In the Tokyo Para-Athletics 1500m Men's Intellectual Disability Class, Daiki Akai, who participated for the first time, finished in 5th place, Yuki Iwata in 8th place, and Yuji Togawa in 9th place.

The final of the men's 1500m intellectual disability class was held at the National Stadium in the rain on the 3rd.



Immediately after the start, 22-year-old Iwata took the lead, and 22-year-old Akai, who holds an Asian record, pulled behind him and pulled the race together.



After that, Iwata gradually dropped in the ranking, but Akai finished in 3rd place and reached the final lap.



At the last 100 meters, Akai, who looked tired, was overtaken by two players from behind and finished in 5th place.



The time was 3: 58.78, which was more than 5 seconds behind the self-record.



Iwata was 8th at 4: 1: 72, and 24-year-old Togawa was 9th at 4: 3: 62.



The gold medal was Owen Miller of England, who set a time of 3: 54.57.