At the Tokyo Paralympics, a men's individual road time trial for bicycles with motor dysfunction was held, and Masaki Fujita, who aimed to win medals for four consecutive tournaments, was in seventh place.
The bicycle road event began on the 31st at Fuji Speedway in Shizuoka Prefecture.
Men's Individual Road Time Trial The motor dysfunction class was contested for 24km, which is 3 laps on a course of 8km per lap, and the athletes started every minute.
Fujita, who has won medals in the cycling road event for three consecutive tournaments since the 2008 Beijing tournament, passed the first lap in the second time overall, but then dropped in the ranking. With a time of 36 minutes 47 seconds 63, he was 7th out of 14 players.
The gold medal was Benjamin Watson of England, and the time was 35 minutes 0.82.
"I've done what I've done"
Fujita said, "Sugiura won the gold medal in the morning and handed me the baton. He brought great results to the team and I tried my best to respond to it. I was able to run aggressively, "he said with a fulfilling expression.
For the road race scheduled to participate on the 2nd of next month, "I am standing here with the support of my family and the support of various people. Thank you and I will do my best again. I would like to do it. "