Strictly star Will Bayley has claimed the silver medal at the Tokyo Paralympic games. The 33-year-old, from Poole, narrowly missed out on the gold medal at this year's table tennis final, coming second to Yan Shuo of China.
20.08.2021 - 12:25 / ok.co.uk
Just a few weeks after the 2020 Tokyo Olympics took place, we're now getting ready and warming up for Team GB to attend the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games and after winning an impressive 65 medals we're expecting big things. Obviously we're there for the sport but we always can't help but take note of the teams outfits.
Strictly star Will Bayley has claimed the silver medal at the Tokyo Paralympic games. The 33-year-old, from Poole, narrowly missed out on the gold medal at this year's table tennis final, coming second to Yan Shuo of China.
And he said both came as a “surprise” as neither was his favourite event - the butterfly.Meanwhile, his 31-year-old sprinter sister Libby – who has slight peripheral vision in her left eye and is registered blind – opened her Tokyo campaign in the heats of the Women’s T11 200m during the early hours of Thursday, with her guide, Chris Clarke.
Ellie Simmonds has announced that the Tokyo Games will be her last ever Paralympics.The 26 year old has set records for Great Britain after debuting at age thirteen at the 2008 Games in Beijing and collectively winning a whopping eight medals, five of which being gold.
Square Enix will be holding a dedicated showcase at this year’s Tokyo Game Show, with a 50-minute presentation set for October 1.The “SQUARE ENIX PRESENTS TGS2021” panel will run 7:00-7:50pm JST. That works out at 11am BST, 6am EST, and 3am PST, making for an eye-watering early start for West Coasters looking for the latest news from the company.However, short of the presentation, there’s not much to be gleaned from the panel announcement yet.
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Track and field Paralympian Trenten Merrill lost his right foot after he was struck by a car at the age of 14, resulting in an amputation — but that did not stop him from chasing his professional athlete dreams. Now 31, the American record holder in long jump for his classification (with a leap of 25 feet and 5.5 inches, to be precise) is headed to the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics.
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Olympics coverage has long been built on a foundation of human-interest stories and showcasing athletes' road to the Games. The same philosophies will apply to the coverage of Paralympics, which will air on the network for the first time.Sunday will mark the first time that Paralympics coverage will air on the main NBC network and is part of 1,200 hours of programming airing across NBC, NBCSN, Olympic Channel and digital properties.
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Valorant pro, has won gold at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games.In a remarkable change from his former Valorant life, Australian swimmer, Crothers, competed in the Paralympics Men’s 50m freestyle S10 class and won gold with a time of 23.21, just 0.05 seconds slower than the current world record.Crothers has Cerebral Palsy which affects movement capabilities and motor functions.
Ellen Keane has once again done the nation proud by claiming victory at the Tokyo Paralympics.
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Paralympic rower and cross-country skier Oksana Masters, 32, is gearing up for the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics, which start on Aug. 24, and reminiscing on the challenges she had to go through to get there, including an unexpected surgery on her leg. The Ukrainian-American athlete spoke EXCLUSIVELY to HollywoodLife about her journey in preparing, both mentally and physically, for the games, which were supposed to take place last year before the COVID-19 pandemic postponed them.
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