Deutsche Welle (English edition)
Highlights of the Tokyo Paralympics 2020: Day 1
From a German bronze medal win to big upsets in wheelchair rugby there were plenty of highlights from the opening day at the 2020 Paralympics in Tokyo. Recap the best of the action.
Yuji Taguchi of Japan in action, Goalball - Men's Preliminary - Group A - Algeria v Japan, Makuhari Messe Hall C, Chiba
Lai Puisand #10 of Team Canada battles Joy Haizelden #14 of Team Great Britain, Women's Wheelchair Basketball Group B, Musashino Forest Sport Plaza, Chofu
Sebastian Frederiksen of Denmark falls, Wheelchair Rugby - Mixed - Pool Phase Group A - Australia vs Denmark, Yoyogi Na
tional Stadium, Tokyo
Ibrahim Elhusseiny Hamadtou of Egypt, Table Tennis - Men's Singles - Class 6 Group E, Metropolitan Gymnasium, Tokyo
Yevheniia Breus of Ukraine, Wheelchair Fencing - Women's
Sabre Individual - Category A Bronze Medal Bout, Makuhari Messe Hall B, Chiba
Gold medal winners Tristan Bangma and pilot Patrick Bos of Team Netherlands and silver medal winners Stephen Bate and pilot Adam Duggleby of Team Great Britain, Track cycling - Men’s B 4000m - Individual Pursuit Final, Izu Velodrome, Izu
Denise Schindler of Germany, Bronze Medallist, Cycling Track - Women's C1-3 3000m Individual Pursuit Final - Gold - Izu Velodrome, Shizuoka
Olena Fedota of Ukraine in action against Rong Xiao of China, Wheelchair Fencing - Women's Sabre Individual - Category B Semifinal, Makuhari Messe Hall B, Chiba
Anastasiia Gontar of Team Russia (L) and Aurelie Rivard of Team Canada (R), Women's 50m Freestyle - S10 heat, Aquatics Centre, Tokyo
Gabriel Bandeira of Brazil, Gold Medallist, Swimming -
Men's 100m Butterfly - S14 Final, Aquatics Centre, Tokyo
Kheira Zairi #12 of Algeria, Women's Wheelchair Basketball Group B, Algeria v China, Musashino Forest Sport Plaza, Chofu
Kazuya Kaneko of Team Japan during the Goalball Men's Preliminary Round Group A match between Team Algeria and Team Japan, Makuhari Messe Hall C, Chiba