Anri Sakurai, a wheelchair fencing player from the Tokyo Paralympics and an individual female épée, lost to a player from the Russian Paralympic Committee in the quarterfinals and did not advance to the semifinals.
On the 26th, the third day of the Tokyo Paralympics, wheelchair fencing was held by men and women.
In wheelchair fencing, athletes sit in wheelchairs fixed to equipment called "pisto" and face each other, and unlike fencing, they compete for points by poking the opponent with only the movement of the upper body.
Athletes are divided into two categories, "Category A" with mild disabilities and "Category B" with severe disabilities, depending on the degree of disability for both men and women.
Sakurai, who participated in Category B of the individual women's épée, broke through the qualifying league with 4 wins and 2 losses and advanced to the quarterfinals.
In the quarter-finals, he played against Victoriya Boikova of the Russian Paralympic Committee, who ranked first in the world ranking, but lost 3 to 15 and did not advance to the semi-finals.