Taiki Kawayoke, who won the gold medal in the men's 20-kilometer classical cross-country skiing class at the Beijing Paralympics, was awarded a medal and said, "It was four years that I was able to grow."
The 21-year-old Kawayoke, who will participate in two consecutive tournaments, served as the flag bearer of the Japanese team at the opening ceremony.
He won a gold medal in cross-country skiing, a men's 20-kilometer classical standing and skiing class.
At the medal award ceremony held at Zhangjiakou, Hebei Province on the night of the 7th, Kawaki smiled and went up to the podium, and after hanging the medal around his neck, he waved his hands to express his joy.
Regarding his first gold medal, he said, "I didn't realize it when the race was over, but I felt the most when I got the medal. It was four years that I was able to grow."
On top of that, he said, "Because I wasn't active in the Paralympics until now, I said that I wasn't the one who could pull Japan. In the future, I'll do my best to produce results and pull the Japanese team." I put it in.