Tokyo Paralympics track and field continued Saturday at the main Olympic Stadium. In the men's T63 long jump, 39-year-old Atsushi Yamamoto set an Asian Record 6.75 m (-0.2) on his fifth attempt to briefly move into the bronze medal position before being bumped back down to 4th. Junta Kosuda jumped two PBs in a row on his last two attempts to take 7th overall with a 5.95 m (+0.1). The only Japanese woman to make the T47 400 m final, Sae Tsuji placed 5th in 58.98. In the women's T64 long jump, two Japanese athletes made the top eight. Maya Nakanishi jumped 5.27 m (+0.2) on her fifth attempt to take 6th, 0.35 m out of the medals. Saki Takakuwa took 8th with a jump of 4.88 m (+0.5) on her second attempt. Fleur Jong of the Netherlands set a world record of 6.16 m to take the gold medal. Masayuki Higuchi finished 8th in the men's T54 5000 m final, clocking 10:31.28 after going almost 20 seconds faster in the qualifying heats. Higuchi was...
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