Langholm mum celebrating "surprise" double bronze medal win for son at Paralympic Games

Celebrity MasterChef 2021 spoilers follow. Kadeena Cox has followed up her gold medals at the Tokyo Paralympic Games as the Celebrity MasterChef 2021 winner.

TOKYO -- Tokyo police have arrested a man who allegedly attacked a car carrying Japanese entertainment icon Takeshi Kitano with a pickax, though nobody was injured, according to media reports.The 74-year-old director and actor, also known by his stage name Beat Takeshi, was in the car with his driver and was just leaving the compound of TBS television network after his weekly live talk show Saturday night, TBS and other Japanese media reported Sunday.The suspect allegedly smashed Kitano’s car

Rio but was unable to replicate that performance on a soggy night in the Japanese capital. The 27-year-old’s effort of 39.

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.

Kenyan distance runner Eliud Kipchoge was born in 1984, when the world record in the men’s marathon stood at 2:08:05. Today, he holds the world record at that distance, having pared the time all the way down to 2:01:39. That achievement, not to mention back to back gold medals at the Tokyo and Rio Olympics, have inspired many to declare Kipchoge the GOAT (greatest of all time) in the marathon.

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.

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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.