Japan’s NHK drama depicts a wheelchair user para-athlete who turns in to superhero in ‘High Speed Parahero Gandeen’
The NHK drama ‘Super Speed Para Hero Gundeen’ depicts a wheelchair using para athlete who is also a superhero.
Category: Para Sports
Japan’s visually impaired five-a-side mens soccer Paralympic team beats France 1-0
The World Grand Prix, an international five-player soccer tournament for the visually impaired, opened at Tennozu Park in Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo on May 30th, where the Japanese men’s team beat France 1-0. Japan’s team has qualified to participate in the Tokyo Paralympics.
Tochigi stadium designed for Para Sports deemed to have made ‘Insufficient Barrier Free Measures’
The Tochigi stadium does not meet the standards of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) because the view of the wheelchair seats is blocked when spectators in the front row stand up. The ramp leading to the entrance of the spectator seating area is long, and some people have pointed out that it is dangerous. Some people are concerned about the impact on disabled athletes and are calling for renovations.
Japanese disabled sports association to promote use of ‘parasports’ term
The Japanese Para-Sports Association (JPSA), the body that oversees sports for the disabled in Japan, wants to promote the use of the term “parasports” ahead of the Paralympics in Tokyo this summer, according to sources.
More than 30 Japanese Paralympic athletes anxiously await classification for Tokyo Games
Athletes’ disabilities are classified for the Paralympics to ensure fair competition. In athletics, this results in the men’s 100 meters being split into 16 different categories.
Japanese para athlete taking strength from COVID-19 struggles
In a recent interview with Kyodo News, Misato Michishita, who holds the marathon world record for the women’s T12 class, said her single-minded obsession with Paralympic gold is what has kept her going for the last six months amid coronavirus-related restrictions.
Japan wheelchair basketball player ineligible for Tokyo Paralympics
The Japan Wheelchair Basketball Federation said Tuesday that a member of the Japanese women’s team has been deemed ineligible to compete at the Tokyo Paralympics for not being compliant with the International Paralympic Committee’s classification rules.
Tokyo Paralympic hopefuls skip athletics championships over coronavirus risk
“I can’t go the stadium at the risk of my life…There is no life ‘with corona’ for me.”
Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games schedule announced
Featuring 539 events across 22 sports contested at 21 venues, the Paralympic Games will take place in the Japanese capital city from 24 August – 5 September.
Postponed Tokyo Paralympics to Start on Aug 24 2021
The Tokyo Summer Paralympics, postponed by one year due to the new coronavirus outbreak, will run from Aug. 24 to Sept. 5, 2021, the organizing committee for the games said.
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