Category: 2024 Paris Summer Paralympics

by Michael Gillan Peckitt September 28, 2024 Number of comments0
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Gold-winning Paris Paralympian Tennis Player Tokito Oda Triumphs in First Match Since Games

18-year-old Tokito Oda, who won the gold medal in the men’s singles at the Paris Paralympics, showed his skills by winning his first match after the Games in Tokyo in straight sets 2-0. Oda won a gold medal in men’s singles and a silver medal in men’s doubles at his first Paralympic Games in Paris. Oda, ranked No. 1 in the world, played his first match after the Paralympics in the first round of the men’s wheelchair singles tournament held in Koto-ku, Tokyo, against a Chinese player ranked No. 55 in the world.

by Michael Gillan Peckitt September 12, 2024 Number of comments0
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Paralympics: Japanese athletes return home to hero’s welcome

Keiko Sugiura and Natsuki Wada, gold medalists in cycling and table tennis, respectively, were among the athletes welcomed home at Tokyo’s Haneda airport by enthusiastic fans, some of whom displayed signs with encouraging messages. Japan’s 14 gold medals were one more than the team won at the Tokyo Paralympics in 2021.

by Michael Gillan Peckitt September 8, 2024 Number of comments0
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Japan’s Oda Wins Gold in Paralympic Wheelchair Tennis

Japan’s Tokito Oda won gold in men’s wheelchair tennis singles at the Paris Paralympics on Saturday. 

Oda, 18, defended the title that Japan’s Shingo Kunieda clinched in the previous Paralympics in Tokyo in 2021.

The victory by Oda brought Japan three gold medals and one silver medal in wheelchair tennis at the Paris Games.

by Michael Gillan Peckitt September 4, 2024 Number of comments0
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Paralympics: Japan beats boccia giant South Korea in mixed team prelims

Japan on Tuesday defeated powerhouse South Korea on the first day of mixed gender boccia events at the Paris Paralympics to advance to the BC1\BC2 quarterfinals.

The team got off to a three-point lead in the three-a-side wheelchair event before the South Koreans briefly recovered to tie the match, only for Japan to score two more times to win 5-3 at South Paris Arena.

by Michael Gillan Peckitt September 4, 2024 Number of comments0
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“Broadcast the Paralympics!” [Podcast Episode]

Japan won its first Paralympic gold medal in wheelchair rugby Monday after seeing off the United States 48-41 in Paris, with the nation adding two badminton gold on the day to make it five total at the ongoing games.
The Chunichi Shimbun reported that on August 30th, businessman Hiroyuki Nishimura (47), known as “Hiroyuki”, updated his X (formerly Twitter), giving his personal opinion regarding Nippon Television’s “24-hour TV”, which began its broadcast on August 31st.

Posting about the Paralympics, “Hiroyuki” said:

“If they’re going to deal with people with disabilities on 24-hour TV, they should broadcast the Paralympics…”, referring to the Paris Paralympics that began on the 28th.

by Michael Gillan Peckitt September 1, 2024 1
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“They should broadcast the Paralympics” Japanese businessman criticises lack of broadcasting of Paris Paralympics

Hiroyuki Nishimura (47), known as “Hiroyuki”, updated his X (formerly Twitter), giving his personal opinion regarding Nippon Television’s “24-hour TV”, which began its broadcast on August 31st.

“If they’re going to deal with people with disabilities on 24-hour TV, they should broadcast the Paralympics…”, referring to the Paris Paralympics that began on the 28th.