#2024parisparalympics — Public Fediverse posts

Takayuki Suzuki, who won four medals during the Paris Paralympics, hopes to see Paralympians and people with disabilities become more visible in Japanese society. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/paralympics/2024/10/07/takayuki-suzuki-paralympics/ #paralympics #takayukisuzuki #parasports #2024parisparalympics

After the Paris Games drew attention to a wide array of athletic pursuits, many amateur French sports clubs are struggling to cope with a boom of new participants. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/olympics/2024/10/02/paris-sports-boom/ #olympics #2024parisolympics #2024parisparalympics #france #paris

Around 70,000 people came together as France bid a final and reluctant farewell to the Paris Olympics on Saturday with a parade on the Champs-Elysees. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/olympics/2024/09/15/france-olympics-goodbye-parade/ #olympics #2024parisolympics #2024parisparalympics #leonmarchand #teddyriner

A look back of 11 days of thrilling Paralympic competition. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/paralympics/2024/09/09/paris-paralympics-2024/ #paralympics #2024parisparalympics #2024parisolympics #paris #france #teamjapanparalympics

The Paris Paralympics came to a close on Sunday, with Tony Estanguet, president of the Paris 2024 organizing committee, saying the Paralympics and Olympics had created a "historic summer." https://www.japantimes.co.jp/paralympics/2024/09/09/paris-paralympics-closing-ceremony/ #paralympics #2024parisparalympics #2024parisolympics #tonyestanguet #paris #france #teamjapan

At 18 years and 123 days, Tokito Oda became the youngest ever Paralympic men's wheelchair singles champion https://www.japantimes.co.jp/paralympics/2024/09/08/tokito-oda-paralympic-wheelchair-tennis/ #paralympics #tennis #paralympics #2024parisparalympics #tokitooda

Japan's Yui Kamiji clinched the gold medal in women's wheelchair tennis singles at the Paris Paralympics on Friday, the country's first gold in the category, after winning gold in the doubles event the previous day. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/paralympics/2024/09/07/kamiji-wins-paralympic-singles/ #paralympics #yuikamiji #2024parisparalympics #wheelchairtennis

Yui Kamiji and Manami Tanaka brought Japan its first gold medal in women's Paralympic tennis by winning the doubles gold-medal match over the Netherlands’ Diede de Groot and Aniek van Koot at the Paris Games on Thursday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/paralympics/2024/09/06/paralympic-tennis-doubles-gold-japan/ #paralympics #wheelchairtennis #2024parisparalympics #yuikamiji #manamitanaka

Japan won its first gold medal in the men's goalball via golden goal at the Paralympics on Thursday, while Turkey claimed its third consecutive title in the women's event. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/paralympics/2024/09/06/japan-goalball-gold/ #paralympics #teamjapan #paralympicgoalball #2024parisparalympics

Star Italian wheelchair fencer Bebe Vio suffered a shock defeat at the Paralympics on Wednesday as British cycling great Sarah Storey won her 18th gold — and then criticized the "appalling" course. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/paralympics/2024/09/05/paralympics-storey-cycling/ #paralympics #2024parisparalympics #paralympicpowerlifting #wheelchairfencing #paralympiccycling #sarahstorey #beatricevio

Nepal gave its first Paralympic medalist a hero's welcome on Wednesday as cheering crowds turned out for taekwondo star Palesha Goverdhan's return home. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/paralympics/2024/09/04/nepal-first-medal-paralympics/ #paralympics #paleshagoverdhan #taekwondo #2024parisparalympics

Shunya Takahashi, 26, a former baseball player who played at Summer Koshien and a first-time Paralympian, finished sixth in Paris on Tuesday in the F46 javelin throw for athletes with upper limb impairments. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/paralympics/2024/09/04/shunya-takahashi-paralympics/ #paralympics #shunyatakahashi #2024parisparalympics

Japan beat three-time former champions the USA 48-41 in Paris on Monday to claim its first gold medal in Paralympic wheelchair rugby. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/paralympics/2024/09/03/wheelchair-rugby-gold-medal/ #paralympics #wheelchairrugby #2024parisparalympics

Japan's Sarina Satomi won gold in the women's wheelchair badminton singles at the Paris Paralympics on Monday, her second straight Paralympic gold medal. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/paralympics/2024/09/03/satomi-badminton-gold/ #paralympics #sarinasatomi #badminton #2024parisparalympics

Although Paris made extensive improvements in the years leading up to the Games, it will be decades before its cobbled streets, narrow sidewalks and small parks achieve even a semblance of the Paralympic Village’s accessibility. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/paralympics/2024/09/02/paris-paralympics-utopia/ #paralympics #2024parisparalympics #disability

