Para athletics Men's high jump Toru Suzuki Tokyo Para representative offer November 12, 6:01
On the 11th, Para World Championship in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, was held in the final of a class that had a problem with men's high jumping feet. I decided to be a representative.
The Para World Championship is a tournament for the next year's Tokyo Paralympic Games, and Japanese players will be selected as representatives of the next year's Tokyo Paralympic Games if they enter within 4th place.
On the fifth day of the tournament, the final of a class with high obstacles for men's running was held, and he participated in the Paralympic Games for five consecutive tournaments. Then, Narita Midori Yume who was aiming to participate in the Tokyo Games participated.
Suzuki began to jump from 80 cm per meter and failed for the first time at 92 cm per meter, but succeeded in the second time and remained in the top four.
The next 1 meter 96 cm could not jump, but the Indian players who remained in the top four also failed, and Suzuki who won the broke medal in the previous jumps won the bronze medal.
Suzuki has been decided to represent Tokyo Paralympics next year.
Narita was 6th in a record of 84 centimeters per meter, and no representative was announced at this tournament.
The winner was Jonathan Bloom Edwards from England who marked 2 meters and 2 centimeters.
Suzuki “I want to win a medal at the home tournament”
Suzuki said, “I was able to jump with few mistakes in the competitive game, which led me to a medal.
“In order to improve the level crossing, the prosthetic leg has been renewed in August,” he says, “The level of stability of the level crossing is good, but there are still parts that I have n’t been able to handle. It was.
For the Tokyo Paralympic Games, I was keen to say that “I haven't had any medals yet in the 5th Paralympic Games, so I want to make a good jump in front of the Japanese people at the home tournament”.
Aiming for the medal of pleading for the sixth participation in Para
Suzuki is 39 years old from Yamanashi City.
At the age of 18, he lost his lower leg from a knee in a traffic accident and began to land with a prosthetic leg.
He has won a bronze medal in the world championship with a high jump so far, and jumped 1 meter 95 cm at the Japan Para tournament held in July, and is currently ranked first in the world ranking.
The Paralympic Games have participated in five consecutive tournaments since the Sydney tournament in 2000, but the fourth place in the London tournament and Rio de Janeiro tournament is the best, and the Tokyo tournament aims to win the medals.
Narita “I have practice every day”
Narita said, “It was a good sign because I was able to jump to a height that was close to my best record, and I was able to leave a stable performance this season. I feel that, but when the speed of the run-up increases, I can't stand that speed, and the right foot that I step on will bend, so I want to improve it. "
Regarding the fact that he was unable to get a Tokyo Paralympic representative appointment at this tournament, he said, “I only have practice every day and I want to do my best as a step forward.”