The Tokyo Paralympic Swimming competition completed all 146 events for 10 days until the 3rd.
The number of medals won by the Japanese team was 13, including 3 gold medals, which was significantly higher than the previous 7 in the Rio de Janeiro Games, and was better than the 2012 London Games and the 2008 Beijing Games.
Director Uegaki "The player showed me all the power I have now."
Takumi Uegaki, the Japanese national swimmer, praised the athletes for their good fight with tears, saying, "The athletes showed us all the power they have now."
In this tournament, veterans such as 34-year-old Takayuki Suzuki, who participated in five consecutive tournaments, and Keiichi Kimura, who was 30 years old in four consecutive tournaments, won gold medals and pulled the team.
In addition, young players such as 14-year-old Miyuki Yamada, who won the youngest medal in history as a Japanese player, and 20-year-old Naohide Yamaguchi, who won the gold medal by breaking the world record in the men's 100-meter breaststroke, are also shining. I did.
Coach Uegaki recalled, "Yamada suddenly won the silver medal on the first day, which ignited the veterans. The team was able to fight in a really good way."
He touched on the significance of the Paralympic Games held in his own country and said, "I think that many people have seen athletes with a wide variety of disabilities perform ingeniously in swimming. There is great potential. I think there is. "
After that, he summarized the tournament, saying, "If the way of thinking about parasports changes through the appearance of athletes, it will lead to popularization and improvement of competitiveness. I hope this tournament will lead to such movements." Did.