With wild cheering and thunderous applause from start to finish, the Paris Paralympics also inspire us to hope for another Tokyo Games ー with spectators.
With gold medals in eight different sports and 41 medals in 11 sporting disciplines, Japan had a strong overall showing at the Paris Paralympics.
Five top athletes including baseball player Shohei Ohtani and javelin thrower Haruka Kitaguchi were featured in an auspicious collection of Japanese dolls.
Japan’s tennis great Shingo Kunieda put it well when he said that para-athletes exist to embody the limitless possibilities of human beings.
The Tokyo native adds to Beijing, London titles to solidify his place as one of Japan's greatest Paralympians.
Kamiji is vying for her first Paralympic singles title, while Kunieda is one win away from his third.
"When the Games were postponed, Paralympians were beacons of hope,” said IPC boss Andrew Parsons. “They never stopped pursuing their dreams.”
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