The Tokyo Paralympics begins today with the opening ceremony kicking things off in Japan despite rising cases of Covid-19.
The Paralympics will see athletes handed their opportunity to shine just like the Tokyo Olympics after the delay due to the pandemic.
The hope and expectation is that not only will there be elite-level competition, but the organisers want the Paralympics to enhance and prove Japanese society to be more inclusive.
It is the first city to host two Paralympic Games, 57 years on from their first Games in 1964, with 4,400 athletes in Tokyo representing 162 national Paralympic committees.
There will be 539 medal events on offer across 22 sports too. We can look forward to new events in the form of Para-badminton and Para-taekwondo, though Para-sailing and football seven-a-side have been cut since Rio 2016.
Team GB will have athletes in action across 19 of the 22 sports, with the Rio total of 147 medals, including 64 gold medals, the target to beat, having finished second behind China overall - a best haul since 1988.
