Para Athletics Japan Championship Women's 100-meter wheelchair Momoka Muraoka wins Sept 6 23:41
Momooka Muraoka, who has won five medals for skiing in the Paralympics, participated in the 100m of the wheelchair class in the Para Athletics Japan Championship, marking a good time equivalent to 8th in the world ranking and winning the race.
23-year-old Muraoka has won five medals, including a gold medal, at the Pyongchan Paralympic Alpine Skiing, and has been aiming for the Tokyo Paralympic Games on track since last year.
Although it is expected that the Beijing Paralympics will be held half a year after the Tokyo Paralympic Games due to the postponement of the tournament by one year, we decided to continue the "two-sword style" after annoyed, and we faced the competition on the 6th.
Muraoka won the women's 100-meter wheelchair class at a time of 16 seconds 67, which was about 2 seconds away from second place.
Although it did not reach the 6th time in the world ranking marked in January this time, it was a good time equivalent to 8th in the world, and the strengthening progressed smoothly even if the practice environment was restricted due to the influence of the new coronavirus I was told that.
Muraoka will return to ski training later this year, and will aim for the Tokyo Paralympics again on track at the beginning of next year.
Muraoka recalled, "I thought that it was a place to confirm what I had done before the tournament was complete, and I was able to do a very good run for myself."
In order to continue the "double wield" with skiing, about leaving the land during the year, "I am very worried because other athletes are practicing while I am skiing, but I am returning to the ground again. I want to be able to run in a way that makes me think that I was not wasting time when I was skiing. Since I decided to do it with two swords, I want to do it firmly."