/GettyImages-1336279147.jpg)
No rival for China in first day of wheelchair fencing at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics
Chinese athletes swept all four gold medals available in the sabre individual category A and B events
![female Para swimmer Liesette Bruinsma raises her arm in celebration after winning her race](/sites/default/files/images/180816062508710_Liesette-Bruisnma-Dublin-2018.jpg)
Tokyo 2020 Day 2: Ones to Watch
Champions at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games, Bruinsma and Rong seek more gold medals in Japan
![Paige Greco of Australia celebrates as she wins the gold medal](/sites/default/files/2021-08/1800913.jpg)
Australian cyclist Paige Greco wins first gold of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games
The 24-year-old sets a world record on her way to the women's 3,000m individual pursuit C1-3
![Team standing holding the Haiti flag](/sites/default/files/2021-08/7f594b98-1f59-4d46-9599-64e3017a0bbc.jpeg)
Haiti arrives at the Paralympic Games amid devastating earthquake
"It’s really important for Haiti to be here, to show the world that we are still here."
![Chilean Alberto Abarza celebrates winning the celebrates winning the men's 100m backstroke S2](/sites/default/files/2021-08/Alberto-Abarza.jpg)
Alberto Abarza claims Chile's second Paralympic gold medal ever
The 36-year old topped the podium in the men's 100m backstroke S2
![Female wheelchair fencer celebrates](/sites/default/files/2020-03/saysunee-jana.jpg)
Day 2: Paralympic Games preview
Medals to be awarded in cycling track, equestrian, powerlifting, swimming and wheelchair fencing