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Highlights of the Tokyo Paralympics 2020: Day 1

Goran Cutanoski
August 25, 2021

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.

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Tokyo Paralympics 2020
Ibrahim Elhusseiny competes during the Men's Singles Table Tennis tournamentImage: Yasushi Kanno/AP Photo/picture alliance

 

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Yuji Taguchi of Japan in action, Goalball - Men's Preliminary - Group A - Algeria v Japan,  Makuhari Messe Hall C, Chiba

 

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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 

 

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Sebastian Frederiksen of Denmark falls, Wheelchair Rugby - Mixed - Pool Phase Group A - Australia vs Denmark, Yoyogi National Stadium, Tokyo  

 

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Ibrahim Elhusseiny Hamadtou of Egypt, Table Tennis - Men's Singles - Class 6 Group E, Metropolitan Gymnasium, Tokyo 

 

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Yevheniia Breus of Ukraine, Wheelchair Fencing - Women's Sabre Individual - Category A Bronze Medal Bout, Makuhari Messe Hall B, Chiba 

 

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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 

 

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Denise Schindler of Germany, Bronze Medallist, Cycling Track - Women's C1-3 3000m Individual Pursuit Final - Gold - Izu Velodrome, Shizuoka 

 

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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 

 

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Anastasiia Gontar of Team Russia (L) and Aurelie Rivard of Team Canada (R), Women's 50m Freestyle - S10 heat, Aquatics Centre, Tokyo 

 

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Gabriel Bandeira of Brazil, Gold Medallist, Swimming - Men's 100m Butterfly - S14 Final, Aquatics Centre, Tokyo 

 

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Kheira Zairi #12 of Algeria, Women's Wheelchair Basketball Group B, Algeria v China, Musashino Forest Sport Plaza, Chofu 

 

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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