The new competition of the Tokyo Paralympics, badminton, will be held on the 5th of the final day of the tournament, the 7th final, etc. I won a medal in the 4th event.
In this tournament, Japan won a total of nine medals in the new competition badminton.
On the 5th, 19-year-old Daiki Kajiwara, who was 6th in the world ranking, participated in the final of the men's singles wheelchair class, which was the first match with relatively light disabilities.
So far, Kajiwara, who has defeated superior opponents one after another and advanced to the final, played against the world's No. 1 Korean player, and the first game reversed from the inferiority and took 21-18, followed by the second game. With tenacious play, he won a close game 21-19 and won the gold medal with a straight win.
Also, in the final of the women's doubles wheelchair class, the pair of Sarina Satomi and Yuma Yamazaki, who ranked first in the world, played against the Chinese pair who ranked second in the world, and although they lost the first game, they were in good spirits. The combination turned around and won a gold medal with a game count of 2: 1.
In addition, the pair of Daisuke Kajiwara and Hiroshi Murayama in the men's doubles wheelchair class, and the pair of Daisuke Fujiwara and Akiko Sugino in the mixed doubles class with disabilities in the arms and legs each won the bronze medal match. And won the bronze medal.
In this tournament, Japan won 9 medals in badminton, including 4 on the 5th, including 3 gold medals, 1 silver medal and 5 bronze medals.