Tomoki Sato, who won the gold medal in the 1500-meter wheelchair class for men on land at the Tokyo Para-Athletics and won the second gold medal at this tournament, talked about his feelings, saying, "I will never forget it."
Sato: "Gold and the world will definitely be achieved in Paris"
At the Tokyo Paralympic Athletics Men, Sato won the gold medal in the second event and Hirokazu Ueyonahara won the two bronze medals in the wheelchair class on the 27th of this month and 1500 meters on the 29th.
On the 30th, the two of us met together one night after winning the medal at 1500 meters.
Among them, Sato said, "Since I lost in the Rio de Janeiro tournament, I decided to win the medal in the Tokyo tournament and I was able to push forward and win it, so it became an important medal in my competitive life. Because of the weight of people's feelings, it became two medals that I will never forget, "he said.
For the next Paris tournament, he said, "I have challenged myself to set a gold medal and a world record, but I am not satisfied because I have not achieved it. I definitely want to achieve a gold medal and a world record in Paris." I was talking about my determination.
Copper 50-year-old Ueyonabaru "For a new start"
Hirokazu Ueyonahara, 50, who won the bronze medal in the second event, said, "I want to thank the people around me. It will be a new start for me because it will be the first medal in the track event, so I will take the weight. I want to do it. "