Atsushi Yamamoto, a leader in the men's long jump prosthesis class on para-athletics, will give children a chance to experience the prosthesis used in the competition so that they will continue to be interested after the Tokyo Paralympics. I did it at an elementary school in the city.
Yamamoto won silver medals at both the Beijing and Rio de Janeiro Paralympics, and has been leading the para-athletics as a leading player, and has also been focusing on the spread of parasports by visiting schools in Japan and overseas. I am.
At the Tokyo Paralympics, he broke the Japanese record in the men's long jump on land and in the prosthesis class and finished 4th.
On the 3rd, I served as a lecturer at Kaminotani Elementary School in Suma Ward, Kobe City, and taught about 70 students in 4th and 5th grades.
The children actually experienced the prosthesis used by the long jump athlete and walked in an unfamiliar manner at first, but gradually jumped.
Yamamoto said that he continued to rehabilitate after losing his left leg in a traffic accident at the age of 17, and said that he had continued to make efforts so far, and called on everyone to try various things.
A boy in the 4th grade said, "It was difficult to walk with a prosthesis. Yamamoto came without giving up and it was really amazing. I also want to do my best in various things."
Yamamoto said, "I think it would be more realistic if you could see me jumping live. I want to value it."