Tennis: Japan’s Tokito Oda fights back to win 2nd Wimbledon wheelchair crown
Japan’s Tokito Oda won his second Wimbledon wheelchair tennis title in three years, coming from a set down to beat Britain’s Alfie Hewett on Sunday.
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Sumo wrestler-sized wheelchair deployed ahead of Nagoya tournament
With the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament set to open Sunday, a medical center near the competition venue has taken possession of a heavy-duty wheelchair built to transport the sport’s heftiest wrestlers. The chair, designed to accommodate patients weighing up to 300 kilograms, was presented Friday to the medical center affiliated with Nagoya City University Medical School. The facility is located a short distance from the newly built IG Arena, where the 15-day tournament will run through July 27. It will also be on hand for use at next year’s Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games and Asian Para Games.
Japan’s Paris Paralympics representative Yumi Tanaka wins women’s 100m hurdles at Japan Athletics Championships, Asuka Terada places 6th in her last Japan Championships
The final day of the Japan Athletics Championships (sponsored by Yomiuri Shimbun), which also serves as the main qualifying tournament for the World Championships in Tokyo in September, was held at the National Stadium on the 6th, and in the women’s 100m hurdles, Yumi Tanaka (Fujitsu), who represented Japan at the Paris Olympics, won in a time of 12.86 seconds.
World’s 1st triple-amputee sailor across Pacific arrives in Japan
A British Army veteran who lost both legs and his left hand in Afghanistan made history Tuesday morning by becoming the first triple amputee to sail solo across the Pacific, reaching his destination in western Japan. Craig Wood, 34, who departed Mexico in March, sailed around 13,000 kilometers on a 12.5-meter custom-built aluminum catamaran for 90 days before arriving at Hiroshima Port.
Tennis: Oda, Kamiji win French Open wheelchair singles
Japan’s Tokito Oda won his third consecutive French Open wheelchair tennis singles title Saturday, defeating Britain’s Alfie Hewett 6-4, 7-6(6). Earlier in the day, Japanese compatriot Yui Kamiji claimed her fifth wheelchair singles title and first in five years with a 6-2, 6-2 victory over Aniek van Koot of the Netherlands. Kamiji added the singles championship to the doubles crown she won Friday with South Africa’s Kgothatso Montjane.
Para Tennis: Kamiji wins, Oda loses in Australian Open wheelchair finals
Japan’s Yui Kamiji picked up her third Australian Open wheelchair tennis singles title and first in five years, defeating Aniek van Koot of the Netherlands 6-2, 6-2 in Saturday’s final. But Japanese compatriot and 2024 champion Tokito Oda lost to Britain’s Alfie Hewett in the men’s wheelchair final 6-4, 6-4.
2025 Promises to be the Year for Deaf Athletes in Japan
The year is almost over, it is time to greet the next one. The event Barrier Free Japan is looking forward to the most that will take place next year is the Tokyo 2025 Deaflympics, which will be held from November 15 to 26, 2025 in Tokyo with other venues in Shizuoka and Fukushima. Despite being older than the Paralympics – the first Deaflympics was held in Paris, France in 2024 – it doesn’t receive as much attention as the Paralympics, although like the Paralympics it is recognized by the IOC. This event will commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Deaflympics, the Winter events being held in 2024 in Erzurum, Turkey.
Seminar held for Saga police officers to learn how to support people with disabilities ahead of the National Sports Festival for the Disabled
Ahead of the National Sports Festival for the Disabled, a seminar was held in Saga City for police officers to learn how to provide necessary support to people with disabilities. The National Sports Festival for the Disabled will be held in Saga Prefecture from the 26th to the 28th of this month.
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.
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.
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