Tomoya Ito, the Japanese national team for the Tokyo Para-Athletics and track and field wheelchair class, said, "It's not a tournament that I'm happy to let go of, but I want to show the best performance as long as it's held." I talked about my thoughts.
Tomoya Ito is a 57-year-old veteran who won the gold medal in the second event such as the men's 400-meter wheelchair class at the Beijing Paralympics, and has been selected as the representative of the Tokyo Paralympics.
If you are infected with a virus due to an immune illness, you may become seriously ill, and since you have been refraining from going out for more than a year, you could not be classified as a disability necessary for participating in the Paralympics, and your participation was temporarily threatened.
Ito met online on the 23rd and announced that he would be able to participate in the Tokyo Paralympics after receiving a special classification in Tokyo late next month.
Although I had been vaccinated twice, I had mixed feelings about going to the actual production with anxiety about the worsening infection situation in Tokyo and the trend of public opinion about the competition.
Ito said, "I think the significance of participating in the tournament is that many players are still skeptical, and given the great sacrifice of the restaurant and travel industry, it is not a tournament that will make you happy. To be honest, I haven't been able to sort it out yet. Still, I want to show the best performance because many people have worked hard to prevent infection and prepared a stage to run. "