Sarina Satomi (left) and Yuma Yamazaki smile after winning the silver medal in the women’s para-badminton event at the Paris Paralympic Games on Sunday.
Hiromi Endo is delighted after winning a bronze medal in the women’s boccia event at the Paralympic Games in Paris last Sunday.
Shuta Endo celebrates his third place in the 100 meters for the visually impaired at the Paralympic Games in Paris on Sunday.
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Satomi, 26, and Yamazaki, 36, lost 0-2 in the final to a Chinese duo, meaning they were unable to repeat their Paralympic victory three years ago.
In the men’s wheelchair badminton doubles, Daiki Kajiwara, 22, and Hiroshi Murayama, 50, won the bronze medal match against another Japanese pair. Kajiwara and Murayama also won bronze in Tokyo.
Three more Japanese athletes took bronze medals: Shuta Kawakami, 25, in the men’s 100 meters for the visually impaired (T13); Hiromi Endo, 38, in the women’s individual boccia for people with cerebral palsy in the BC1 class; and Mika Mizuta, 27, in the mixed 10 meter air rifle in the SH2 category for people with physical disabilities.
