‘Out of this world’ Paralympians hailed as records fall on day 11

TOKYO: The successful staging of the Paralympics during a pandemic was lauded as “remarkable” on Saturday as records tumbled on the final day of track and field action in Tokyo.

International Paralympic Committee spokesperson Craig Spence hailed “an amazing team effort” that had enabled the Games to take place and said the athletes’ performances had been “out of this world”.

“It’s remarkable. There were doubts in the past two years when I thought these Games weren’t going to happen,” Spence told reporters.

“A lot of people thought it was impossible to stage the Olympics and Paralympics during a pandemic. We took our inspiration from our athletes.”

At the Olympic Stadium on day 11, Britain’s Hannah Cockroft won…