Tokyo Paralympic Games 2020

Should the Paralympics and Olympics unite? We ask an expert

Team GB Paralympic swimmer Ellie Robinson on whether she thinks a combined Games would be a good thing

Coco Khan

04, Mar, 2022 @3:00 PM

I’ve been lucky: my sport has given me the opportunities all disabled people deserve | Abbas Karimi

As the Winter Paralympics open, a swimmer born with no arms calls for a global commitment to the millions with disabilities

Abbas Karimi

03, Mar, 2022 @12:00 PM

Dame Sarah Storey: ‘People see the highs but they’re not there for the lows’ | Donald McRae

Britain’s most decorated Paralympian on making history in Tokyo and why she believes she is yet to reach her full potential

Donald McRae

13, Dec, 2021 @12:00 PM

No one should ever have the power to choose when discrimination is OK | Jaryd Clifford

People with disabilities shouldn’t have to be exceptional in order to be accepted, writes Paralympian Jaryd Clifford

Jaryd Clifford

30, Oct, 2021 @7:00 PM

GB’s wheelchair rugby champions relish spotlight after Paralympics award

The team member Aaron Phipps has spoken of the ‘massive journey’ his sport has been on after the National Lottery gave the squad its Paralympian of the year award

Paul MacInnes

21, Oct, 2021 @11:01 PM

Ali Jawad: ‘Paralympians are forgotten about until the next Games | Paul MacInnes

The double amputee powerlifter, who finished sixth in Tokyo, wants the broader needs of the disabled community recognised

Paul MacInnes

11, Oct, 2021 @2:00 PM

Doubts on legacy and cost concerns hang over Tokyo Olympic Games | Justin McCurry

The full financial impact is yet to be determined but there is loose consensus in Japan over the ‘coercive’ approach of IOC

Justin McCurry in Tokyo

11, Oct, 2021 @7:00 AM

Madison de Rozario: ‘We can’t view disability as a positive or a negative’ | Kieran Pender

The Australian Paralympian on her love of racing, winning two gold medals in Tokyo and being brought up to view her disability as a neutral fact of life

Kieran Pender

17, Sep, 2021 @8:00 PM

Paralympics team embodies what it means to be British | Letter

Letter: Peter Wells says the athletes put on a wonderful display of ability, inclusion and diversity

Letters

06, Sep, 2021 @4:17 PM

Tokyo 2020 Paralympics briefing: glory, despair and everything else

In today’s Paralympics briefing: Reflecting on 12 incredible days of sport

Martin Belam

06, Sep, 2021 @2:18 PM

Tokyo’s closing ceremony the ideal send-off for a memorable Paralympics

Harmonius Cacophony was the theme for the games’ last act and the International Paralympic Committee used the ceremony to launch the We the 15 campaign to advance disability rights

Paul MacInnes at Tokyo Olympic Stadium

05, Sep, 2021 @3:52 PM