The Tokyo Paralympics took place from Aug. 24 to Sept. 5. Over 4,000 Athletes with disabilities from 163 countries competed in 536 events in sports such as swimming, wheelchair basketball, boccia and more. Check out the photo gallery to see athletes like Oksana Masters, Trenten Merrill and Brittni Mason battle it out for the gold.
Photos: The Paralympic Games in Tokyo
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Matt Stutzman of Team USA competes in the men's archery individual ranking round on Day 4 of the Tokyo Paralympics.
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Gabriel Geraldo dos Santos Araújo of Brazil prepares to compete in the men's 100-meter backstroke S2 final on Day 1 of the Tokyo Paralympics on Aug. 25, 2021. Araújo would go on to win silver in the event and two golds in the Games.
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Team USA's Zachary Buhler (left) and Tyler Merren cheer from the bench during the goalball preliminary (group A) match against Brazil at the Tokyo Paralympics in Makuhari Messe Hall in Tokyo on Aug. 26, 2021.
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Team USA's Amanda Dennis (right) tries to block the ball during a goalball preliminary group match between the U.S. and Japan on Aug, 28, 2021.
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Anastasia Pagonis of Team USA is on her way to winning the women's S11 400-meter freestyle with a world record time of 4:54.49 at the Tokyo Aquatic Centre on Aug. 26.
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Cicero Valdiran Lins Nobre of Team Brazil competes in the men's javelin throw F57 final on Day 4 of the Tokyo Paralympics at Olympic Stadium in Tokyo on Aug. 28, 2021.
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Ryley Batt (No. 3 ) of Team Australia scores a try against Yukinobu Ike of Team Japan during the bronze medal wheelchair rugby match on Day 5 of the Tokyo Paralympic s at Yoyogi National Stadium on Aug. 29, 2021.
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Jessica Heims of Team USA competes in the women's discus throw F64 final of the Tokyo Paralympics at Olympic Stadium on Aug. 29, 2021.
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Beatrice Vio of Team Italy competes against Ludmila Vasileva of Team Russian Paralympics Committee in the women's foil individual category B wheelchair fencing on Day 4 of the Tokyo Paralympics at Makuhari Messe Hall on Aug. 28, 2021.
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Grigorios Polychronidis of Team Greece competes during the boccia individual BC3 Pool A on Day 6 of the Tokyo Paralympics at Ariake Gymnastics Centre on Aug, 30, 2021. Boccia is a precision sport played by athletes with a significant physical impairment affecting motor functions.
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Sam Grewe of Team USA competes in the men's high jump T63 final on Day 7 of the Tokyo Paralympics at Olympic Stadium on Aug. 31, 2021.
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Brittni Mason (left) of Team USA and Lisbeli Marina Vera Andrade from Venezuela in action during the women's 100-meter final T47. Mason would win silver in the event.
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Trenten Merrill of Team USA competes in the men's long jump T64 final during the Tokyo Paralympics at Olympic Stadium on Sept. 1, 2021.
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Egypt's Ibrahim Elhusseiny Hamadtou serves during the men's table tennis team quarter-final (classes 6-7) at the Tokyo Paralympics at Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium on Aug, 31, 2021.
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Hannah Aspden of Team USA competes in the women's 200-meter individual medley SM9 Heat 3 on Day 8 of the Tokyo Paralympics at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre on Sept. 1, 2021.
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Daniel Romanchuk of Team USA competes in the men's 800-meter T54 heat on Day 9 of the Tokyo Paralympics at Olympic Stadium on Sept. 2, 2021.
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