The Tokyo Paralympics closed Sunday night after nearly two weeks of competition among athletes with impairments from around the world, bringing down the final curtain on the Summer Games, held despite many challenges stemming from the coronavirus.The closing ceremony at the National Stadium concluded the games staged almost entirely off-limits to the public as a result of the pandemic that threw eight years of preparations into disarray.As was the case with the Olympics that ended Aug. 8, the ceremony took place in front of a sea of empty seats, with only a number of officials and dignitari…READ FULL ARTICLE
