The Tokyo Paralympics and Boccia individual qualifying leagues began on the 28th, and Japanese captain Hidetaka Sugimura and ace Takayuki Hirose both won the first match.

Boccia, held at the Tokyo Paralympics, is a competition designed for people with severe disabilities such as cerebral palsy. increase.



From the 28th, the individual qualifying league started at the Ariake Gymnasium in Koto-ku, Tokyo.



In a class with mild cerebral palsy and other disabilities, Japanese captain Sugimura played against a player of the Russian Paralympic Committee and overwhelmed the opponent with accurate control such as putting his own ball on the opponent's ball, 12-0. I won completely.



In addition, Ace Hirose, who participated in four consecutive tournaments, played against a Portuguese player and drew balls one after another to score a large number of points, and pushed out a jack ball with a powerful pitch to bring it closer to his own ball. He showed a good skill and won 7-2.



In this class, 4 players will be divided into 6 groups to play round robin, and the top 2 players from each of the 1st and 2nd players will advance to the final tournament.



In addition, in classes with severe disabilities such as cerebral palsy, Takumi Nakamura, who participated for the first time, beat Argentine players 8-5, but Yuriko Fujii lost to Slovak players 2-5.



In the class with the most disabilities, Keisuke Kawamoto, who participated for the first time, beat the Brazilian player 4-2, and Kazuki Takahashi lost to the Greek player 2-7.



In classes with disabilities other than cerebral palsy, Shun Esaki, who participated for the first time, lost to Colombian players 2-4.



Individual qualifying will be held on the 29th.

Sugimura "I want to fix it to improve my condition"

Sugimura, who will be participating in the third consecutive tournament, said, "I am grateful that I can participate in the Tokyo Paralympics as a player, and above all, thanks to the gathering of athletes from each country in Tokyo, the tournament was held."



Regarding the fact that he won 12-0 in the first match, he said, "It's a match where you can see the difference in points, but there are still some areas where you have to improve, so I'd like to correct it. I think it's going to be a match. Also, I'd like to take a good rest and get in shape for tomorrow's match. "

Hirose "I was able to calm down without being nervous"

Hirose said, "I was able to calm down without being too high in the tension. I think I was able to play in a variety of ways that I could see even in front of the TV, even though I was in the audience. Five years after the Rio de Janeiro Games. I would like to put on the ball the feelings I have made and the feelings of gratitude for the support of various people, and I want to win each race. "