Japan Wheelchair Rugby Federation December 16th 7:04

A wheelchair rugby competition group that expects a gold medal at the Tokyo Paralympic Games next year has decided to create a wheelchair for children to continue to strengthen after the competition. The group wants to make children know more about the appeal of the competition, and the group wants to “connect to activities that create future representatives of Japan”.

The Japanese representative of the wheelchair rugby will win the gold medal at next year's Tokyo Paralympic Games, such as winning the world championship for the first time last year.

However, the members of the international tournament in October are captain Toru Ikezaki, 39 years old, and ace Daisuke Ikezaki, 41 years old. The average age is over 33 years old.

For this reason, the Japan Wheelchair Rugby Federation decided to create a custom wheelchair for children and use it at the experience meeting in an effort to uncover new young forces to further strengthen the Tokyo Paralympic Games.

One wheelchair for competition is expensive at around 1.2 million yen, so the children who participated in the experience sessions so far have been playing with wheelchairs for adults. It is to have you know charm of competition more.

The Federation intends to raise funds by crowdfunding through the Internet, aiming at the cost of 8 wheelchairs, about 10 million yen.

A dedicated site is scheduled to open on the 20th, Mr. Hayato Kurisu of the Japan Wheelchair Rugby Federation said, `` It will not produce promising players immediately, but it will lead to activities to create a representative of Japan 10 years later, 20 years later ”