Fans wowed as Games gets under way in Beijing

Paralympic venues across Beijing were filled almost to capacity on Sunday, as tens of thousands turned out to watch the first day of competition.

"The Olympics is about breaking boundaries - higher, faster and stronger - and it's just the same here," Shang Yuliang, a wheelchair-bound doctor from Henan province, said.

He said he had accompanied his son to enroll at a Beijing university and decided to stay on to watch the shooting events.