The Paralympic Games have begun with a total of 12 competition days. Check here for highlights from each day of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games.
Italy’s Bebe Vio triumphs in foil
Bebe Vio wins second Paralympic gold medal in wheelchair fencing.
Switzerland’s Marcel Hug wins the 5000m T54
Marcel Hug storms to gold in the 5000m T54 in a wheelchair he helped design with Swiss engineers.
Ethiopia’s first ever Paralympic gold
Ethiopia’s Tigist Gezahagn Menigstu has become Ethiopia’s first ever Paralympic gold medallist after winning the women’s 1,500m T13
Wheelchair Rugby gold and bronze medal matches
USA and Great Britain will meet in the gold medal match on 29 August after victories over Australia and Japan.
Another world record in the swimming
Canada’s Aurelie Rivard has swum her way to gold in the women’s 100m freestyle S10 in a world record time of 58.14.
Ukraine’s Maksym Krypak wins gold in swimming and World record
Krypak has won gold in the men’s 100m freestyle S10 in a world record time of 50.64.
World record and gold for Great Britain on Cycling Track
Kadeena Cox, Jaco van Gass and Jody Cundy win the mixed C1-5 750m team sprint in 47.579 beating the world record.
Netherlands’s Fleur Jong breaks world record in her first jump
Fleur Jong breaks a world record after jumping 6.16 in the women’s long jump event at T62.
USA’s Susannah Scaroni new Paralympic champion in women’s 5,000m T54
Susannah Scaroni has won gold in the women’s 5,000m T54 and breaks the world record. She crossed the line in a time of 10:52.57 – almost 15 seconds fastest than the time Tatyana McFadden set at Rio 2016.
USA’s Alyssa Seely takes gold in women’s PTS2
Alyssa Seely claims gold in women’s PTS2 followed by teammate Hailey Danz and Italy’s Veronica Yoko Plebani.
Alexis Hanquinquant wins gold in men’s PTS4
Alexis Hanquinquant has won the first gold medal of the day for France. The three-time world champion led the race all the way through with a blistering time of 59:58.
