Six men and women have been appointed as representatives of the Tokyo Paralympic Triathlon, including Mami Sato, who participated in the presentation of the bid for the Tokyo Games, and Wakako Tsuchida, who won the gold medal at the Summer and Winter Paralympics.
On the 8th, the Japan Triathlon Union announced the players who have been nominated as representatives of the Tokyo Paralympics, and the five people who ranked high in the world ranking and won the participation slots by country, and the international competition group based on the results of international competitions etc. Six players, Tsuchida, who got the right to participate in the recommendation frame of, were selected.
Among girls,
▽ participated in the Tokyo tournament of the bid presentation, was played the past three times in the Paralympics in the land long jump, TaniShinumi players of the class of motor dysfunction,
was finished in sixth place in the ▽ Rio de Janeiro tournament, motor function Yukako Hata in the disability class
and
Wakako Tsuchida in the wheelchair class who won the gold medal in the summer and winter Paralympics such as ▽ 5000 meters on land
,
and
this is the 8th Paralympic Games.
In addition, the boys are
▽ Paralympian swimmer, Junpei Kimura in the wheelchair class who participated in the triathlon at the Rio de Janeiro tournament,
▽ Hideo Uda in the motor dysfunction class who ranked first in the world ranking in 2017.
And
▽ Satoshi Yoneoka of the visually impaired class who turned from marathon to triathlon.
The Tokyo Paralympic Triathlon will be held on August 28th and 29th at Odaiba Kaihin Park.