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Social distancing a challenge for para athletes

Summer Paralympics May 19, 2020

Social distancing a challenge for para athletes

Japan's Paralympic hopefuls are struggling to train with regulations preventing them from working with partners or using facilities.

Summer Paralympics Jan 3, 2020

Tokyo to see record number of competing nations in Paralympics

This year's Tokyo Paralympics will set a participation record with athletes from around 170 national organizing bodies competing, surpassing the record 164 bodies that took part in the 2012 London Games, a source with knowledge of the matter said Thursday. This raises hope that the ...

Culturally inspired medal designs revealed exactly a year before start of 2020 Tokyo Paralympics

Summer Paralympics Aug 25, 2019

Culturally inspired medal designs revealed exactly a year before start of 2020 Tokyo Paralympics

The medals for next year's Tokyo Paralympics were revealed Sunday, exactly one year to the day before the games kick off in the Japanese capital. The bronze, silver and gold medals, which for the first time can be distinguished by touch for those with visual ...

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