President Zuzana Caputova met a group of the Slovak paralympic athletes on Friday and thanked them for their outstanding representation of Slovakia at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo. Handing out letters of gratitude, Caputova stated that the successes of the team can set an example for other athletes with health disabilities. Slovakia won five gold, two silver and four bronze medals in Tokyo, the same total as in 2016 in Rio.