Five Paralympic storylines to follow, two years to go until the Tokyo Opening Ceremony on Aug. 25, 2020 …
1. Can the U.S. close the gap on China?
While China evolved to become the U.S.’ biggest threat in the Summer Olympics the last two decades, it has come to dominate the Paralympics. The Chinese earned about twice as many medals as the second-place nation on average at the last four Games.
China has gapped the rest of the world in track and field and swimming, which have more than 300 medal events, or about 60 percent of the Paralympic program.