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2020 TOKYO PARALYMPICS

Japan Times
PARALYMPICS
Sep 4, 2021
After Paralympic bronze, Japan women's goalball team aims to grow the sport
The Japan women's goalball team left the Games with bronze medals around their necks and the hope that the noise they made in the silent sport will reverberate across Japan.
Japan Times
PARALYMPICS
Sep 4, 2021
Belgian wheelchair sprinter says he overcame sabotage to win gold medal
Peter Genyn's coach and staffers worked quickly to repair his wheelchair before Friday's race, in which he broke his own Paralympic record.
Japan Times
MULTIMEDIA
Sep 4, 2021
In pictures: Day 10 of the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics
In pictures: Day 10 of the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics
Japan Times
PARALYMPICS
Sep 4, 2021
Disabled Japanese are often invisible. Will Paralympics bring lasting light?
Tokyo improved its infrastructure before the Games, but activists wonder how long the focus will continue in a country with a long history of excluding people with disabilities.
Japan Times
PARALYMPICS
Sep 3, 2021
Turkey routs U.S. to take gold in goalball
After six dominant performances, it was hard to imagine Turkey's Sevda Altunoluk finding a way to top herself.
Japan Times
MULTIMEDIA
Sep 3, 2021
In pictures: Day 9 of the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics
In pictures: Day 9 of the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics
Japan Times
PARALYMPICS
Sep 2, 2021
Afghan Paralympian Zakia Khudadadi makes debut after top-secret evacuation
The 22-year-old and her compatriot Hossain Rasouli arrived in Tokyo on Saturday via Paris after Khudadadi made a video appeal for help to leave Kabul after the Taliban swept to power.
Japan Times
PARALYMPICS
Sep 2, 2021
Turkey closes the door on Japan's gold medal hopes in women's goalball with an 8-5 win
Japan will face the loser of the other semifinal for bronze on Friday.
Japan Times
PARALYMPICS
Sep 2, 2021
Why Markus Rehm was slightly disappointed with his gold medal-winning jump
Rehm has won three straight long jump gold medals and owns a world record that would have given him gold in the last seven Olympic Games. But he's still looking to push things forward.
Japan Times
MULTIMEDIA
Sep 2, 2021
In pictures: Day 8 of the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics
In pictures: Day 8 of the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics
Japan Times
PARALYMPICS
Sep 2, 2021
German 'Blade Jumper' Markus Rehm soars to third straight Paralympic gold
'Winning the third gold medal, I think it's something really special and it's a beauty,' Rehm said.

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