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The Paris Paralympics wrapped up with another trio of bronze medals by Japanese athletes. In Friday's T52 men's 100 m final, Tomoki Sato held off Canada's Anthony Bouchard and Mexico's Salvador Hernandez Mondragon by 0.11 for bronze in 17.44 (+1.6). Tomoya Ito and Tatsuya Ito were 7th and 8th in 17.67 and 17.91, with Belgian Maxime Carabin winning gold in 16.70. In Sunday's marathons, Tomoki Suzuki lost out to China's Hua Jin in the race for T54 men's silver, Jin getting there first in 1:31:19 and Suzuki 4 seconds back in 1:31:23 for bronze. But both were far behind gold medalist Marcel Hug of Switzerland, who had a dominant run in 1:27:39 for the win. Ryota Yoshida clocked 1:37:15 for 8th. Wakako Tsuchida and Tsubasa Kina were off their best in the T54 women's race, Tsuchida 6th in 1:52:39 and Kina 12th in 2:04:53. In the T12 women's marathon, Paralympic and world record holder Misato Michishita lost both records to Moroccans Fatima Ez...

  With three days of athletics competition left at the 2024 Paris Paralympics Japan is well onto the medal table with four silvers and two bronze medals, but it has yet to score gold. Kenya Karasawa took silver in the T11 men's 5000 m on the first day of competition, running an Asian record 14:51.48 to finish between Brazilians Julio Cesar Agripino dos Santos , whose 14:48.85 world record earned him gold, and Yeltsin Jacques , bronze in 14:52.61. Japan's Shinya Wada was 4thin 15:16.41. Tomoki Sato and Tomoya Ito followed Karasawa in the evening session with silver and bronze in the T52 men's 400 m. Belgian Maxime Carabin won gold in 55.10, Sato close behind in 56.26 for silver and Ito an easy bronze in 1:01.08. It took another two days for Japan's next medal to come, this one from Shuta Kawakami in the T13 men's 100 m. Gold and silver medalists Skander Djamal Athmani of Algeria and Salum Ageze Kashafali of Norway were far ahead in 10.42 (-0.1) and 10.47, b...

The Paris Olympics, a celebration of top athletes who've refined their skills and bodies to the limit, kick off in a few hours. Technology to help enhance their already incredible performances continues to evolve, bringing changes to the frontlines of athlete development. The Olympic triathlon is a hybrid sport consisting of a 1.5 km win, 40 km bike ride and 10 km run that takes around 2 hours total to finish. Winning it takes not only top physical condition but also technique and mental preparation. In May an international triathlon was held in Yokohama. Kenji Nener (31, NTT) finished 7th, the best-ever placing by a Japanese male. "I'm getting close to my ideal range of physical motion," he said afterward, sounding enthusiastic about his chances at the Olympics. Temperature has a major impact on long-distance triathlons, so acclimatization is critical. Paris in July can be over 30˚, and in a heatwave even hotter. Core body temperature is a key element in keeping it ...

Two athletes from the Subaru men's corporate team who have already secured their places on Japan's teams for this summer's Paris Olympics and Paralympics visited the Gunma prefectural government to talk about their plans for the Games. Both set to run in their second-straight Games, Paralympics 1500 m and 5000 m runner Kenya Karasawa , 29, and 3000 m steeplechase specialist Ryuji Miura , 22, made the trip to the government offices. Miura is originally from Shimane, and joined the Subaru team in April. On May 10 at the third Diamond League series meet in Doha he was 5th in 8:13.96, clearing the 8:15.00 Olympic standard and securing his place on the Paris team. While a student at Juntendo University Miura took 7th in the Tokyo Olympics 3000 mSC, the first time for a Japanese athlete to make top 8 in that event. At Paris, he said, "I want to medal and run a PB." The 3000 mSC includes a hurdle with a pool of water on each lap, a point where abrupt changes in positio...

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Tokyo Paralympics men's 5000 m blind division silver medalist Kenya Karasawa  set a world record 14:55.39 for the T-11 class Dec. 25 at the Nittai University Time Trials meet in Yokohama. According to Japan Para Athletics, Karasawa had run 15:09.94, better than the previous record of 15:11.07, earlier this year, but once his new time is ratified it will mark the first official improvement to the world record since the Athens Paralympics in 2004. "I was able to run hard right from the start," he commented. "I didn't win gold at the Tokyo Paralympics, so in three years my target will be gold at the Paris Paralympics." Japan Para Athletics will apply to World Para Athletics via the Japan Blind Marathon Association for world record ratification. source article: https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20211225/k10013404491000.html translated and edited by Brett Larner