Saturday 7 August
- Cheering Diver Sinead, Elie Bachele and Lisa Whitman at the Women’s Marathon Final in Sapporo from 9:00 AM AEST
- High jump queen Nicola McDermott will jump for gold at 8:35pm AEST. McDermott is the only woman in Australia to have jumped more than two meters in the high jump with a maximum of 2.1 metres
- The Boomers will face Slovenia in the men’s basketball match that won the bronze medal at 9 PM EST.
- Ed Vernon will represent Australia in the men’s five at 3:30 PM EST
- At 10:40pm AEST we saw Ole Hoare and Stewart McSwain battle for gold in the men’s 1500m.
The Boomers team plays against Slovenia on Saturday.credit:AP
Sunday August 8
The men’s marathon finals kicks off at 9:00 AM EST. The women’s gold basketball match begins at 1:30pm AEST, the men’s 57-63kg boxing final at 4:15pm AEST, the heavyweight boxing match at 5:15pm AEST (Uzbekistan vs. American American).
In the cycling, quarter-finals, semi-finals and sprint finals at Kirin men’s and women’s, Omnium will start at 12pm AEST; Since then also medals for all-around gymnastics competitions.
What is the closing date?
The closing ceremony will take place on Sunday, August 8 from 9pm to midnight AEST (approximately 8pm to 11pm Tokyo time).
It kicks off with a men’s marathon victory celebration at 9:00pm AEST, followed by a women’s marathon victory celebration at 9:10pm.
Then Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe stole the show at the closing ceremony in Rio 2016, dressed as Super Mario to invite the world to the Tokyo Olympics.credit:Kyodo / Agence France-Presse
While the theme of the opening ceremony was ‘United by Passion’, the closing will be based on ‘The Worlds We Share’. The organizers promise to leave us “a material to think about diversity and inclusion as we advance through the Paralympics”.
In a preview of the ceremony, they say, “We hope this celebration will be a moment for each of us to reflect on what the future holds.”
The comprehensive program of the Organizing Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games consists of four acts, which are the opening and closing of each session. As such, the Olympic Final will be designed not only to celebrate the efforts of the athletes in the first 17 days of the Games, but also to “transmit the excitement and excitement of the Paralympic Games”.
When will the Paralympic Games be held?
The 2020 Summer Paralympics will begin on Tuesday 24 August and end on Sunday 5 September.
Members of the Australian Paralympic swimming team, left, are Brendan Hall, Kyra Stevens, Eli Cole, Cole Pierce and Tiffany Thomas Kane at the Tokyo Olympics launch party in May.credit:Getty Images
The Paralympics will be streamed live for free on Seven Network and 7 Plus for subscribers.
Also check out our live coverage on Sydney Morning Herald in a Omar.
The Australian Paralympic team also recommends that you bookmark a website for all the news about the athletes and schedules.
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