In the competition on the 6th day of the Tokyo Paralympics, Japan is in a 1500-meter wheelchair class for men on land, and Tomoki Sato won the second gold medal in this competition. I won a total of 5 medals.

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Sato, who holds the world record in the men's 1500-meter wheelchair class, took the lead immediately after the start, and when the remaining 100 meters were cut, he spurted away from his rivals and won the gold medal.

In this event, Hirokazu Ueyonara also won the bronze medal, which was the gold medal and the bronze medal following 400 meters, respectively.



On the other hand, Tomoya Ito, whose disability classification changed in the wheelchair class just before the tournament, was judged again in the 400-meter race that he participated in today, but the judgment result did not change and the medal was expected to be 1500. I decided to finish the tournament without being able to participate in the meters.



Three athletes, including Atsushi Yamamoto, who participated in the men's 100-meter prosthesis class, were eliminated in the qualifying.

Swimming

In the men's 100-meter breaststroke class, Naohide Yamaguchi won the gold medal with a time of 1'3.77, which set his own world record.



Sakura Koike, a 20-year-old who participated for the first time in the women's 400-meter freestyle motor dysfunction class, broke her own Japanese record for about 6 seconds and ranked 6th. At the age of 24, Ayano Tsujiuchi set a new record for Japan in the qualifying round and finished in 7th place.



In the women's 50-meter freestyle class with the most severe visual impairment, the race of the final on the 27th was redone, and Tomomi Ishiura, 33 years old, who participated in the Paralympics for the first time, finished 7th with a time of 30.85 seconds.

Wheelchair rugby

In the bronze medal, Japan won the bronze medal for the second consecutive tournament, beating Australia 60-52 in the bronze medal.

judo

Kazusa Ogawa, who participated for the first time in the women's 70 kg class, won the bronze medal.


Four players, including Kento Masaki, who won the bronze medal at the last Rio de Janeiro Games, lost in the repechage.

Blind soccer

In blind soccer, the qualifying league started, and Japan, who participated for the first time in the host country frame, played against France and won 4-0.


Both Tomonari Kuroda and Ryo Kawamura, the captain, scored two goals.

Wheelchair tennis

In wheelchair tennis, the pair of Yui Kamiji and Momoko Ohtani, who are attracting attention in the women's doubles, won the Chinese pair straight in the quarterfinals and advanced to the semifinals.


In the men's doubles, the pair of Shingo Kunieda and Takashi Sanada defeated the French pair straight to advance to the quarterfinals.

Goalball

The men who participated for the first time lost to Brazil, which is ranked first in the world ranking, 3 to 8 in the final round 4 of the qualifying league, resulting in 3 wins and 1 loss, but it has already been decided to advance to the quarterfinals.


The women defeated Egypt 10-0 in the final round of the qualifying league.

Finish the qualifying league with 2 wins, 1 loss and 1 draw and proceed to the quarterfinals.

Powerlifting

Chika Sakamoto, a 79-kilometer class player who participated for the first time as a Japanese female player in powerlifting, was in 8th place.