Japan Reaches Paralympic Rugby Final for 1st Time

From Jiji

September 1 2024

PARIS – Japan reached the final of the Paralympic wheelchair rugby event for the first time ever after edging Australia 52-51 in overtime at the Paris Paralympics on Sunday.

In women’s boccia individual in the BC1 class, Hiromi Endo of Japan took the bronze medal. In men’s 100-meter sprint in the T13 class, Japan’s Shuta Kawakami claimed the bronze medal. In the SH2 class mixed 10-meter air rifle prone event, Japanese shooter Mika Mizuta clinched the bronze medal.

In wheelchair badminton, Japanese women’s doubles teammates Satomi Sarina and Yuma Yamazaki took the silver medal after losing to a Chinese pair. In the men’s doubles event, Daiki Kajiwara and Hiroshi Murayama of Japan defeated a Japanese pair to earn the bronze medal.