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August 24 - September 5

540 events in 22 sports

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_Summer_Paralympics

new sports: amputee football, badminton, power hockey, powerchair football, taekwondo



Opening Ceremony

first nation to enter during parade is the Refugee Paralympic team


performers

Japanese pianist Nobuyuki Tsujii

Australian opera singer Tim McCallum


dignitaries in attendance

Colombia – Presidential Advisor for the Participation of Persons with Disabilities of Colombia Jairo Clopatofsky

International Olympic Committee - The IOC President Thomas Bach

International Paralympic Committee – President of the International Paralympic Committee Andrew Parsons

Japan – Minister of State for the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games Tamayo Marukawa, Chief Cabinet Secretary of Japan Katsunobu Katō, Emperor of Japan Naruhito

South Korea – Korean Paralympic Committee President Lee Myung-ho
United States – Second Gentleman of the United States Doug Emhoff