Now playing Next Spain Spanish club welcomes Afghan wheelchair player who fled home Nilofar Bayat fled Afghanistan after the Taliban took over. The Spanish government were instrumental in her migration. 26/08/2021
Now playing Next Health Hi-tech repair shop for Paralympians opens in Tokyo With over 100 specialists staffing the shop, athletes in the Paralympic village can be sure their prosthetics, wheelchairs and other equipment is in mint condition during the Games. 17/08/2021
Now playing Next Italy Paralympic champion and former F1 driver "stable" after crash The condition of Alex Zanardi remains "serious". He underwent brain surgery following a crash with a lorry on Friday. 20/06/2020
Now playing Next no comment Lockdown forces Irish paralympic hopeful to tread-mill water In his suburban driveway in the west of Ireland, blind triathlete Leo Hynes clambers into a box of water, straps himself to a bungee cord and starts to swim - going nowhere, but going fast 19/06/2020
Now playing Next Belgium Belgian Paralympian Marieke Vervoort ends life through euthanasia Euthanasia is legal in Belgium and the athlete had announced her intentions after the Rio Games in 2016 to follow that path if her condition worsened. 23/10/2019
Now playing Next Turkey Meet the teenage Turkish swimming champion born without arms Paralympic swimmer Sümeyye Boyaci says “fish also have no arms but decided to swim”. 21/09/2018
Now playing Next USA Challenged Athletes Foundation provides athletics for all NBC News' Steve Patterson reports on an organisation that helps provide grants for prosthetics, coaching and travel for athletes who want to make the Paralympics. 19/03/2018
