THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
August 25, 2021 at 07:30 JST
The cauldron is lit by, from left, powerlifter Karin Morisaki, wheelchair tennis player Yui Kamiji and boccia player Shunsuke Uchida during the Opening Ceremony for the Tokyo Paralympics at the National Stadium on Aug. 24. (The Asahi Shimbun)
The Paralympics began Tuesday in the same empty National Stadium--during the same pandemic--as the opening and closing ceremonies of the recently completed Tokyo Olympics. [Read More]
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