PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
![Yui Kamiji goes down ramp holding Paralympic flame at Opening Ceremony](/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/2021-08/GettyImages-1336115155.jpg?h=bd1d7384&itok=Sd6rYaRx)
Japan wheelchair tennis player Yui Kamiji kept flame lighting a secret
'I spoke to my mum on the phone after the ceremony and she was surprised. I never told her about it'
![Sevda Valiyeva of Azerbaijan celebrates her gold medal on the podium](/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/2021-08/Sevda-Valiyeva.jpg?itok=D4EnPY0q)
Valiyeva takes gold on Paralympic debut
Khanim Huseynova wins the women's -63kg and Huseyn Rahimli takes men's -81kg gold
![Japanese male wheelchair rugby player and his team line up for the anthem](/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/2021-08/daisuke-ikezaki-tokyo-2020-getty.jpg?itok=5E9Zh_m5)
Fairy-tale ending not meant to be for Japan at home Paralympics
Home favourites shocked by Great Britain in semi-finals and will play for bronze medal on Sunday
![Qian Yang](/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/2021-08/Qian%20Yang.jpg?h=1835bcdf&itok=mBtRnbAh)
Australia's Qian Yang stuns Polish star Natalia Partyka
Yang sets up a title clash with Brazil’s Bruna Alexandre
![Phipps close up chasing the ball in his wheelchair](/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/2021-08/GettyImages-1336469981.jpg?h=a5f1ef32&itok=_smY2lTc)
Wheelchair rugby star conquers Kilimanjaro on hands and knees
Aaron Phipps crawled to the summit in 2016 when a wheelchair adapted for the task proved not up to the job
![Lora Fachie -with pilot Corrine Hall- competing in the women's 1,000m time trial B at the Izu Velodrome](/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/2021-08/Lora-Fachie.jpg?itok=l3xf-jP6)
Lora and Neil Fachie each take track cycling gold
Great Britain complete sweep on final day of track cycling competition to finish top of the sport's medal standings
![Male triathlete celebrates crossing finish tape](/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/2021-08/alexis-hanquinquant-ois.jpg?h=c475bd48&itok=cO6q03qK)
Alexis Hanquinquant lands triathlon title on Paralympic debut
'I hoped to win today and I don't realise it quite yet. It really is a dream come true. I will never forget today'
![Reinhardt Hamman in a green vest with a gold chain shouts with exertion](/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/2021-08/1801711.jpg?h=fbadb82f&itok=-AiqQab0)
Hamman uses photography to show the world Para sport
"It's a lifechanging moment every time I hit the shutter."
Rio 2016 boccia individual medallists back for another gold in Tokyo
All four individual boccia champions at Rio 2016 will have a chance to reclaim their title
![A man showing his medal and four fingers in a hand](/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/2021-08/51405843358_4c226f69f6_c.jpg?itok=VYKHbMQ5)
Liu Lei ends Paralympic career on a high note in Tokyo
Chinese equals countryman Haidong Zhang's record of four consecutive gold medals. Mariana Shevchuk denies China's gold sweep on day two
![a group of male wheelchair rugby players celebrating on the court](/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/images/180615094505355_Australia%2Brugby%2B2016.jpg?itok=rGwuJl2T)
Australian wheelchair rugby player overcomes rare disease to be in the Paralympics
With a singular optical condition , Richard Voris could not play for the team for five years and missed Rio 2016
![A man in a wheelchair celebrates the victory, putting his fist up](/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/2021-08/Tomoki%20Sato.jpg?itok=M3IM1Ibm)
Tomoki Sato takes hosts to the top of the podium on day one
Wheelchair racer gives Japan its first Para athletics gold while Brazil's Petrucio Ferreira successfully defends his 100m Paralympic title
Tokyo 2020 Day 4: Ones to Watch
Star athlete Tatyana McFadden (USA) and wheelchair tennis quad star Dylan Alcott start their participation in the Paralympics
![male Para triathlete raises his arms in celebration as he breaks the finish line tape](/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/images/180910114556815_jetze-plat-credit%2BITU-Media%2B-Delly-Carr.jpg?itok=OlrML3pX)
Golden treble the target for undefeated Jetze Plat of Netherlands
The 30-year-old will compete in triathlon, cycling road race and cycling time trial
![A man poses with a gold medal around his neck](/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/2021-08/rsz_gettyimages-1336660128.jpg?itok=imT0JxSZ)
Tao Zheng leads China's clean sweep in the pool
Chinese swimmers set two new world records on day three at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre and USA's Jessica Long takes her 24th Paralympic medal
![Tobias Thorning Jorgensen on his horse waves his hand in the air and smiles](/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/2021-08/GettyImages-1336662810%20%281%29.jpg?itok=ePFrpjo5)
Jorgensen takes gold from five-time champion Natasha Baker
USA's Roxanne Trunnell cements her meteoric rise with gold in the individual test Grade I
![A woman stretching her prosthetic leg and smiling](/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/2021-08/GettyImages-1188948250.jpg?itok=8NAu7L02)
Nine dual summer and winter athletes to watch in Tokyo
Home favourite Momoka Muraoka and USA's Oksana Masters amongst the names who will be targeting Beijing 2022 after the Games in Japan
![Woman on track cycle pushes to win](/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/2021-08/kadeena-cox-getty.jpg?itok=TZMVgm90)
Day 3 review: First athletics and judo gold medallists crowned at Tokyo 2020
Athletics opened with 14 medal events and judo saw a youngster rise to the occasion
![Rong Jing bouts in the WF team epee final](/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/2021-08/GettyImages-1336651321.jpg?itok=I1plt0n-)
Gold and silver for China in wheelchair fencing team epee events at Tokyo 2020
Chinese squad outscores Ukraine in the women's final and loses a tight battle to the Russian Paralympic Committee in the men's event
![Shahana Hajiyeva of Azerbaijan](/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/2021-08/Shahana%20Hajiyeva.jpg?h=e84c3b7a&itok=8HVNRojm)
French stalwart Sandrine Martinet goes down fighting to Shahana Hajiyeva
'It's so great to have this kind of medal in my life. I love it. I'm very proud'