Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent

Notifications can be managed in browser preferences.

Liveupdated
3 years ago

Paralympics closing ceremony LIVE: Tokyo Games declared closed as Great Britain finish second in medal table

Follow all the action from day 11 of the Tokyo Paralympic Games

Karl Matchett
Sunday 05 September 2021 09:35 EDT
Comments
Dame Sarah Storey becomes most successful Paralympian in British history

The Tokyo Paralympics has come to an end in terms of the events - and the official end of a summer of toil and glory will come with the closing ceremony.

ParalympicsGB ended the Games in second place in the medal table, a hugely creditable haul of 124 medals all up which included no fewer than 41 golds - only China earned more. The latest successes saw Great Britain take a bronze in wheelchair basketball, repeating their efforts from Rio despite even more struggles than ever before, while Krysten Coombs earned bronze in the men’s SH6 badminton singles too.

David Smith will carry the flag for Great Britain after his boccia gold medal success, his fifth paralympic medal overall. He said: “It is an unbelievable honour to be leading out the ParalympicsGB team at the Paralympic Games closing ceremony. Not only am I representing the sport that I love, but the wider ParalympicsGB team too.”

The ceremony takes place at the Olympic Stadium and starts from around 11am BST.

Follow all the latest updates from the closing ceremony in Tokyo:

3 years ago

Tokyo Paralympics: Hewett and Reid go from partners to rivals

Next up, Team GB wheelchair tennis partners Alfie Hewett and Gordon Reid go head-to-head for singles bronze.

The pair lost their doubles final to miss out on gold this week, but one of them will add another medal to their collection here.

Alex Pattle4 September 2021 09:37
3 years ago

Tokyo Paralympics: Hewett and Reid go from partners to rivals

Next up, Team GB wheelchair tennis partners Alfie Hewett and Gordon Reid go head-to-head for singles bronze.

The pair lost their doubles final to miss out on gold this week, but one of them will add another medal to their collection here.

Alex Pattle4 September 2021 09:37
3 years ago

Tokyo Paralympics: Seventh heaven for Cockroft

Wheelchair racing star Hannah Cockroft shrugged off a freak injury to smash her own Paralympic record as she cruised to the seventh gold of her glittering career in rain-soaked Tokyo.

The 29-year-old suffered a nasty cut after catching her right hand in her chair less than an hour before dominantly defending her T34 800m crown in testing conditions at the Olympic Stadium.

She sported strapping on the wound, which was also covered by custom-made 3D printed gloves – manufactured by her GB teammate Richard Chiassaro – to provide additional grip in the wet weather.

Yorkshire-born Cockroft feared doctors may recommend a withdrawal but doggedly battled on and insisted she would have been on the start line “even if my hand’s fallen off”.

Full story here:

Hannah Cockroft overcomes freak hand injury to cruise to seventh Paralympic gold

The 29-year-old suffered a nasty cut to her right hand but won with a Paralympic record
Alex Pattle4 September 2021 09:12
3 years ago

Tokyo Paralympics: Silver for GB in wheelchair doubles tennis

Jordanne Whiley and Lucy Shuker have been handily beaten 6-0 6-1 by the Netherlands in their wheelchair tennis doubles final, but it’s another medal for GB in any case – silver this time around.

Alex Pattle4 September 2021 09:02
3 years ago

Tokyo Paralympics: Henshaw pips Wiggs to KL2 kayak gold

World canoeing champion Charlotte Henshaw completed a full set of Paralympic medals after winning the battle of the Brits by powering to glory ahead of defending title holder Emma Wiggs in Tokyo.

The 34-year-old former swimmer added KL2 kayak gold to SB6 breaststroke silver and bronze – claimed in London and Rio respectively – on another magnificent morning for Great Britain at Sea Forest Waterway.

Ex-sprinter Laura Sugar also claimed gold on Saturday, winning the women’s KL3 competition, while there was VL3 bronze for Stuart Wood in the men’s events.

Mansfield-born Henshaw has taken the sport by storm since switching from the pool in early 2017 and continued her remarkable progress by completing the 200m straight line in a personal best time of 50.760 seconds.

Teammate Wiggs was just 0.649secs off the pace as her Rio crown passed into the hands of her compatriot.

Full story here:

Charlotte Henshaw eclipses Emma Wiggs for KL2 kayak gold at Paralympics

The former swimmer previously won Paralympic backstroke silver and bronze
Alex Pattle4 September 2021 08:58
3 years ago

Tokyo Paralympics: Wheelchair tennis doubles final

Jordanne Whiley and Lucy Shuker are now 5-1 down in the second set against the Netherlands, serving to stay in the match!

Alex Pattle4 September 2021 08:52
3 years ago

Tokyo Paralympics: Wheelchair tennis doubles final

Jordanne Whiley and Lucy Shuker endured a terrible start to their wheelchair tennis doubles final, losing the first set 6-0 to the Netherlands.

They’ve just held serve at the start of the second set for 1-0, however. Can they build upon this?

Alex Pattle4 September 2021 08:35
3 years ago

Tokyo Paralympics: Welcome to Day 11

Welcome to our coverage of Day 11 at the Tokyo Paralympics.

Great Britain have made a strong start to the day, winning more para-canoeing gold through Laura Sugar in the KL3 event and Charlotte Henshaw in the KL2, with Emma Wiggs taking silver following her own title on day 10. Stuart Wood won bronze in the 200m VL3 para-canoeing event.

Meanwhile, Jordanne Whiley and Lucy Shuker are going for wheelchair tennis doubles gold against the Netherlands, after Hannah Cockroft triumphed in the T34 800m for her seventh Paralympic title. Kare Adenegan won silver behind Cockroft.

Elsewhere, Dan Bethell – who will compete in the badminton SL3 singles final – is guaranteed a medal for Great Britain. Aled Sion Davies is going for a third Paralympic gold in the F63 shot put, and Kadeena Cox and Ali Smith take part in the T38 400m final.

Alex Pattle4 September 2021 08:29

Join our commenting forum

Join thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their replies

Comments

Thank you for registering

Please refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in