By Gareth James Saracens boss Mark McCall has hailed Aled Davies’ impact on the club following his “courageous” move from Welsh rugby. Former Scarlets and Ospreys scrum-half Davies made the last of his 20 Wales appearances against 2019 World Cup pool-stage opponents Uruguay in Japan. Because he does not meet Wales’ minimum 60-cap selection eligibility […]

By Tom Prosser  Wales’ Olympic and Paralympic heroes were celebrated at a special homecoming at the Senedd on Monday evening. Three time gold medalist Aled Davies, Taekwondo silver medalist Lauren Williams and Joshua Bugajski who won bronze in the rowing were all in attendance. Hockey bronze medal duo Leah Wilkinson and Sarah Jones were also at the event. The couple are currently planning their wedding and were thrilled to both be in the same team in Tokyo.

Aled Davies is not a man for looking in the rear view mirror which is why the road to Paris is his focus as he returns from Tokyo as one of four Welsh gold medalists from the Paralympics. Davies retained his Paralympic title in the men’s F63 shot put to join the likes of Tanni Grey-Thompson and David Roberts as Welsh athletes who have brought gold home for Great Britain at three or more Games. The Bridgend thrower was one of 21 Welsh competitors in Japan, who picked up a total of 14 medals for Team GB.

Aled Davies has soaked up the glory of his third Paralympic gold medal and insists he is ready to go for number four in Paris in 2024. Wales’ greatest male Paralympian is already relishing the idea of defending his title after he won his F63 shot put event in the torrential rain of Tokyo on the final weekend of the Games. The 30-year-old, who also claimed a discus win at London 2012, topped the podium for Great Britain at the Olympic Stadium after triumphing with a throw of 15.33 metres.

Aled Davies is arguably one of the most successful Paralympians of all time, his success has been an inspiration to many people all over the world. He is now aiming to make it a hat-trick in Tokyo after winning gold at both London 2012 and Rio 2016, as Tom Prosser reports. Welsh Para sport legend Aled Davies has already won gold at two Paralympic Games so you would be forgiven for thinking he has experienced it all. But this time around his preparation has been rather different due to the disruption of the pandemic.

Olivia Breen will be the first of Wales’ magnificent seven track and field stars to compete when the athletics schedule gets underway at the Tokyo Paralympics. The sprinter will take to the blocks in the early hours of Saturday morning when she lines up for the women’s T38 100m. The heats start at 2:38am UK time and should Breen qualify, she would line up for the final at a minute after noon the same day.

By Owen Morgan Aled Davies has spoken of his “absolute honour” at being named co-captain of the Great Britain athletics team alongside Hannah Cockroft at the Tokyo Paralympics. The Cardiff Athletics thrower won gold in Rio five years ago to add to his illustrious list of career titles. Having burst onto the international scene with gold and bronze medals at the 2012 London Paralympics, Davies will be defending his title in the men’s F63 shot put on Saturday 4 September.

Welsh 1500m star Jake Heyward must wait and see whether he has done enough to book a place at next month’s Olympic Games in Tokyo. The Cardiff athlete won bronze on day two of the Muller British Athletics Championships in Manchester, which doubles as the Great Britain Olympic trials.

Three Welsh athletes have been named in the first group selected to represent Great Britain at the rescheduled 2020 Paralympics this summer. Reigning champions Hollie Arnold and Aled Davies are joined by Sabrina Fortune in the first wave of selections for Tokyo. Arnold, who won Commonwealth Games gold for Wales in 2018, will be looking to defend the title she won five years ago in Rio in the women’s F46 javelin.

Aled Davies claimed a magnificent seventh European Para Athletics Championships career gold in Poland on Saturday. The Bridgend athlete may not have been at his best in Bydgoszcz, but he was still good enough to add yet another shot put title to his huge personal haul which also includes a clutch of Paralympic, world and Commonwealth throwing titles.

Harrison Walsh celebrated his senior Great Britain debut with a discus bronze medal at the European Para Athletics Championships in Poland on Friday night. The Disability Sports Wales Para Academy athlete produced a huge new personal best, launching the discus out to 54.85m – almost two and a half metres further than his previous best.

Wales’s Para legend Aled Davies will chase his fourth successive F63 shot-put title at the European Championships in Poland in June. The six-time Euro champ is one of seven Welsh para-athletes names in the GB team for the championships in Bydgoszcz from June 1-5.