PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
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Day 11: Paralympic Games preview
Football 5-a-side, archery, boccia, taekwondo and wheelchair tennis are among the sports with their final events
![Natalia Partyka focuses on the table tennis ball](/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/2021-09/GettyImages-1336254749.jpg?h=713c938c&itok=cLvdfjOD)
Natalia Partyka exacts revenge to leave Tokyo 2020 with gold
Poland defeated Australia in the doubles gold medal match
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Lisa Gjessing pioneer of Para taekwondo wins gold
Mexico's Garcia Lopez grabs gold in men's -75kg division
![Diede de Groot clenches both fists and drops racket after winning](/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/2021-09/GettyImages-1338077811.jpg?itok=SLoS-7ID)
Diede de Groot wins gold to stay on track for golden slam
Dutch star admits to nerves after beating Japan's Yui Kamiji 6-3, 7-6
![Kevin Mather shooting](/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/2021-09/GettyImages-1338070201.jpg?itok=aaM_0ymj)
Former Para alpine skier wins gold in archery
Kevin Mather represented the USA in Para alpine skiing races until switching sports for good
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Tokyo 2020 Day 11: Ones to Watch
Many athletics and para badminton stars will try to confirm their status as favourites
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Altunoluk puts on stellar performance as Turkey defends Paralympic title
Brazilian men's goalball team claims first gold following 7-2 win over China
![Xiaoyan Wen crouches on the podium displaying gold medal and mascot](/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/2021-09/GettyImages-1336658512.jpg?h=a7f0d4d9&itok=RKNzVK79)
After hat-trick, China’s Wen Xiaoyan’s quest for fourth gold ends in disappointment
'I just love being on the track, and it is more about enjoying the moment and that's what I do all the time. Yes, I would like to do more events, even the 400m but it is up to the coaches'
Paralympics preview: shooting day six
The penultimate day of the Games will see Paralympic champions crowned in the P4 - mixed 50m pistol SH1 and the R9 - mixed 50m rifle prone SH2
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Emotional Keiichi Kimura saves best for last on final day
Japanese takes his first gold in his fourth Games while Jessica Long and Maksym Krypak top the podium once again as Para swimming wraps up in Tokyo
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Fairy tale ending for cyclist Keiko Sugiura at home Paralympic Games
Japanese cyclist leaves home Games with pair of gold medals as road cycling wraps up
Triple title for Zhang, first for Alaryani and UAE
India's Avani Lekhara takes her second medal at Tokyo 2020 with bronze behind Germany's Natascha Hiltrop on day five in the Asaka Shooting Range
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From the streets of Buenos Aires to gold medal match
'I was without a home for one year. I began sleeping in churches around the city, until I had enough money to find an apartment'
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Tokyo 2020 canoe sprint starts with a Kiss
Hungarian teenager Peter Pal Kiss won gold in the men's kayak single 200m KL1
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Ali takes Pakistan to the top of the podium for first time ever
Thrower triumphs in the men's discus F37 in the National Olympic Stadium in morning session with a seventh Paralympic title for USA's Raymond Martin
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Bosnia & Herzegovina defeat signals end of an era
First time in six Paralympic Games that Bosnia & Herzegovina and Iran will not face each other in the men's gold-medal game
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'I couldn't have asked for more,' Ellie Cole
Australia's Para swimming icon takes her 17th medal in her final Paralympic race at 'very unique' Games before retiring from the pool
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Takeaways from wheelchair rugby
New gold medallists crowned, defending Paralympic champions disappoint and hosts reach podium at 2020 Paralympics
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Day 10: Paralympic Games preview
Competition schedule features 55 medal events this Friday, the last day of swimming
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Third is the charm for archer Zahra Nemati
Iranian claimed her third consecutive Paralympic gold medal in the women's individual recurve event