Boccia Japan Championship opens Tokyo Paralympic National Team final offer December 20, 16:05
The Parasport ball game, Boccia's Japan Championship opened in Aichi Prefecture on the 20th, and the battle for the Tokyo Paralympics representative appointment next year began.
Boccia is a parasport designed for people with severe disabilities such as cerebral palsy, and competes how close to the white target ball by throwing six red and blue balls.
The Japanese Championship, which opened in Toyota City, Aichi Prefecture on the 20th, will be selected as the representative of the Tokyo Paralympic Games if a player with a world ranking in four classes wins.
Hidetaka Sugimura, who was second in the qualifying league and ranked second in the world ranking, showed his skillful control at key points and won 5: 1, making a good start for the third consecutive championship.
The most difficult class that rolls the ball with a slide-like device called a “ramp” was scored by Kyosuke Kawamoto, who was aiming for the first time in the Paralympic Games, and scored 14-0.
Boccia is a Rio de Janeiro Paralympic group that was acquired three years ago and is the first to win a silver medal in Japan. The Tokyo Paralympic is expected to win a gold medal.
The final of the Japanese Championship will be decided on the 22nd.