The organizers of the Tokyo 2025 Deaflympics have revealed that the number of people who visited the event’s venues totaled about 280,000, far more than their target of 100,000.
The organizers of the Tokyo 2025 Deaflympics have revealed that the number of people who visited the event’s venues totaled about 280,000 — far more than their target of 100,000.
A ceremony was held at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium in the capital to formally close the 12-day international sporting event for the deaf and hard of hearing, which Japan hosted for the first time in the games’ history. The Japanese delegation, comprising around 270 athletes, was represented in every event for the first time.
As the Tokyo Deaflympics nears its conclusion, the Japanese women’s basketball and volleyball teams won gold medals at the Tokyo Deaflympics on Tuesday. Japan narrowly beat the United States 65-64 in the women’s basketball final, and trumped Turkey to win their first women’s volleyball gold in two Deaflympics.
The Japanese women’s basketball and volleyball teams won gold medals at the Tokyo Deaflympics on Tuesday. Japan narrowly beat the United States 65-64 in the women’s basketball final, and trumped Turkey to win their first women’s volleyball gold in two Deaflympics.
Japan’s medal count at the Tokyo 2025 Deaflympics rose to a record 31 on Sunday, surpassing the country’s previous best from 2022, after athletes secured new medals in karate, swimming and athletics. Crown Princess Kiko and Prince Hisahito visited Izu Oshima to watch the men’s orienteering relay, with the prince encouraging athletes in sign language, and later toured a local farm products shop.
Japan earned more medals at the Tokyo 2025 Deaflympics on Sunday, bringing its total medal tally to 31, a record high for the country in a single Deaflympics. The previous record high number of medals for Japan was 30, earned in the previous 2022 Deaflympics in Caxias do Sul, Brazil.
Japanese Crown Princess Kiko and her son, Prince Hisahito, watched an orienteering event of the Tokyo 2025 Deaflympics on the Pacific island of Izu Oshima, part of the Japanese capital, on Sunday. Orienteering is a team sport in which participants visit control points on unfamiliar terrain in the right order as quickly as possible using a map and compass.
Japan dominated the men’s hammer throw at the Tokyo 2025 Deaflympics on Thursday, sweeping the podium as 21-year-old Riki Toyama captured gold with a personal best of 60.19 meters, followed by world record holder Masatoshi Morimoto with 56.04 meters and Takamasa Ishida with 55.51 meters. In the pool, Ryutaro Ibara, a four-time gold medalist at the 2022 Games, added a silver in the men’s 400-meter freestyle with a time of 4:05.11. Toyama, who embraced his senior teammates after securing victory, said he owed his breakthrough to learning from Morimoto and Ishida.
Japan’s first judo podium came on Nov. 14, when Kazuma Gamo secured bronze in the men’s 73-kilogram division. The remaining medals followed on Nov. 17, with Yuto Fukasawa taking bronze in the men’s 81-kg class, Mizuki Mizutare in the men’s 90-kg, and Tomoki Takahashi in the men’s 100-kg. In the women’s events, Akira Kinugawa added another bronze in the 70-kg category.
Maki Yamada won the men’s 400-meter race at the Tokyo 2025 Deaflympics on Wednesday, earning Japan its first gold medal at the ongoing event.
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