Three days until the opening of the Beijing Paralympics, the official practice of downhill skiing began on the 1st at the alpine skiing venue, and Japanese athletes such as Momoka Muraoka, the captain of the Japanese team, also confirmed the actual course.
The official practice of downhill skiing began on the 1st at the "National Alpine Ski Center" in Yanqing, a suburb of Beijing, one day ahead of schedule due to strong winds expected at the venue.
Muraoka, a sitting and slipping class who won the silver medal in this event of the previous Pyeongchang tournament, fell near the middle of the course and multiplied by a coefficient according to the degree of disability, 25 seconds from the top. It was late 1 minute 57 seconds 99.
In this class, seven people attended the official practice of the day, but only four people were able to finish, and Muraoka was the second time among them.
In the men's sitting and sliding class, Takeshi Suzuki, who won the bronze medal in this event of the Sochi tournament two years ago, finished in the second overall time of 1'24.73, while he has been downhill and has won a silver medal so far. The two Taiki Morii players lost their balance and fell and abstained on the way.
Kuniko Obinata, the team leader of the Japanese alpine skiing team, said, "I felt that the difficulty of the course was considerably higher than that of the Pyeongchang tournament. I think the atmosphere of the team was very good and it was a good finish for the first official practice. "
In addition, three of the Russian Paralympic Committee athletes, including a female athlete in a standing and sliding class, participated in the official practice on the 1st and confirmed the course.
Alpine skiing will be the first event of men's and women's downhill skiing on the 5th of this month.