Experience Paralympics with players Tokyo, Tokyo
Along with the first year of the Tokyo Paralympic Games, an event was held in Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, where participants can experience the Paralympic Games with their players.
On the 26th, there was a corner at the Chiyoda Ward Office in Tokyo where you can experience blind football and wheelchairs for competitions.
Of these, in the wheelchair experience section, Yoshiaki Nagao who participated in the Paralympic Games 7 times was instructing, and participants were trying to determine how fast they could be while teaching wheelchair operations. .
The woman who participated said, “Even if I tried to speed up, I could only get about 10 km / h. I heard that Nagao could get about 50 km, and I think the athlete is amazing.”
In addition, a girl in the third grade of elementary school said, “I was tired but I enjoyed it.”
Mr. Nagao said, “The wheelchair's land is a powerful and interesting sport, so I just want to see it live. I want to make it more exciting for the Tokyo Paralympic Games.”
Also, in the blind soccer corner using a sounding ball, participants put on an eye mask and experienced playing, and some people could not understand the location of the ball or kicked in a direction different from the goal .
The event was also attended by Go Kitazawa, a former soccer representative from Japan and chairman of the Japan Federation of Disabled Peoples Football Federation.
Kitazawa said, “Blind football is a sport that the audience must watch silently, and it makes me feel like I'm fighting together. Through these experience sessions, many people are interested in various Paralympic games. I want you to have. "