Tokyo Paralympics.


We will tell you the highlight video of the competition held on the 3rd and 26th of the tournament.

In the competition on the third day of the tournament, Japan won a total of two medals, including the first gold medal in this tournament.



[Swimming] In the


swimming


race, Takayuki Suzuki finished in the men's 100m freestyle motor dysfunction class at 1: 21.58, a new Paralympic record, and won the gold medal. This is the first time for a Japanese player to win a gold medal in this tournament, and it is the first gold medal in two tournaments for Japan, which ended without a gold medal in the previous Rio de Janeiro tournament.



▽ In the men's 400m freestyle visually impaired class, Astronaut Tomita won the silver medal with a time of 4: 31.69. 32-year-old Tomita is the first to win a medal in his first Paralympic appearance.



▽ In the women's 100-meter breaststroke class with motor dysfunction, 18-year-old Mito Utsuki, who participated for the first time, advanced to the final and finished 6th with a time of 1: 28.59.



▽ In the visually impaired class of the men's 100m backstroke, Motoki Saito advanced to the final and finished 8th with a time of 1'4.56.



▽ Mayumi Narita, who will be participating in the women's 100-meter freestyle and motor dysfunction class for the sixth time, did not advance to the final.



[Table Tennis]


Yukihiro Iwabuchi, a men's singles

table

tennis player with a disability in his arms and legs, lost to a player of the Russian Paralympic Committee in the final round of the qualifying league and was eliminated in the qualifying league.



[Cycling] In the


men's individual pursuit motor dysfunction class, Shodai Kawamoto set a new world record in qualifying, but the following players broke the record one after another and eventually lost in the 3rd place playoff. I didn't win the bronze medal.



[Powerlifting]


In powerlifting, 56-year-old Hiroshi Miura, who participated in the men's 49 kg class for three consecutive tournaments, finished ninth with 127 kg.



[Equestrian] In


equestrian, 63-year-old Mitsuhide Miyaji was ranked 7th in individual grade 2.



[Wheelchair Basketball] In the


second game of the women's wheelchair basketball qualifying league, they defeated England 54 to 48 to win the second straight victory.


The men played against Colombia in the first match of the qualifying league and won 63-56.



[Wheelchair Rugby] In


Wheelchair Rugby, we played against Denmark in the second match of the qualifying league and won 60 to 51 for the second straight victory.



[Wheelchair fencing] In


wheelchair fencing, Anri Sakurai participated in "Category B", which is a serious obstacle for women's individual épée, and although they advanced to the quarterfinals, they lost 3 to 15 and did not advance to the semifinals.