Medal chances abound in various disciplines, including judo, table tennis, shot put, badminton and canoeingYoung won silver at the 2019 World Para Athletics Championships in Dubai, where he was beaten by China’s Zhu Dening on a photo-finish, and the 21…
The Kenyan rower in training for the Paralympic Games – in pictures
Asiya Mohammed will become the first female Kenyan rower to attend an Olympic Games after earning a ticket for the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Continue reading…
‘They feel hugely privileged’: Spirits high among ParalympicsGB athletes
The pandemic seems to have made Britain’s Paralympians thankful just to have the opportunity to compete in JapanAli 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. Th…
New owner could cut Channel 4’s Paralympics coverage, says ex chairman
State-owned broadcaster’s plans to cement its dominance ‘won’t add up’ for ‘profit-maximising’ entity• Wider, stronger, longer: Channel 4’s coverage will break Paralympic recordChannel 4’s successful decade-long mission to make the Paralympics a fixtur…
Hannah Cockroft: ‘I’m excited that I’m not training in my garage any more’
The road to Tokyo has been hard but the British wheelchair racer is confident she can add to her five Paralympic gold medalsHannah Cockroft prepared for the Tokyo Paralympics in the best way she knows how: breaking world records. “Wait a minute …” she …
Jonnie Peacock: ‘I don’t need to win another gold medal for my happiness’
After time away from the track, the double 100m Paralympics champion has rapid rivals in the new T64 classification in TokyoJonnie Peacock has a new look for 2021. His blond hair is no longer in a nice schoolboy short back and sides, but tied in an unr…
The start of the Tokyo Paralympics gives feeling something special is happening | Ade Adepitan
Excitement is building for the Games even in this strange fifth year of the cycle with athletes facing mounting pressureThere’s still something inside me that knows it’s a Games year. Even though I last competed at the 2004 Paralympics in Athens, it’s …
ParalympicsGB has record number of female athletes for Tokyo Games
One hundred women in 227-member British teamSarah Storey aims to add to her tally of 14 gold medalsThe Great Britain team to compete in the Tokyo Paralympics has been confirmed, with a record number of female athletes selected among the 227-member grou…
Swimming superstar Ellie Cole on diversity, accessibility and bringing people joy
The six-time gold medallist is campaigning for WeThe15 – a global human rights movement that will feature at the Tokyo 2020 ParalympicsEllie Cole is a bonafide Australian sporting champion. Yet as other women athletes, or sportspeople of colour, or oth…
TV tonight: Michael Johnson meets our star Paralympians
The US champion sprinter begins a new series interviewing the likes of Ellie Simmonds and Kadeena Cox. Plus: Suggs’ life story. Here’s what to watch this evening Continue reading…