Tokyo Paralympics declared closed by IPC president

Tokyo Paralympics

TOKYO, Sept 5, 2021 - The Tokyo Paralympics were declared closed

on Sunday by IPC chief Andrew Parsons, who said the pandemic-delayed Games

had "not just been historic, they have been fantastic".

"I don't want to do this, but the time has come for me to declare the

Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games closed," he said. – AFP

From broken hip to my first Paralympics

A woman who broke her hip while roller-skating at the age of 12, forcing her to abandon her dream of playing football, has said she cried when she found out she had a place on the GB women's wheelchair basketball team at the Paralympics.

Lucy Robinson, 22, from Mountsorrel in Leicestershire, said: "None of us expected it and I just started crying."

The primary school teacher, who is the youngest member of the team, was diagnosed with avascular necrosis following her injury, meaning the blood supply to the end of her bones is disrupted.

She said she wanted to inspire other young people to change their life through sport. - BBC