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Fireworks illuminate over National Stadium viewed from Shibuya Sky observation deck during the closing ceremony for the 2020 Paralympics in Tokyo, Sunday, Sept. 5, 2021. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato)

Paralympic closing marks end of Tokyo’s 8-year Olympic saga

September 6, 2021
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TOKYO (AP) — The final act of the delayed Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics came Sunday, almost eight years to the day after the Japanese capital was awarded the Games. The…

The Afghan athletes parade during the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Paralympic Games at the Olympic Park in east London on August 29, 2012. AFP PHOTO / GLYN KIRK (Photo by GLYN KIRK / AFP)

Afghan Paralympian beats the odds to compete in Tokyo

August 31, 2021
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Tokyo (AFP) – After a dramatic evacuation from Taliban-held Kabul and a secret operation to fly him to Tokyo, Afghan Paralympian Hossain Rasouli beat the odds on Tuesday to compete in…

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Paralympic closing marks end of Tokyo’s 8-year Olympic saga

Afghan Paralympian beats the odds to compete in Tokyo

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