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Tokyo, Sep 5 (EFE).- (Camera: Franck Robichon). The president of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) on Sunday said it was "unbelievable" that the Tokyo Paralympic Games went ahead despite the enormous logistical challenge posed by the coronavirus pandemic.FOOTAGE OF THE FIREWORKS FROM THE CLOSING CEREMONY OF THE TOKYO 2020 PARALYMPIC GAMES AT THE TOKYO OLYMPIC STADIUM.
Fireworks light up the sky above Tokyo's Olympic Stadium as the closing ceremony for the postponed 2020 Olympic Games ends. IMAGES
A host of France's top athletes gather in front of the Eiffel Tower to take part in a special broadcast of the Tokyo 2020 closing ceremony. IMAGES
Quito, Aug 4 (EFE) .- Ecuador welcomed back in style its first female medalists in history, Neisi Dajomes and Tamara Salazar.Dajomes became Ecuador's first woman to win an Olympic medal when she claimed gold in the women's 76 kg weightlifting at the Tokyo Games on Sunday. Salazar won Silver medal for Ecuador in women's 87 kg weightlifting on Monday. She is Ecuador’s second ever female medalist. (Camera: JUAN FRANCISCO CHAVEZ) SHOT LIST: GOLD MEDALIST IN THE WOMEN'S 76KG CATEGORY WEIGHTLIFTING NEISI DAJOMES AND SILVER MEDALIST IN THE WOMEN'S 87KG TAMARA SALAZAR TRAVEL ON AN OPEN TOP BUS, DURING A CARAVAN THAT LEFT FROM THE QUITO AIRPORT; AND DAJOMES AND SALAZAR DURING AN EVENT TO HONOR THEM FOR THEIR PERFORMANCE IN THE TOKYO 2020 OLYMPIC GAMES AT THE ATAHUALPA OLYMPIC STADIUM FOR IN QUITO, ECUADOR.
Quito, Aug 4 (EFE) .- Ecuador welcomed back in style its first female medalists in history, Neisi Dajomes (gold) and Tamara Salazar (silver). (Camera: JUAN FRANCISCO CHAVEZ)SHOT LIST: ARRIVAL OF NEISI DAJOMES AND TAMARA SALAZAR TO QUITO, ECUADOR.
A plane carrying Belarusian Olympic athlete Krystsina Tsimanouskaya arrives in Poland, where she is expected to take refuge after saying she feared for her life if forced to return home. The Polish airline LOT flight from Vienna, where she stopped over on her way from Tokyo, landed in Warsaw at 8:11pm (1811 GMT), according to the arrivals screen at Warsaw Airport. IMAGES