Keiichi Kimura will compete in the final of the men’s 100-meter butterfly in the S11 class for the visually impaired at the Paralympic Games in Paris on Friday.
15:51 JST, September 7, 2024
PARIS — Para-swimmer Keiichi Kimura won gold on Friday in the men’s 100-meter butterfly in the S11 class for the visually impaired at the Paralympic Games in Paris in a record time of 1:00:90.
Kimura, 33, won his second consecutive gold at the Paralympics. It was his second gold medal in Paris, after winning the 50-meter freestyle.
Uchu Tomita, 35, won bronze in the 100-meter butterfly final on Friday.
In the men’s 50m freestyle S4 class for people with physical disabilities, Takayuki Suzuki, 37, broke the Asian record and took silver in 36.85.
In the J2 visually impaired judo class, Yujiro Seto, 24, won gold in the final of the men’s judo 73-kilogram category after beating a judoka from Georgia. Junko Hirose, 33, won gold in the women’s 57-kilogram category, becoming the first Japanese woman to win a Paralympic gold medal in judo. Kazusa Ogawa, 27, won bronze in the women’s 70-kilogram category.
In wheelchair tennis, Takuya Miki, 35, and Tokito Oda, 18, won the silver medal in the men’s doubles, but lost to a British duo.
Yui Kamiji, 30, claimed her first Paralympic women’s singles gold in the women’s singles event, beating a Dutch opponent. The victory gave Japan its first gold medal in the category.
