Women's 100 metres and long jump T64 world record holder Fleur Jong and Rio 2016 triathlon champion Jetze Plat are to be the flagbearers for The Netherlands at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics Opening Ceremony tomorrow evening.

compete in the two events she holds the world records in, having broken them at the 2021 World Para Athletics

Fifteen Paralympic athletes are creating content during the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics for Samsung, showing their experiences of the Games to their respective audiences.

TikTok, has also been selected; as have home athletes wheelchair basketball player Amane Yanagimoto and athletics

More than 10,000 people gathered on the streets of London today as the fourth edition of The Big Half run took place, marking something of a return for mass-participation sporting events in Britain.

middle-distance double in the men's 800 metres and women's 1500m on the final day of action of the World Athletics

pic.twitter.com/714cWRFcxe— World Athletics (@WorldAthletics) August 22, 2021In the 4x400m, Nigeria triumphed

Previously on the Tokyo Paralympics!

group within society became known, blossomed across Japan.Ten sports were on the programme - archery, athletics

Pentathlon was included, but as a Paralympic version, involving five disciplines around archery, athletics

Former Japanese athletes Hideo Kondo and Katsumi Suzaki from the 1964 Paralympics have said the Tokyo 2020 Games here have the opportunity to enable better accessibility for the disabled community.

and wheelchair basketball at the Tokyo 1964 Games.Suzaki, a four-sport Paralympian, specialised in athletics

Double Olympic 100 metres champion Elaine Thompson-Herah ran a Jamaican and Diamond League record of 10.54sec in Eugene to defeat a field including the two compatriots who joined her on the Tokyo 2020 podium and home sprinter Sha'Carri Richardson.

traditional home for the first time in three years following the rebuilding work ahead of next year's World Athletics

Masilingi on the home straight to take gold and set a women's 200 metres championship record at the World Athletics

to adapt to the shorter sprint after being banned from competing over her favoured 400m due to World Athletics

position.Sasha Zhoya smashed his own under-20 world record as he won 110m hurdles gold at the World Athletics

23.01 to become Mexico's fifth #WorldAthleticsU20 race walk champion. pic.twitter.com/7T9mshCBau— World Athletics

More than 100 athletes are still to be classified here in Tokyo with just three days to go before the Paralympic Games.

Para-sport and ensures athletes compete against others who are similarly impaired.Fifty-two athletes in athletics

Yesterday during classification in athletics, one athlete was changed class than they originally came

A team of 34 South African athletes has been confirmed for the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics, notably its smallest squad taken to the Games since 1992.

Athletes are set to compete in seven sports - athletics, archery, cycling, equestrian, swimming, table

By far the biggest squad representing South Africa is athletics, with 18 competitors.What an honour to

The acting vice-chancellor of the University of Ghana Nana Aba Appiah Amfo met with a delegation from the Ministry of Youth and Sports to discuss ongoing plans to use the institution as a hub for the 2023 African Games.

facilities on the campus.These included the University of Ghana Stadium, the rugby field and the warm-up athletics

University of Ghana Stadium is being re-developed to meet standards for hosting the 2023 African Games.The athletics

Home runner Jackline Chepkoech won women's steeplechase gold at the World Athletics Under-20 Championships

WorldAthleticsU20 pole vault crown with a third-time 5.45m clearance. pic.twitter.com/xSMAiHDBII— World Athletics

behind closed doors prior to the start of the Games on Tuesday (August 24), taking place at an outdoor athletics

The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) has announced 153 college athletes have been nominated for the 2021 NCAA Woman of the Year Award.

in each division from the list, with the nine finalists then announced.The NCAA Committee on women's athletics

Worldwide Olympic and Paralympic Partner Bridgestone has pledged to donate $125,000 (£91,700/€107,000) to organisations in the United States that provide grants for Para athletes.

athletes of all ages and abilities to chase their dreams.US athlete Scout Bassett, who competed in athletics