The pandemic seems to have made Britain’s Paralympians thankful just to have the opportunity to compete in Japan
Ali Jawad posted a picture of himself on a table top this weekend. Mask on, power shake to hand, Jawad’s arms were raised in celebration. The British powerlifter, who was born without legs and also deals with the debilitating effects of Crohn’s disease, had made it to the athletes’ village in Tokyo. “Arrived in the Paralympic village!! Absolutely amazing view from our rooms,” he wrote, adding a drooling emoji to reinforce the point.
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