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Updated: May 15, 2021, 1:28 pm
Alice Tai and Will Bayley (Adam Davy/PA)
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The delayed Tokyo Paralympics are 100 days away.
Here, the PA news agency picks out five Britons who are shaping up to be the headline acts in the Japanese capital.
Alice Tai
Alice Tai has big hopes of boosting her medal tally in Tokyo (Simon Cooper/PA)
Tai grabbed relay gold on her Paralympic debut in Rio, but the 22-year-old swimmer really rose to stardom in clinching six gold medals at the 2019 World Championships in London. Fame and expectation inevitably ensured, but level-headed Tai looks well-placed to significantly enhance her title haul.
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By IPC
The IPC has published its 2019/2020 Annual Report. With the theme of ‘Change Starts With Sport’, the publication reflects on the IPC’s progress to date in delivering its five-year Strategic Plan that launched in 2019.
Read the complete report here.
The achievements of Para athletes and the IPC’s 200 Member organisations are at the heart of the 2019/2020 report. Following introductions from IPC President Andrew Parsons and CEO Mike Peters, the report opens with a personal essay from Husnah Kukundakwe. The teenager from Uganda details how Para swimming and competing in the 2019 World Para Swimming Allianz Championships aged 12 changed her life.