The Tokyo Paralympic Marathon will start with five classes for both men and women starting at 6:30 am for each class.


The course starts at the national stadium and finishes at the national stadium at 42 points and 195 kilometers, visiting famous places in the city center such as Kaminarimon in Asakusa, Ginza, and Kokyo Gaien.


We will keep you updated on the progress of the race.

[Start time]

6:30 am Men's Marathon Wheelchair Class (Tomoki Suzuki)


6:40 AM Women's Marathon Wheelchair Class (Wakako Tsuchida, Tsubasa Kina)


6:50 AM Men's Marathon Visually Impaired Class (Yutaka Kumagai, Shinji Horikoshi, Shinya Wada)


AM 6:50 Men's Marathon Arm Disability Class (Tsutomu Nagata)


6:50 AM Women's Marathon Visually Impaired Class (Mihoko Nishijima, Yumiko Fujii, Misato Michishita)

[Course and highlights]

The race starts at the national stadium and finishes at the national stadium by visiting famous places in the city center such as Kaminarimon in Asakusa, Ginza, and Kokyo Gaien.

The course is almost flat, but the uphill near the end of the 40km is expected to be the key to the game.



The race will be contested in five classes, including men's and women's wheelchairs, men's and women's visually impaired, and men's arm-impaired classes.



In the men's wheelchair class, high-speed races are held because athletes ride in competition wheelchairs called racers at speeds exceeding 30 km / h.


In the visually impaired class, many athletes run with the guide of a companion who holds a rope called "bond".

Profile of Japanese national team players

[Men]


▽ Tomoki Suzuki (Wheelchair class)


Born in Tateyama City, Chiba Prefecture. When he was eight months old, he injured his spinal cord in a traffic accident, and when he was in the first grade of elementary school, he started landing in a wheelchair at the recommendation of his parents. In the 2019 Marathon Wheelchair Class World Championship, he finished 3rd and was appointed as the representative of the Tokyo Paralympics. This tournament served as an anchor at the universal relay where Japan won the bronze medal.


▽ Yutaka Kumagai (visually impaired class)


Born in Akita City. From the time he was born, he was visually impaired and started athletics in junior high school. Since changing jobs to a company that can compete while working in 2017, he has won many athletics and marathon competitions, and in 2019, he was ranked second in the world ranking in the men's marathon visually impaired class at that time 2 hours 25 minutes 11 seconds Marked.


▽ Shinji Horikoshi (visually impaired class)


Born in Nagano City. From the time he was born, he was visually impaired and started athletics in junior high school. The Paralympics finished fifth in the men's 5000m visually impaired class at the 2012 London Games and fourth in the 2016 Rio Games marathon. This is 4 consecutive tournaments.


▽ Shinya Wada (visually impaired class)


Born in Higashi-Osaka, Osaka. At the age of 17, his eyesight deteriorated due to a retinal disease, and at the age of 33 he started para-athletics to participate in the London Paralympics. At the London 2012 Games, he won the bronze medal in the men's 5000m visually impaired class. At the Tokyo Games, which is the third consecutive Paralympic Games, he won a bronze medal at 5000m on the track and a silver medal at 1500m, breaking his own Asian record.


▽ Tsutomu Nagata (class with a disability in the arm)


Born in Murakami City, Niigata Prefecture. At the age of 26, he suffered an injury to his right arm in an accident at work. After that, he continued to play an active role as a general track and field athlete, such as participating in the world championship in the "Ultra Marathon" that runs 100 kilometers, but last year he received the classification of obstacles necessary for participating in the Tokyo Paralympics. In February of this year, he marked 2 hours 25 minutes 23 seconds, which was the second place in the world ranking in the class with disabilities in the Lake Biwa Mainichi Marathon.



[Women]


▽ Wakako Tsuchida (Wheelchair class) Born in


Kiyose, Tokyo. When I was in high school, I had a spinal cord injury in a traffic accident and had a disability in both legs. After winning two gold medals at the 1998 Winter Nagano Paralympics and Ice Sledge Speed ​​Race, he also won the gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens at 5000m. In the marathon wheelchair class, he won the bronze medal at the Sydney Games, the silver medal at the Athens Games, and the 4th place, one second behind the top at the previous Rio Games. At the 8th Paralympic Games in Tokyo, he participated in a triathlon and finished 9th.


▽ Tsubasa Kina (Wheelchair class)


Born in Uruma City, Okinawa Prefecture. When I was in the first year of college, I became a wheelchair due to an accident during training. I was away from sports for a while, but after graduating from university, I started wheelchair track and field because of the feeling of running in the wind, and started participating in marathons in 2016. In 2019, she set a new Japanese record in the women's marathon wheelchair class, approaching the world record by 8 seconds.


▽ Mihoko Nishijima (visually impaired class)


66 years old from Minamiechizen Town, Fukui Prefecture. Although he is visually impaired due to illness, he started the marathon at the age of 44 and set a personal best of 3 hours 11 minutes 33 seconds at the age of 47 and participated in the previous Rio Games. He finished second in the Hokkaido Marathon visually impaired class in August 2019, which was positioned as the representative selection for the Tokyo Games.


▽ Yumiko Fujii (visually impaired class)


56 years old from Toyosato Town, Shiga Prefecture. I have been visually impaired with cataracts since I was born. At the Hofu Yomiuri Marathon in December 2020, he marked his personal best of 3 hours 9 minutes 48 seconds, ranking 4th in the world ranking.


▽ Misato Michishita (visually impaired class)


44 years old from Shimonoseki City, Yamaguchi Prefecture. He suffered from an eye disease when he was in the 4th grade of elementary school, lost his eyesight in his right eye in junior high school, and had little eyesight in his left eye. It runs with the guide of a companion who is tied with a rope called "Kizuna", and has a characteristic pitch running method that makes use of a small physique with a height of 1 meter and 44 cm. Won a silver medal at the last Rio Games. Has a world record of 2 hours 54 minutes 13 seconds.