The first tournament was held in which athletes who participated in rifle shooting at the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics competed in a mixed team.
The tournament was planned for the first time by the Japan Rifle Association of Japan and the Japan Federation of Sports Shooting for the Disabled in an attempt to preserve "diversity and harmony," which was one of the themes of the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, as a legacy.
Eight people, including athletes who participated in this summer's Olympics and Paralympics, participated in the tournament that remotely connected the shooting ranges in Tokyo and Osaka, and two people, one male and one female with disabilities. We formed a mixed team and competed for points in an air rifle event aimed at a target 10 meters away.
The final will be the team of Naoya Okada who participated in the Tokyo Olympics, Tomoko Katayama who won the All Japan Championship of Para Shooting held last month, Shiori Hirata who participated in the Tokyo Olympics, and Daisuke Sasaki who participated in the Tokyo Paralympics. I played against them.
In the final, the teams of Okada and Katayama scored high points in a row and won 16-6 to win the championship.
Okada said, "Para players are said to have higher scores, so I shot firmly so that I wouldn't lose. Shooting is a sport that can be done with the same rules regardless of obstacles, so I hope these efforts will continue."
In addition, Katayama said, "I was happy to team up with Okada, who I had been admiring since I started shooting. I think it's a big thing that I was able to do one thing beyond the barriers of no obstacles." rice field.