Colorful Paralympics closing ceremony concludes Tokyo 2020 as Paris celebrates the handover
Afghanistan’s Zakia Khudadadi and Hossain Rasouli, who were able to escape from their country during the Games, carried their flag during the closing ceremony.

Brazil seals fifth consecutive Paralympic football title with win over arch-rivals Argentina
Raimundo Mendes, who won gold with Brazil at London 2012 and Rio 2016, scores the only goal of the match.

Dane delight as ex-world champ, 43, beats battling Brit to taekwondo gold at the Tokyo Paralympics
Danish cancer survivor Lisa Gjessing outguns newcomer Beth Munro, who only joined Great Britain team last year.

Trailblazing former sprinter took up para sports aged 26; now a taekwondo Paralympian in Tokyo at 32
Shauna-Kay Hines, an IT professional from Kingston, Jamaica, says “It doesn’t matter where you come from or that you have a disability, you can be successful with the right support and mindset.”

Paris 2024: We invite the world to watch the Paralympic handover celebration
Etienne Thobois, CEO of Paris 2024: “There is always this something extra that grabs you by the heart at the Paralympic Games. It’s thrilling and inspiring for every sports fan; and it stays in your soul.”

Cape Verde sprinter Keula Pereira Semedo says ‘yes’ to marriage proposal by her guide on the track
Manuel Vaz da Veiga took his opportunity with the whole world watching to go down on one knee and propose to his partner in one of the most heartwarming moments at Tokyo 2020.

Afghan taekwondo fighter Zakia Khudadadi competes in the sport’s Paralympic debut in Tokyo
Khudadadi follows teammate Hossain Rasouli, who recorded a new personal best distance in the men’s long jump T47 event on Tuesday.

Doubles teammates faced off to decide the winner of the first point, game and match in Paralympic badminton history
Valeska Knoblauch defeated her fellow German Elke Rongen on Wednesday. The two team up on Thursday in doubles.

USA’s 27-time para swimming medalist: Phelps wrote me good luck and that he was rooting for me
Jessica Long, competing in her fifth Paralympics, won her fourth medal in Tokyo with a silver in the women’s 100m breaststroke SB7 on Wednesday.

Afghan athlete Hossain Rasouli sets personal best in men’s long jump at the Paralympics days after escaping his country
Rasouli arrived in Tokyo on August 28, a day after his he was to compete in the 100m T47 event. The IPC allowed him to take part in the long jump instead.

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