The Tokyo Paralympics and Boccia individual qualifying leagues were held, and Hidetaka Sugimura, a Japanese captain with mild disabilities such as cerebral palsy, advanced to the quarterfinals with three consecutive victories.
Boccia is a competition designed for people with severe disabilities such as cerebral palsy, in which red and blue balls are thrown at each other to compete for how close they can be to a white target ball or jack ball.
On the 30th, an individual qualifying league was held at the Ariake Gymnasium in Koto Ward, Tokyo. rice field.
Sugimura got 1 point in the 1st end, but with accurate control of his characteristics, he scored 3 points in the 2nd end and 2 points in the 3rd end, and won the game 6 to 1.
Sugimura broke through the qualifying league with three consecutive victories and advanced to the quarterfinals on the 31st.
"A match where mistakes cannot be tolerated from here"
Sugimura recalled about the third round, which was a match between two consecutive wins, "I thought I couldn't win if I didn't win here, so I tried to take good care of it."
And for the quarterfinals on the 31st, "I think it will be a match where mistakes cannot be tolerated from here. However, even if there are mistakes, how can I correct them and make my own development? Will be important. "
He also touched on his hometown of Shizuoka prefecture and said, "I am receiving various support and enthusiastic support from the local people, so I will do my best to meet that expectation."