Four new players, including Ryohei Ariyasu, who participated in the Tokyo Paralympics last summer by boat, have been appointed as the representatives of Japan for the Beijing Paralympics, which will start on March 4th next month.
On the 16th, the JPC = Japan Paralympic Committee announced four new athletes who were allowed to participate in the frame selected by the International Paralympic Committee and international sports organizations as representatives of Japan.
Of these, the cross-country skiing boys and the visually impaired class Yuyasu are two-swordsmen who participated in the Tokyo Paralympics by rowing, and participated in the Paralympics twice in half a year.
In addition, Norika Harada and Satoshi Fujiwara in the alpine skiing class, and Takahito Ichikawa in the snowboarding class, all became the first Paralympic representatives.
With this, the number of Japanese national team players in the Beijing Paralympics is 29, including the 25 players announced on the 8th of this month, and the number of Japanese athletes including coaches and coaches is 73.
The Beijing Paralympics will start on the 4th of next month and will be held for 10 days until the 13th.