Tokyo Paralympics: Best of August 27
Petrucio Ferreira Dos Santos of Brazil celebrates after winning gold with a flag of Brazil after the men's 100m. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado
Ibrahim Elhusseiny Hamadtou of Egypt in action against Chao Chen of China during their table tennis singles game. REUTERS/Bernadett Szabo
Liqing Li of China receives medical attention after sustaining an injury during her judo match against Sandrine Martinet of France. REUTERS/Thomas Peter
Weiyi Yuan of China in action during the men's 50m butterfly. REUTERS/Marko Djurica
Mallory Weggemann of the United States celebrates after winning with Ahalya Lettenberger of the United States in the women's 200m individual medley. REUTERS/Marko Djurica
Xavier Porras of Spain in action during the men's long jump T11 final. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha
Gold medalist Tupou Neiufi of New Zealand celebrates on the podium after the women's 100m backstroke. REUTERS/Marko Djurica
Thalita Vitoria Simplicio Da Silva of Brazil embraces guide Felipe Veloso da Silva after winning the women's 400m T11 semifinal. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado
Matteo Parenzan of Italy in action against Ian Seidenfeld of the United States in table tennis singles. REUTERS/Bernadett Szabo
Komet Akbar of Indonesia celebrates winning against Gilles De La Bourdonnaye of France in the men's table tennis singles. REUTERS/Bernadett Szabo
A general view of athletes in in the men's 5000m T54 round 1 heats. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha
Nick Mayhugh of the United States reacts after winning gold and setting a new world record in the men's 100m T37 final. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado
Petrucio Ferreira Dos Santos of Brazil reacts and embraces Lucas De Sousa Lima of Brazil after winning gold in the men's 100m T47 final. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado
Munkhbat Aajim of Mongolia in action against Yujiro Seto of Japan during their 66 kg Final of Repechage A match. REUTERS/Thomas Peter
Adria Jesus Da Silva of Brazil in action against Canada during their sitting volleyball match. REUTERS/Molly Darlington
Laiana Rodrigues Batista of Brazil celebrates with teammates during their sitting volleyball match against Canada. REUTERS/Molly Darlington
Kheira Zairi of Algeria in action against Jitske Visser of the Netherlands during their wheelchair basketball match. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado
Gold MedallistTomoki Sato of Japan celebrates after setting a new Paralympic record in the men's 400m T52 final. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado
Jing Rong of China reacts after winning against Nataliia Mandryk of Ukraine in the wheelchair fencing women's epee team gold medal match. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner
Abderrahmane Chetouane of Algeria reacts after winning against Priscilla Gagne of Canada in the women's judo 52kg gold medal contest. REUTERS/Thomas Peter
Hao Wang of China in action during the men's 100m T47 round 1 heats. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha
Raoua Tlili of Tunisia in action during the women's shot put F41 final. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha
Xiaoyan Wen of China celebrates after winning gold and setting a new world record in the women's 200m T37 final. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado
Enrique Siscar Meseguer of Spain in action against Takuya Miki of Japan in the wheelchair tennis singles first round. REUTERS/Issei Kato
Namig Abasli of Azerbaijan in action against Davyd Khorava of Ukraine in the men's judo 66kg bronze medal contest B. REUTERS/Thomas Peter
Oliver Lam-Watson of Britain in action against Andrii Demchuk of Ukraine in the wheelchair fencing men's epee team bronze medal match. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner
Gold Medallist Nick Mayhugh of the United States celebrates after setting a new world record in the men's 100m T37 final. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado
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