Tokyo's #Paralympics open today, with athletes hoping to shatter stereotypes and world records despite a year-long pandemic delay and as Japan battles a surge in virus cases
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Paralympians.
#AFPgraphics introduces six selected paralympians set to take part in the #Tokyo2020 #Paralympics
Equipment for #Paralympics :
- Handcycle
- Basketball wheelchair
- Running blade
- Racing wheelchair
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🇳🇿 New Zealand's #Paralympics team will not attend today's opening ceremony in Tokyo over coronavirus safety fears, as infections surge in the Japanese capital
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Japan and disability: will the Tokyo #Paralympics bring change?
Some 4,400 athletes with impairments will compete in Tokyo. It's a place for sporting history, but also an event organisers say can change attitudes towards people with disabilities
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#UPDATE Tokyo's #Paralympics open today, with athletes hoping to shatter stereotypes and world records despite a year-long pandemic delay and as Japan battles a surge in coronavirus cases
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#Tokyo2020
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