Daily wrap-up: The top moments from Day 1 of the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo

Day one of the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo was action packed, from swimming to goalball and plenty in between.

The first of 12 days of competition saw history made in the pool, a huge upset in wheelchair rugby, and a clean sweep of medals for the People's Republic of China in wheelchair fencing.

Here are the top moments from the opening day of action.

Top 5 moments from day 1

Denmark cause big upset against Australia in wheelchair rugby

In one of the biggest surprises on day one of Paralympic action, Denmark shocked reigning champions Australia.

To the surprise of even the Danes, their one point win put the Australian hopes of a third Paralympic gold in jeopardy.

"Frankly, I didn't think we had a chance," Denmark player Mark Ingemann Peters told Olympics.com after the win.

"I think a lot of teams is surprised right now because we beat the no.1 in the world," echoed teammate Sofie Skoubo, who is the only Danish woman in the mixed-gender team event.

"We just need to settle down and just be ready for tomorrow and still be the underdogs we want to be."

Australia's Paige Greco picks up first gold of the Games with World Record

24-year-old Paige Greco became the first gold medallist of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, triumphing in track cycling.

The Australian won the C1-3 3,000m individual pursuit, in a time of 3:50.815 to set a new world record.

"It feels amazing, I still can't believe it," said Greco.

"I keep looking down and seeing [the gold medal], it's not really sunk in yet."

Brazil defeat defending goalball champions Lithuania

We had another upset on the first day of action, this time in goalball - an event for people with visual impairments

Lithuania came into Tokyo 2020 as the defending champions, hoping for a second consecutive gold.

But they were faced with taking down top-ranked Brazil, who proved to be too strong, winning 11-2.

Three-time Paralympian Romario Marques scored four times for Brazil.

Men's 100m butterfly S14 Paralympic record broken FOUR times

For a Paralympic record to be broken just once is impressive, but the men's S14 100m butterfly record was smashed four times.

First by Australia's Liam Schulter, then shorty after by Brazil's Gabriel Bandeira, and then again by Great Britain's Reece Dunn.

And it would be Bandeira who would break it once more as he became the Paralympic champion.

YAMADA Miyuki wins Japan's first medal of the Paralympics

Hosts Japan didn't have to wait long for their first medal of the Paralympic Games, courtesy of teen sensation YAMADA Miyuki.

The 14-year-old became the youngest ever Japanese Paralympic medallist after winning silver in the women's 100m backstroke S2.

Making her international debut early in 2020, she has rapidly become one of the best para swimmers in the world.

YAMADA finished nine seconds behind reigning champion YIP Pin Xiu of Singapore.

What else happened on day 1?

Day one of the Paralympics has seen records galore, especially in the Izu Velodrome with track cycling.

Britain's most successful female Paralympian, Sarah Storey, smashed the world record in the WC5 individual pursuit to set up an all British final.

Storey went onto win gold, her 15th across multiple Paralympic Games, while teammate and final opponent Crystal Lane-Wright picked up silver.

Tristan Bangma and pilot Patrick Bos of the Netherlands became the first to complete the men's B 4,000m individual pursuit in sub-4 minutes, recording a time of 3:59.470.

Elsewhere, in wheelchair basketball, the reigning champions USA fell to the Netherlands in their opening game of the preliminaries - losing 68-58 after a fourth quarter surge from the Dutch.

20-year-old William Martin of Australia got the medal action underway in the pool, picking up the first gold in the men's S9 400m freestyle.

And it was a first ever Paralympic gold for Chile in the pool as Alberto Abarza won the men's S2 100m backstroke.

Yet another world recorded toppled, this time it was RPC's Valeriia Shabalina in the S14 women's 100m butterfly with a winning time of 1:03.59, while Paige Leonhardt and Ruby Storm, both of Australia, won silver and bronze respectively.

Wheelchair fencing saw a dominant display from People's Republic of China, winning four golds and two bronze medals.

And in table tennis, 52-year-old MINAMI Nobuhiro made his return to the Paralympics, having competed in Sydney and Athens before retiring in 2007.

He came out of retirement in 2015 to qualify for Tokyo, but his comeback was almost a dream but for a nail-biting final set going in the favour of his opponent.

MINAMI competes again on day 2, in what could be his last ever Paralympic Games appearance.

Natalia Partyka returned to table tennis action, looking to defend her class 10 title and win a fifth consecutive Paralympic gold.

It was business as usual for the Polish international, beating opponent TAKEUCHI Nozomi in three straight sets.

"If I want to win there is no easy matches," said Partyka to Olympics.com, reflecting on her opening win.

"But the winning also tastes better when it's not that easy.

"I don't remember the last time I lost at the Paralympic Games, but that's super nice and I'd like to keep winning but I can't promise you I am going to win because my opponents want to win as well," she told Olympics.com.

You can find a full breakdown of all of what day 1 had to offer in the Tokyo 2020 live blog.

Photo of the Day

Ibrahim Elhusseiny Hamadtou began his Paralympic campaign on the first day of table tennis action.

The Egyptian lost both of his arms as a result of a train accident, taking up the sport in the wake of enduring life-changing injuries.

He competes using his mouth and his legs, using the latter to serve the ball with his feet.

Despite a valiant effort, Republic of Korea's PARK Hong Kyu beat the 48-year-old in straight sets.

Nevertheless, the captured moments of him competing serve as an inspiration to all.

How to follow and watch Paralympic action from Day 2 of Tokyo 2020

All the key moments will be on Olympics.com, with updates and articles throughout Thursday 26th August.

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