Boccia Special Support School Japan's best competition “Selected Koshien” Tokyo, August 13, 20:45
“Selected Koshien”, which competes in Japan for the special support school in Parasport ball games and Boccia, was held in Tokyo, and players aiming to participate in the Tokyo Paralympic Games next year also participated.
Boccia is a sport devised for people with severe disabilities such as cerebral palsy and competes how close the red and blue balls can be to the white target.
The national Boccia selection Koshien started three years ago, and 24 teams from special support schools nationwide from Aomori to Okinawa competed for the best in Japan.
Last year's winning school, Fuchu Keyakinomori Gakuen in Tokyo, was ranked third by captain Ami Karashi (17), a representative of Japan and a captain with disabilities in both hands and feet, who pulled the team with an accurate pitch.
The tournament was won by Murayama Special Support School in Tokyo for the first time in two years.
Boccia has rapidly expanded to special support schools nationwide since Japan won the silver medal at the previous Rio de Janeiro Paralympic Games, and the players who became representatives in succession also led to the strengthening of the Japanese national team aiming to win the gold medal at the Tokyo Paralympic Games. The
“It was good that everyone in the team took the medal and ended up in the Tokyo Paralympics,” said Juniors who were not able to do sports now, “I can do sports like me.” I want to tell you. "