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After a disappointing result in Rio, Herbert Aceituno gets the first ever Paralympic medal for with his bronze in Powerlifting.
 
A result that will be even more celebrated since El Salvador also never won a medal at the Olympics.

Also hurting is the fact that one of our biggest ever medalists (André Brasil) was recently considered ineligible for Paralympic swimming which has ended his career.

Historic results all around in Tokyo, for Joao Oliva at the Olympics and Rodolpho Riskalla today.

Silver medals for in Equestrian and Wheelchair Fencing, improving the results from Rio.

Silver medals for in Equestrian and Wheelchair Fencing, improving the results from Rio.

This bronze medal for Brazil was the most exciting of the Games so far

Sadly that's a problem within Swimming events and Daniel Dias has spoken in the past that it was kinda unfair that athletes there were from a higher class (S6) now are competing with him in S5. Anyway, it's nice to see him still managing to get medals.

You posted a list of the sports that would be broadcasted, and there are so many that I was under the impression that the list included all sports. Maybe if you started by saying that Powerlifting wouldn't be covered you would get more attention
 
+ that's surprising because the sport was broadcast in Rio, and even some World Cup stages have full coverage on the IPC website. Also what's the point of including Taekwondo and only show highlights.

Russia is (briefly) back at the Games
 

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

My predictions for top 10:
 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10  
gets first position at the medal table since 2004, so their place is secured, but is back (as RPC of course) with probably their best team ever (?), so I expect them to "steal" some of the golds other big nations won in their 2016 absence. They'll have a good fight with , which since 2000 always figure in the top 3 positions, and this time maybe can even maintain the second place.
 
About and it could go either way, both are very consistent and finish at the top 5 in almost every recent edition. I gave United States the edge because Ukraine has fewer athletes this time. I could change the order of the top 5 nations, but for me this are the most likely to end ahead of the competition.
 
could potentially challenge for top 5 as they have a good variety of medalling sports, but their results in Athletics and Swimming (obviously the two sports that give most medals) aren't that great. Either way, they should at least get 6th place ahead of , , and which are close in medal chances. Netherlands is strong in Cycling and Swimming, Italy in Swimming (amazing results at the most recent world championships), Germany in Cycling and Athletics, and Brazil in a few sports. I think Netherlands will pull ahead because they are clearly in an ascending curve when it comes to Paralympics, but Brazil could challenge for 8th and show the "legacy" of the Rio Games.
 
A slew of nations could challenge for top 10 though. was top 10 in the last two editions and of course could repeat the feat. is consistent and could show the improvement ahead of their own Games. , , , , and didn't reach the top 10 in London and Rio, but with some luck at the gold medal count maybe will. And of course there's which didn't get a single gold medal in Rio and it's in a decline since their best result in 2004. The addition of new sports should help a little, but I wouldn't be surprised if they don't reach top 10 (the first hosts since Greece to do so). I really don't know what to expect from them but maybe they'll do amazing like at the Olympics.

This thread is finally completed. Better late than never I guess, but I wish the para sports federations could be faster with their updates - I even emailed some of them like World Boccia, which didn't reply and just announced a provisional entry list hours ago. Anyway, the NPCs with the most athletes are:
 
259 255 246 242 238 220 180 143 138 136

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

The 'hero' for Thomaz de Moraes if I'm not mistaken  
 
We're cheering for Thomaz here, since he's representing the Brazilian winter sports world in these Summer Paralympics, and might have a (especially for Brazil) rare chance to win a medal at the Summer and Winter Olympics consecutively!

I love they're trying to figure out how to split the trophy
 

I saw this event in the YOG and even if I don't understand a bit how they do the scores (the same happens to me in artistic swimming or rythmic gymnastics tbh). The russian guy who won gold was amazing. I think this is one of those events you have to watch with an open mind and just enjoy it as an entertainment.

Globo Esporte (a big sports page in Brazil) has asked a few questions over the last week:
 
What medal from Brazil was the most exciting?  
1. Hebert Conceição (gold, Boxing) - 21,96%
2. Isaquias Queiroz (gold, Canoeing) - 16,79%
3. Laura Pigossi e Luisa Stefani (bronze, Tennis) - 12,07%
 
I said it at the moment that the bronze medal of Pigossi/Stefani was the best moment of Tokyo for me, but the k.o. by Hebert was pretty damn exciting/surprising also.
 
 
What was the biggest brazilian name at the Games?  
1. Rosamaria (silver, Volleyball) - 65,08%
2. Rebeca Andrade (gold/silver, Gymnastics) - 15,09%
3. Rayssa Leal (silver, Skateboarding) - 8,22%
 
Rosamaria's (big) fan club probably had a huge influence in this poll
 
 
What was the most memorable moment of the Games?  
1. Hebert Conceição knockout in Gold medal bout (Boxing) - 23.03%
2. Shared gold between Gianmarco Tamberi and Mutaz Essa Barshim (Athletics) - 18.59%
3. Youngest podium at the Olympics, women's street (Skateboarding) - 11.24%
 
Of course a moment from a brazilian athlete would be picked, but also nice to see the high jump moment.
 

Globo Esporte (a big sports page in Brazil) has asked a few questions over the last week:
 
What medal from Brazil was the most exciting?  
1. Hebert Conceição (gold, Boxing) - 21,96%
2. Isaquias Queiroz (gold, Canoeing) - 16,79%
3. Laura Pigossi e Luisa Stefani (bronze, Tennis) - 12,07%
 
I said it at the moment that the bronze medal of Pigossi/Stefani was the best moment of Tokyo for me, but the k.o. by Hebert was pretty damn exciting/surprising also.
 
 
What was the biggest brazilian name at the Games?  
1. Rosamaria (silver, Volleyball) - 65,08%
2. Rebeca Andrade (gold/silver, Gymnastics) - 15,09%
3. Rayssa Leal (silver, Skateboarding) - 8,22%
 
Rosamaria's (big) fan club probably had a huge influence in this poll
 
 
What was the most memorable moment of the Games?  
1. Hebert Conceição knockout in Gold medal bout (Boxing) - 23.03%
2. Shared gold between Gianmarco Tamberi and Mutaz Essa Barshim (Athletics) - 18.59%
3. Youngest podium at the Olympics, women's street (Skateboarding) - 11.24%
 
Of course a moment from a brazilian athlete would be picked, but also nice to see the high jump moment.
 

Luísa Stefani stills making history after the bronze at the Olympics 

I won't be watching a second but high hopes for Zoopreme  

At that age B stands for Bold

yes, that substance (ostarine) is the new frontier of steroids, because it has (almost) the same effectivity, but without many of those really dangerous collateral effects that "natural" steroids (not to mention chemical derivates) have...
 
also in Italy many athletes have been caught in the last couple of years (most notable name, Alex Di Giorgio, former swimmer of the Italian National team)...
 
and I think we're gonna see many more in the next future...

They're doing great. I'm interested to see how the senior team performs in Afrobasket. Maybe they can challenge for the African spot in the next Olympics?