Ball game of the visually impaired

Two veterans, Rie Urata and Masae Komiya, who have contributed to the gold medal at the London Games, have been offered to the Japan Women's National Team at the Tokyo Games in the ball game goal ball played by a visually impaired player at the Paralympic Games.

The goal ball played by visually impaired players relying on sound is a three-by-three game in which the ball with a bell is alternately rolled to the opponent's goal to compete for the goal. Participation in the Paralympics has been decided.

About the representatives of the Tokyo Paralympic Games The Japan Goalball Association will select representatives from the six women's representatives based on the results of the international tournament held in Finland last month, and newly Rie Urata and Masae Komiya Two veterans have been offered a job offer.

Both of them contributed to the gold medal for the first time in the Paralympic Games as a team event at the London Games.

Eiko Misawa, Haruka Wakasugi, and Yuki Amama have all been offered to the Japan national women's national team in the Tokyo Olympics, all of whom have participated in the Paralympics.

The Japan Goalball Association will select and announce the remaining one of the women's Japanese national team members for the content of the international competition in Canada next month.

Komiya "I want to contribute to the team with a bullish mind and play"

Masae Komiya is 44 years old from Fukuoka City.

When I was in the second grade of elementary school, I was diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa, which gradually lost my vision, and lost most of my vision.

At the Fukuoka Visual Acuity Center, where she began attending after becoming a member of society, she is the only girl who has participated in the Athens Paralympic Games, the first in which she has won a bronze medal and has participated in four consecutive tournaments.

Among them, the London 2012 Games was the captain, contributing to the first gold medal in a Paralympic team sport.

A player who has a good balance between attack and defense, and is especially valued for his ability to score points in the game.

Komiya says, "I will continue to work hard every day so that I can contribute to the team with my own bullish mind and play to win the world at the Tokyo Paralympics."

Urata: "I want to prepare without regrets"

Rie Urata is a 42-year-old from Minamiseki-cho, Kumamoto Prefecture.

When I was over 20 years old, I was found to be suffering from a condition that caused rapid vision loss and lost most of my vision.

He started his goalball in the Athens Paralympic Games in 2004, when Japan won the bronze medal, and has participated in three consecutive games since the Beijing Games.

At the 2012 London Games, he contributed to the gold medal for the first time in the Paralympic Games.

During the match, he is the one who is assigned the position of "Center" to protect the center among the three players.

The ability to grasp the position of the ball by listening to the sound of the bell inside the ball is particularly high, and is expected to play an important role in defense.

Urata said, "I have experienced a lot of difficult situations, but I am always helped by the people and friends who support me. I want to be prepared without regrets and grow as a person and help the team." is.