With over 4,500 athletes from more than 160 countries set to compete from Wednesday, the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics will be one of the most diverse in the event’s history.
Unlike the Olympics, in which competitions are divided by gender, some Paralympic disciplines such as the 100-meter sprint can be contested as many as 29 times across multiple impairments.
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