Taiki Kawayoke, who won the gold medal in the men's 20-kilometer classical cross-country skiing class at the Beijing Paralympics, held a meeting on the 10th and said, "Congratulations on the medal from an acquaintance who wants everyone on the team to take a picture." I felt that I was receiving attention from the message, "he said, reaffirming the joy of winning the gold medal.
Kawayoke, who served as the flag bearer of the Japanese team at the opening ceremony of the Beijing Paralympics, won the gold medal in the cross-country skiing and men's 20-kilometer classical standing skiing class on the 7th of this month, the fourth day of the tournament.
At the Olympic Village in Zhangjiakou, Hebei Province, a meeting was held on the 10th, and about the gold medal won at the age of 21, the youngest Japanese male player at the Winter Paralympics, "I was surprised myself, but I took a picture from everyone on the team. I felt that I was getting attention from an acquaintance who asked me to take a picture and received the message "Congratulations on the medal". "
"I've been doing my best for the last four years since Yoshihiro Nitta won the gold medal at the last cross-country skiing in Pyeongchang, and I've been doing my best for the past four years. I think I got it, "he said.