JJ Chalmers realises Paralympics pilot saved him after Afghan blast: 'it's unreal'

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Scottish RAF Sergeant who played a heroic role on the final evacuation flight from Kabul has spoken about the ‘unforgettable’ moment he encountered with an Afghan mother and her baby. Andy Livingstone, from Scotland, has been lauded a hero after pictures emerged of him cradling the baby of an Afghan refugee too exhausted to hold her child.

PARIS -- As a filmmaker, Shahrbanoo Sadat watched with fascination as Taliban fighters took over her city and terrified crowds animated the streets.

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.

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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.

19 cities total in both red and blue states includes: Phoenix, Denver, Jacksonville, Atlanta, Chicago, Baltimore, St. Louis, Raleigh-Durham, Northern New Jersey (to include Elizabethland Highland Park), Las Vegas, Buffalo, Cleveland, Portland, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Austin, Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston, Salt Lake City.Tucker looked at the list and said: “You may notice that these communities include an awful lot of swing districts in swing states all over the United States.

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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.

Washington Post, lawyer for the team’s parent organization, the Digital Citizen Fund, said, “Continuingly recycling old pictures with the Afghan Girls Robotics Team, many of whom are minors, as validation that you had anything to do with their immensely stressful and dangerous escape not only impacts the safety of the girls but it also significantly affects the safety of the members of the team who still remain in Afghanistan.”The lawyer, Kim Motley, went on, “It is highly unfortunate that you

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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.