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First gold medal of Tokyo 2020 goes to  

 

WR for Greco as well.

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First medal of the Games goes to  

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It’s time to award the first medals of the Games! 

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So far the key to winning matches in team sports has been to not be the 2016 Paralympic Champions 

 

 beats the  68-58 in group stage of Women’s Wheelchair Basketball.

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Wheel Blacks deliver a good haka to get Wheelchair Rugby underway 

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1 hour ago, ChandlerMne said:

Slight off topic.

IPC YT channel is livestreaming all the events, just like they did before.

But after some time, those videos arent available. I couldnt find any Beijing 2008 replays and so on up until PyeongChang.

Does anyone know where are all those replays? 

 

1 hour ago, vinipereira said:

I think they're still available since videos from Rio and London Paralympics keep popping up in my feed. But I don't think they created a playlist, I guess we just have to search for specific events we're interested

 

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The cauldron is lit! 🔥

 

What a fantastic start to the 2020 Paralympic Games!

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It’s nearly time for the opening ceremony 

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59 minutes ago, Grassmarket said:

I’m sure we had it in London. Remember being very impressed how the horses distinguished between control & involuntary movements.

In the past, I think Channel 4 has used their own broadcast equipment to show some of the sports not shown by OBS. For instance, they broadcast some of the rowing in Rio when OBS didn’t produce a feed.

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A long list of countries withdrawn or otherwise not attending. This is based off reporting by ITG, which is linked at the bottom of the post.

 

 have withdrawn due to a government decision.

 

 have withdrawn for unclear reasons.

 

 were able to find eligible athletes to fulfill their allotted quota, and thus will not be participating.

 

 had athletes that refused to travel, and thus will not be participating.

 

 had their NPCs suspended in 2019, and will thus not be participating.

 

Source: https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1112003/north-korea-tokyo-2020-paralympics

 

Despite all of that, all the reporting I’ve read suggests there will be 162 NPCs participating in Tokyo, which is only two off the participation record.

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The Paralympic documentary Rising Phoenix is available on YouTube for free throughout the Games. I watched it on Netflix a few days ago and thought it was pretty good. It’s definitely a good appetizer for the Games 

https://youtu.be/-Wa0Ta1pqu4

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Short peak some opening ceremony preparations

Spoiler

 

 

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 have withdrawn due to travel difficulties.

 

Source: https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1111900/several-pacific-island-nations-withdraw

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16 hours ago, vinipereira said:

Less than 5 days to go and I'm still waiting for the full daily schedule page 

It’s available now: https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/en/results/all-sports/paralympic-schedule.htm

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12 minutes ago, vinipereira said:

Less than 5 days to go and I'm still waiting for the full daily schedule page 

Right!?!? 

 

I’m pretty sure I’ve refreshed the website about 50 million times today 

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The IPC has put together a list of broadcasters: https://www.paralympic.org/tokyo-2020/broadcast

 

Also, while I’m on the topic of 2020 Paralympic Games broadcasts…

 

More information regarding what will be broadcast this edition has become available, or been confirmed via broadcast schedules. According to broadcast schedules for NBC and FranceTV (and a pre-Covid press release from the IPC), the following sports will be broadcast: Archery, Athletics, Badminton, Boccia, Canoe, Cycling Track, Cycling Road, Equestrian, Football 5-a-side, Goalball, Judo, Rowing, Shooting, Sitting Volleyball, Swimming, Table Tennis, Triathlon, Wheelchair Basketball, Wheelchair Rugby, and Wheelchair Tennis.
 

It would also appear some sports will have multiple feeds for each/some sessions; those are: Athletics (up to 3 feeds for each session, with the marathons being broadcast as well), Badminton (up to 2 feeds for each session), Judo (feeds for each tatami during the preliminary sessions), Table Tennis (up to 2 feeds for each session), Tennis (up to 2 feeds for each session). 

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It was announced this morning that no spectators* would be allowed into the venues like at the Olympic Games. 
 

*The door was left open for school programs to take place, meaning that some venues might have a limited number of spectators present if/when allowed. 

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23 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

Quite a lot in swimming and a few in athletics, but that was five years ago. I honestly have no idea how good the Dutch athletes - and more importantly, to predict well - the non-Dutch athletes are, it's usually too hard to really find good information about all the results (there's not something like World Athletics' top lists as far as I know).

 

So, anything between 5 and 40 medals, I guess  

Toggle the first option to “Annual Recorded Best Performances”: https://www.paralympic.org/athletics/rankings

 

Likewise for this one: https://www.paralympic.org/swimming/rankings

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Channel 4 with an awesome trailer.

 

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Summer Paralympic Games 2020

 

Tokyo (JPN) - 24 August 2021 - 5 September 2021

 

 

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Wheelchair Tennis entry list: https://event.itftennis.com/media/319255/319255.pdf

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