PARALYMPICS 2021

[Felix125]

Thought I would start a thread.
Looking forward to another few weeks of sporting action and medals!

Thanks for starting this thread!

Opening Ceremony tomorrow at 12:00, competition will start on Wednesday.

How to watch

Channel 4 is the place to tune into for comprehensive coverage of 2021's Paralympics without paying a penny, and it's really going all-out.

As well as hosting more than 300 hours of round the clock coverage on Channel 4, More 4 will be showing all things team sports, and if you're not in front of a TV you can live stream all of it via the All4 streaming service.

But even better - the dedicated Channel 4 Paralympics microsite will be showing up to 16 live streams at a time, amounting to more than 1,000 hours of action.

www.techradar.com/uk/news/paralympics-live-stream-2021-how-to-watch-tokyo-2020-games-free-online-schedule

That sounds better coverage than the Olympics!

I enjoyed the Opening Ceremony

Schedule (local time Tokyo)
olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/en/results/all-sports/paralympic-schedule-and-results-date=2021-08-25.htm

And we are off with the medals.

Amazing performance from Sarah Storey for gold and Silver for Crystal Lane-wright

And silver for Steve Bate and his pilot Adam Duggleby

Massively looking forward to this!! And such a great start already.

I'm newly disabled and been in a wheelchair since January. I have some pretty down days getting stressed about all the things I can't do.

This next two weeks is going to give me lots and lots of hope!! I'm already blown away by the wheelchair basketball.

Yay! Bronze for Toni Shaw in the 400 Free with a massive PB.

We had tickets for 2012 and watched athletics, goalball, football and the men basketball final.

I will have to catch up with the cycling later, I am switching between the swimmming and rugby at the moment

Did anyone watch Jonnie Peacocks Blade Camp?

You can see why the wheelchair rugby was called murder ball

@DuncinToffee

Did anyone watch Jonnie Peacocks Blade Camp?

Yes it was amazing, we will no doubt see some of those youngsters at future games

Was there a really successful British Paralympic swimmer before Ellie Simmonds? I feel like I can remember one, but can’t recall her name. Google isn’t helping. It might just be that Ellie has been around so long that’s it her I’m thinking of!

Jaco Van Gass just brought me to tears with that piece for C4. He is such an inspiring person!

@stepleftorright

Was there a really successful British Paralympic swimmer before Ellie Simmonds? I feel like I can remember one, but can’t recall her name. Google isn’t helping. It might just be that Ellie has been around so long that’s it her I’m thinking of!

Yes - lots!

Sarah Storey was a very successful swimmer before switching to cycling.

@stepleftorright

Was there a really successful British Paralympic swimmer before Ellie Simmonds? I feel like I can remember one, but can’t recall her name. Google isn’t helping. It might just be that Ellie has been around so long that’s it her I’m thinking of!

Mike Kenny?

He won 16 gold medals and two silvers over four Paralympics, (Toronto 1976, Arnhem 1980, Stoke Mandevilk 1984, Seoul 1988)

Just catching up with events. I didn't realise that wheelchair rugby was a mixed sport. Only 1 woman in the GB squad, Kylie Grimes, not sure about the othere countries.

Another good day for Team GB

Super proud my stepdaughter just won 🥇 gold After winning a silver yesterday! Swimming- Tully Kearney

@Sal4533

Super proud my stepdaughter just won 🥇 gold After winning a silver yesterday! Swimming- Tully Kearney

Amazing! Her story was so inspirational

@Sal4533

Super proud my stepdaughter just won 🥇 gold After winning a silver yesterday! Swimming- Tully Kearney

Omg she was amazing. You must be so proud 🥰🥰🥰

2 Medals for GB fencers in the epee today. Gold for Piers Gilliver in the Cat A and Bronze for Dmitri Coutya in the Cat B.

Three medals for GB today in the Dressage

Lee Pearson - Gold
Sophie Wells - Silver
Georgia Wilson - Bronze

So looking forward to seeing Natasha Baker ride

@Sal4533

Super proud my stepdaughter just won 🥇 gold After winning a silver yesterday! Swimming- Tully Kearney

Fantastic! She is great, congratulations

@Sal4533

Super proud my stepdaughter just won 🥇 gold After winning a silver yesterday! Swimming- Tully Kearney

Brilliant! You must be very proud!

Must be an amazing feeling to watch someone close to you achieve such a success - fantastic result