The Tokyo 2020 Paralympics are a significant global multi-sport parasports occasion, know about the logo for the games
The sixteenth Summer Paralympic Games are being held in Tokyo, Japan between 24 August (TODAY) and 5 September 2021.
Initially reserved to happen between 25 August and 6 September 2020, the Olympics and Paralympics were delayed to 2021 in March 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Tokyo Paralympics 2020 will be the second Summer Paralympics to be facilitated by Tokyo since the 1964 Games, and the third Paralympics held in Japan in general since the 1998 Winter Paralympics.
What Is The Logo For The Tokyo Paralympics 2020
So, what does the Tokyo Paralympics 2020 logo mean?
The Tokyo Paralympics 2020 symbol is known as the ‘Three Agitos’. The Latin term ‘Agitos’ is ‘I move’. The symbol represents the movement of the Paralympic athletes. It also means that the Paralympic athletes keep on moving, travelling, no matter what.
Agitos displays that the Paralympians travel the world and meet each other at every Paralympic event, in spite of fighting difficulties and facing obstacles in life. The three lines- namely red, blue and green portray four principles of the Paralympics: Courage, Determination, Inspiration and Equality. Apart from that, the bend of the three lines expresses the spirit of the Paralympic movement.
The logo of the 2020 Olympics and Paralympics was disclosed on 25 April 2016. The Paralympic logo includes a hand fan in a circular structure, loaded up with an indigo-hued checkerboard design. The design displays elegance and complexity that personifies Japan as a country. The figures substituted the past logo that had been rejected because of charges that it counterfeited the logo of the Théâtre de Liège in Belgium.
For the first time in Summer Paralympics history, badminton and taekwondo will make their debut thus adding two more sports to the Paralympic sports list. The last included sport in the Winter Paralympics was snowboarding. It was included at the Sochi Winter Paralympics which were held in 2014.
The opening ceremony of the Tokyo Paralympics is now finished with the games set to begin with a bang from 24 August, 2021.
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