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26 Aug, 4 tweets, 4 min read
Highlights in the pool: #Paralympics

- Australia's Rowan Crothers reacts after winning the final of men's 50m freestyle
- The final of women's 200m freestyle
- Swimmers are stabilized at start of men's 100m backstroke.
- Swimmers talk after the final of men's 400m freestyle
.#Paralympics Highlights:

- Britain's Crystal Lane-Wright and Sarah Dame Storey and France's Marie Patouillet pose with their medals after the C5 3000m cycling
- China's Li Hao battles Ukraine's Artem Manko in the sabre
- Wheelchair rugby: France vs Japan and Britain vs Canada
Timelapse: Yet more wonders at #Tokyo2020 #PARALYMPICS

@AFP video timelapse shows the Olympics climbing venue becoming a Paralympics football pitch at Tokyo's Aomi Urban Sports Park
The youngest Paralympian in Tokyo - Uganda's 14-year-old Husnah Kukundakwe - takes to the pool looking to change attitudes to disability, as powerlifting and equestrian events kick off on the second day of #Paralympics

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