Takahito Ichikawa won the 8th place, Keiji Okamoto 13th, and Shinji Tabuchi 18th in the Beijing Paralympic snowboarding class for men with banked slalom.

Snowboarding and Men's Banked Slalom are competitions in which people compete for rankings in a fast time by skiing twice on a course with a flag, and 25 people including Ichikawa participated in the class with a disability.



At the age of 22, Ichikawa, who was 30 years old in the Paralympic Games for the first time, amputated his left leg in a car accident and became a prosthesis from under his knee.

For this tournament, I have been training to improve my strength and flexibility by slipping in between instructors in the snowboarding class.



Although Ichikawa couldn't put out his strength in the first time, he got on the speed and marked 1 minute 11 seconds 31 seconds, and in the second time it was 1 minute 12 seconds 35, but he won the 8th place.



In addition, Okamoto, a former professional snowboarder who participated for the first time, was 1 minute 13 seconds 38 in the first time and 13th place because he could not shorten the time in the second time.



Similarly, Tabuchi, who participated for the first time, shortened the time for the second time and finished 18th at 1'14.57.



▽ Gold medal is Sun Qi of China


▽ Silver medal is Matty Sur of Finland His Hamari player


▽ Bronze medal was Olly Hill of England.

Ichikawa "I slipped out of the second one."

Ichikawa said, "I felt that I wasn't able to put out all my strength in the first run, so I felt like I was going to put out all of it and put pressure on the board to slip." rice field.

"I felt that Banked Slalom did not have enough time in various knowledge and preparation stages. I want to prepare well for the next four years," he was already looking ahead to the next tournament.

Okamoto "I was able to slip the best"

Okamoto said, "I think I was able to make the best slip. However, even if I could make a slip that says" I'm here, "the time didn't increase. I looked back.

On top of that, he said, "I've been improving my technique, sharpness of turns, and starting, but at the tournament, that wasn't important and only my weak points were required. I really felt that I couldn't rely on one thing." I gave the point of reflection that there was.


He said, "I'm glad I was able to come to this stage, and I can see the future, so I want to move toward it without compromise."

Tabuchi "I have no regrets because I enjoyed sliding"

Tabuchi said, "I think the lack of preparation was the best, but I have no regrets because I enjoyed skiing."

After the tournament, he expressed his gratitude, saying, "I think it was a tournament where we were able to work together with the national team, coaches, trainers, and everyone who supported us."