The full financial impact is yet to be determined but there is loose consensus in Japan over the ‘coercive’ approach of IOCThe public square outside Shimbashi station, the scene of anti-Olympic protests this summer, has resumed its usual role as an aft…
GB finishes ‘rollercoaster’ Paralympics with medal haul that beats London 2012
Great Britain second behind China with 124 medals overallMedals won by GB in a greater range of sports than ever beforeParalympicsGB confirmed an incredible athletic performance in the most challenging of circumstances on Sunday as they finished in sec…
Tokyo 2020 Paralympics briefing: Games finish with record marathon
Sign up here and receive the Tokyo 2020 daily briefingToday in a nutshell: Japan closed out the sporting action with a flurry of medals, there were two more medals for ParalympicsGB and double team success for the US, which was just enough to position …
Joy, scrapes and broken tape: Paralympics 2020 final day – in pictures
The best images from the last day of action in Tokyo as records were set, tears were shed and medals handed out Continue reading…
Tokyo 2020 Paralympics briefing: an Italy sweep and Brazil football gold
Sign up here and receive the Tokyo 2020 daily briefingToday in a nutshell: an Italian clean sweep closes out the day’s athletics action, Brazil take five-a-side football gold (again), there’s a dominant British paracanoe display but a tough potential e…
Hannah Cockroft makes light of hand injury to seal T34 800m Tokyo gold
Great Britain’s Cockroft wins gold in Paralympic Games recordChampion joins call for para athletics in non-disabled meetsHannah Cockroft slashed her hand on the wheel of her chair on Saturday morning. She was unable to get stitches because it was too c…
Tokyo 2020 Paralympics briefing: Vaz da Veiga puts a ring on it
Sign up here and receive the Tokyo 2020 daily briefingToday in a nutshell: Storey makes it 17, there’s the first ever Paralympic medals in Taekwondo, and there was a surprise proposal on the athletics track.Fridays’s key moments: it is the final day of…
Sarah Storey: the one-woman gold medal factory still in full production
A 17th triumph makes her the most decorated Paralympic athlete in British history and she may be still a contender in 2024Attempting to put a marathon athletic career into context can seem reductive. It is 29 years since Dame Sarah Storey won the first…
Ellie Simmonds ready to end career in Paralympics after freestyle fifth place
Simmonds reinstated to fifth after initial disqualificationSwimmer Bethany Firth wins gold again in S14 100m backstrokeInspirational to the last, Ellie Simmonds concluded her Paralympic career in Tokyo on Thursday without a ninth medal to add to her ha…
‘A beautiful moment’: Paralympic cyclist lauded after slowing to will on another rider
Stuart Jones pauses to support Toni Mould in different raceAustralian praised for display of Paralympic spirit Stuart Jones had every reason to be frustrated. After suffering a slipped chain on the final straight and missing a medal in Tuesday’s T1-2…