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![A Para swimmer posing with four medals and smiling to the camera](/sites/default/files/2021-09/GettyImages-1338066365.jpg)
Tokyo 2020: Top 10 Para swimming moments
Legends, newcomers and first-time gold medallists make it to the list voted by fans on World Para Swimming social media channels
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Tokyo 2020: Takeaways from wheelchair fencing
Bebe Vio shines as China extend dominance
![Alana Maldonado in action during the Tokyo 2020 final](/sites/default/files/2021-08/Alana-Maldonado.jpg)
Tokyo 2020: Takeaways from judo
The home of judo received athletes from across the globe at the legendary Nippon Budokan
![Two wheelchair basketball male athletes reach for the ball in the air](/sites/default/files/2021-09/Trevon-Jenifer-Renshi-Chokai-ois.jpg)
Tokyo 2020: Takeaways from wheelchair basketball
A future Hall of Famer shined while Asian nations showed they should not be taken lightly
![Turkish female goalball team celebrates after defending the Paralympic title in Tokyo.](/sites/default/files/2021-09/Turkey-goalball_1.jpg)
Tokyo 2020: Takeaways from goalball
Incredible displays of speed, skill and strength that showed the very best of the sport
![Two male wheelchair table tennis players playing with judge looking on](/sites/default/files/2021-09/Panfeng-Feng-Thomas-Schmidberger-Class-3-ois.jpg)
Tokyo 2020: Takeaways from Para table tennis
Upsets, new stars and a rising nation in the sport at Tokyo 2020
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Asia emerge as dominant force at Tokyo 2020
China stamp their dominance by finishing at the top of the medals table
![Cyclists battling heavy rain in the road race](/sites/default/files/2021-09/sarah-storey-tokyo-2020-cycling.jpg)
Tokyo 2020: Takeaways from Para cycling
Takeaways from the track and road, and a forecast for Paris 2024
![Woman riding a horse](/sites/default/files/2021-08/sanne-voets-ois.jpg)
Tokyo 2020: Takeaways from Para equestrian
Strongest ever competition with expert display from rising stars in Para equestrian at Tokyo 2020
![Brazilian football 5-a-side player Jardiel Vieira Soares celebrates his first Paralympic goal against France](/sites/default/files/2021-09/Jardiel3.jpg)
Golden Paralympic debut for Brazil’s Jardiel Vieira Soares
The 25-year-old wingers’ successful Games exudes confidence in Brazil’s next generation of football 5-a-side wonderkids
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Tokyo 2020: Takeaways from Para archery
From returning champions to unexpected results, archery was full of storylines in Tokyo
![Paige Greco of Australia celebrates as she wins the gold medal](/sites/default/files/2021-08/1800913.jpg)
Australia, New Zealand keep Oceania in limelight at Tokyo
The two countries from Down Under amass 92 medals in total
![A young woman in the uniform of India posing with a gold medal](/sites/default/files/2021-08/GettyImages-1337169920.jpg)
India smitten by Paralympic success shower athletes with jobs, cash rewards
'This success will go a long way. It is like India has arrived on the big stage. The boost that Para sport and Para athletes will now receive will be phenomenal'
![Peruvian judoka Fred Villalobos Corrales in action at Tokyo 2020 against Cuban opponent](/sites/default/files/2021-09/Fred-Villalobos.jpg)
Tokyo 2020 only first step to spreading judo message in Peru
Fred Villalobos Corrales planning to go from strength to strength
![Bethany Zummo dives and reaches for a ball](/sites/default/files/2021-09/beth%20zumo.jpg)
Crochet and ice aides USA’s sitting volleyball player Bethany Zummo’s mental health
'Crocheting helps because it allows me to do something with my hands, it keeps me in the present'
![Ritah Asiimwe plays a backhand](/sites/default/files/2021-09/1804819.jpg)
Ugandan's Ritah Asiimwe retrains body and mind after loss of right hand
Just like learning how to write again, Asiimwe had to re-learn how to play sports, and it has paid off in her Paralympic debut at Tokyo 2020
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Tokyo 2020 sees more countries than ever winning medals at a Paralympics
A total of 86 countries claim at least one medal
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Tokyo 2020 wrap-up: Best Para athletics quotes
From first-time Paralympic champions to a bride-to-be, some of the best moments from the action at the National Olympic Stadium
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Tokyo 2020 wrap-up: Best shooting quotes
What the medallists said during a week of intense action at the Asaka Shooting Range during the Paralympic Games in Japan