A wheelchair-maker in the city of Chiba continues to support Paralympic athletes, helping them clinch over 140 medals in the past Games. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/09/02/japan/japan-wheelchair-maker/ #japan #2024parisparalympics #oxengineering #wheelchairbasketball #wheelchairtennis

Swimmer Keiichi Kimura captured Japan's second gold medal at the Paris Paralympics. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/paralympics/2024/09/01/kimura-gold-japan-paralympics/ #paralympics #2024parisparalympics #keiichikimura #teamjapan

China began to exert its traditional dominance at the Paralympics in Paris on Friday, pulling ahead of second-placed Great Britain despite a double gold medal success for British swimmers. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/paralympics/2024/08/31/china-paralympic-lead/ #paralympics #2024parisparalympics #china #uk

Wonderful.
Many congratulations.

#AvaniLekhara shoots 2nd #gold with new Paralympic #record
Bronze for #MonaAgarwal
#2024ParisParalympics
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Swimmer Takayuki Suzuki strikes gold for Japan at Paris Paralympics. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/paralympics/2024/08/30/suzuki-japan-paralympics-first-gold/ #paralympics #takayukisuzuki #2024parisparalympics #teamjapan

Afghan Zakia Khudadadi became the first athlete from the Refugee Paralympic Team to win a medal at the Paralympics when she clinched a bronze in taekwondo. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/paralympics/2024/08/30/khudadadi-paralympic-bronze-refugee-team/ #paralympics #2024parisparalympics #zakiakhudadadi #taekwondo #taliban #refugees #afghanistan #refugeeparalympicteam

The 2024 Paralympics opened in Paris on Wednesday in a colorful and hope-filled ceremony that marked the start of 11 days of competition in a city still riding the wave of the successful Olympics. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/paralympics/2024/08/29/paralympics-open-paris-france/ #paralympics #2024parisparalympics #andrewparsons #ipc #paris

British Paralympian John McFall will be taking a stand for sports and space this week after becoming the first person with a physical disability to be cleared for future missions by the European Space Agency. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/paralympics/2024/08/28/paralympic-astronaut-powerful-platform/ #paralympics #uk #europeanspaceagency #johnmcfall #disabilities #2024parisparalympics

The Paris Games will represent a turning point for the Paralympic movement, International Paralympic Committee President Andrew Parsons said on the eve of the opening ceremony. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/paralympics/2024/08/28/paris-paralympics-turning-point/ #paralympics #paris #france #2024parisparalympics #ipc #andrewparsons #disabilities

The International Paralympic Committee has announced that 88 Russian competitors will take part under a neutral banner at the Paris Paralympics. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/paralympics/2024/08/27/paralympics-russian-neutrals/ #paralympics #2024parisparalympics #russia #belarus

Indonesia's most decorated Paralympic powerlifter is heading to Paris for a chance at her third medal. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/paralympics/2024/08/26/summer-paralympics/indonesia-power-lifter-paralympics/ #paralympics #summerparalympics #2024parisparalympics #powerlifting #indonesia #ninengahwidiasih

Days before the start of the Paralympics, the IPC has suddenly, and without obvious explanation, reversed course on a rule that had banned tattoos of the Olympic rings. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/paralympics/2024/08/25/paralympics-drop-tattoo-ban/ #paralympics #paralympics #ipc #ioc #2024parisparalympics

Lucy Shuker, bidding for a fourth Paralympics wheelchair tennis medal, said discovering the sport had transformed her after she "lost her sparkle" following a motorbike crash which left her paralyzed from the chest down. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/paralympics/2024/08/25/lucy-shuker-joy-wheelchair-tennis/ #paralympics #2024parisparalympics #lucyshuker #wheelchairtennis

The Paris Paralympics will begin on Wednesday in a city still riding the wave of the highly successful 2024 Olympics. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/paralympics/2024/08/23/summer-paralympics/paris-prepares-for-paralympics/ #paralympics #summerparalympics #2024parisparalympics #paris #andrewparsons #paralympics #ipc

The International Paralympic Committee has unveiled a nine-member refugee team for the upcoming Games in Paris. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/olympics/2024/07/09/paralympics-refugee-team/ #olympics #2024parisparalympics #refugees

The Paris Games will be an opportunity for the various systems for Paralympic athletes, developed during the Tokyo Games, to finally bloom, says the chairman of the Japanese Paralympic Committee. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/olympics/2024/05/22/paris-paralympics-tokyo-legacy/ #olympics #japaneseparalympiccommittee #junichikawai #paralympics #2024parisparalympics