The Moving Moments as the Paralympics Ended

By BY CHANG W. LEE AND GWEN KNAPP from NYT Sports Sights from Tokyo as the Games wrapped up.https://nyti.ms/3hrxvtR

Taekwondo Takes Its First Spin at the Paralympics

By BY MOTOKO RICH AND CHANG W. LEE from NYT Sports Almost 70 athletes from 35 countries competed in Tokyo as the sport made its Paralympic debut.https://nyti.ms/3h3CD6U

Dispatch From the Paralympics

By BY CHANG W. LEE from NYT Sports What happened in competition during the first week of competition in Tokyo.https://nyti.ms/3zJIx4A

For These Paralympians, a Pursuit of Excellence Means Life Abroad

By BY GWEN KNAPP from NYT Sports The United States may be the birthplace of basketball, but to make a career out of playing wheelchair hoops, athletes have had to move overseas.https://nyti.ms/3juoTnk

Nothing Got in the Way of These Paralympians

By BY ERICA ACKERBERG AND AMY PADNANI from NYT Sports With the Paralympics underway in Tokyo, we’re remembering the lives of athletes with a variety of disabilities around the world who found freedom in their sports.https://nyti.ms/3klSlLF

Refugees lead the parade of athletes.

By BY MOTOKO RICH from NYT Sports Alia Issa and Abbas Karimi carried the contingent’s flag, which bore the Paralympic symbol.https://nyti.ms/3gu3gBJ

How to watch the Tokyo Paralympic opening ceremony.

By BY THE NEW YORK TIMES from NYT Sports The event is being covered live in the United States.https://nyti.ms/3jd1A1u

Afghan Paralympic Athlete Pleads for Help to Leave the Country

By BY VICTOR MATHER from NYT Sports “My intention is to participate in the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games. Please hold my hand and help me,” Zakia Khudadadi, a taekwondo athlete pleaded in a video from Kabul.https://nyti.ms/3iX9qw7

With Games Approaching, Paralympians Say They Need More Support

By BY AMANDA MORRIS from NYT Sports U.S. Olympic officials are being criticized for their failure to provide personal assistants to some competitors. The champion swimmer Becca Meyers withdrew from the Games over the issue.https://nyti.ms/3yBeZFV

Paralympic world champion speaks out after she was told her shorts were ‘too revealing.’

By BY AMANDA MORRIS from NYT Sports Britain’s Olivia Breen said male athletes took off their shirts without incident, but she was told her briefs were too short.https://nyti.ms/3BoaD6Q

‘It’s a Pretty Big Bummer’: Olympic Dreams on Hold

By BY JOE WARD, BEDEL SAGET, TALYA MINSBERG AND NOAH THROOP from NYT Sports The Times asked Olympic and Paralympic athletes from around the world to make videos about the postponed Summer Games, and what life is like stuck at home. Here’s what they told us.https://nyti.ms/2UyNI5b

Paralympians See a Big Welcome in a Small Title Change

By DANIELLE ALLENTUCK from NYT Sports The United States Olympic Committee has become the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee. “We’ve arrived,” a four-time Paralympian said.https://nyti.ms/2Xcoojo

At the Paralympics, Sled Hockey Is Not Necessarily a Young Man’s Game

By BEN SHPIGEL from NYT Sports Five players over the age of 50 are competing at the Pyeongchang Games, including 61-year-old Shinobu Fukushima of Japan.http://nyti.ms/2p8aNe2

Winter Paralympics Open in Cheery Mood

By BEN SHPIGEL from NYT Sports In a spectacle that featured a rhythmic drum dance and projections of fish coming to life, a record 567 athletes paraded into the Pyeongchang Olympic Stadium.http://nyti.ms/2Dc5xv5

Russia Is Banned From Paralympics, Again, for Doping

By REBECCA R. RUIZ from NYT Sports The International Paralympic Committee said that it would not restore the nation’s team to compete at the Pyeongchang Games, but that some athletes could compete as individuals.http://nyti.ms/2DTKOjV