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Aug 31, 2021, 5 tweets

.#Paralympics highlights:

- France's Emmanuelle Morch serves during wheelchair tennis
- US' Matt Stutzman competes in archery individual compound open 1/8 event
- Afghanistan’s Hossain Rasouli in final of the men’s long jump
- Japan's Shingo Kunieda reaches to return the ball

Seeing squares.

From Tokyo's famous Shibuya crossing to the remotest Okinawan island, Japan's streets have one thing in common: 'tenji blocks.' The tactile paving was invented in Japan over 50 years ago to help the visually impaired move around safely

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Afghan Paralympian beats the odds to compete in Tokyo.

After a dramatic evacuation from Taliban-held Kabul and a secret operation to fly him to Tokyo, Afghan Paralympian Hossain Rasouli beat the odds to compete in the long jump

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#Paralympics

Paralympic events: Track and road cycling.

#AFPgraphics factfile on cycling events at the #Tokyo2020 #Paralympics

Cycling queen Sarah Storey says she had to conquer a "race of truth" as she claimed a British 16th #Paralympics gold.

The 43-year-old, who won 3,000m pursuit gold six days ago, secured her 27th medal overall in the women's road C5 time trial

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