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![A man in a wheelchair biting his gold medal](/sites/default/files/2023-06/Jordan%20Qaraba.jpg)
Jordan and China bag first Para powerlifting gold
A body weight difference of 100 grams gives Omar Qarada first place ahead of Vietnam's Rio 2016 champion Le Van Cong at the Tokyo International Forum
![Agitos logo in front of the Olympic Stadium at Tokyo 2020](/sites/default/files/2021-08/tokyo-2020-olympic-stadium-agitos.jpg)
Star-studded Para athletics competition set to start in Tokyo
Athletes from 156 nations will compete in 167 medal events during the 10-day action at the National Olympic stadium
![Ibrahim Al Hussein](/sites/default/files/2021-06/Ibrahim%20Al%20Hussein%20mugshot.jpg)
Al Hussein to open much-awaited Refugee Paralympic Team participation at Tokyo 2020
Class 8 swimmer is the first athlete of the six-member team to compete in the Paralympic Games
![Sareh Javanmardidodmani wins shooting gold medal Rio 2016](/sites/default/files/images/160909220900443_shooting.jpg)
Paralympics preview: shooting day two
Paralympic legends Sareh Javanmardi and Yang Chao to be the biggest stars in action at the Asaka Shooting Range on 31 August
![dong feixia in the discus throw](/sites/default/files/2021-08/GettyImages-82730462.jpg)
Day 3: Paralympic Games preview
Athletics takes centerstage and judo starts action, while swimming and track cycling go on awarding medals
![Husnah Kukundakwe in action at the Tokyo 2020 Aquatics Centre](/sites/default/files/2021-08/Husnah2.jpg)
Uganda's Husnah Kukundakwe hopes her Paralympic campaign will change perceptions
The youngest Paralympian at Tokyo 2020 hopes her debut has an impact that reaches outside of sport
![Woman puts ice pack on shoulders](/sites/default/files/2021-08/Amane-Yanagimoto-wheelchair-basketball-getty.jpg)
IPC reminds athletes to prepare for heat and humidity at Tokyo 2020
Awareness and methods to counteract adverse weather effects can help Para athletes perform at their best
![A woman putting her hands around a bar on a bench press](/sites/default/files/2021-08/48278089042_63e3625fcd_c.jpg)
China’s Guo Lingling yearns to clinch first Paralympic gold
World record holder and favourite for gold, Chinese lifter will have Indonesia's Ni Nengah Widiasih and Syria’s Noura Badour as main rivals in the -41kg event
![Man smiling on his horse](/sites/default/files/2020-07/tobias-jorgensen.jpg)
From the saddle to the cells: Danish rider plans to improve local penal system
After the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, Tobias Jorgensen wants to help rehabilitate prison inmates in his country
![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
![female Para equestrian rider Natasha Baker on the podium with her gold medal](/sites/default/files/images/180727150529212_Natasha-Baker-Rio-2016.jpg)
Great Britain's Natasha Baker makes all the right sounds as 'horse whisperer'
'Lottie is my sole focus. I devote all of my time and all of my energy into her, because we have to have a really deep connection'