Japan’s Misato Michishita (right) poses with her bronze medal after the women’s T12 marathon during the 2024 Paralympic Games, Sunday, September 8, 2024, in Paris, France.
12:28 JST, September 9, 2024
PARIS — Paralympic athlete Misato Michishita won the bronze medal in the T12 marathon for visually impaired athletes on the final day of the Paralympic Games in Paris on Sunday. This was her third consecutive Paralympic medal, after gold in Tokyo and silver in Rio de Janeiro.
Misato Michishita, left, runs the women’s marathon in Paris on Sunday.
She clocked 3:04:23 to finish fourth, but moved up after the Spanish runner in third place was disqualified.
Michishita, 47, born in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, was diagnosed with corneal disease in the fourth grade of elementary school. She subsequently lost the sight in her right eye during middle school, as the sight in her left eye has also deteriorated.
After training in middle-distance running, she switched to marathon running in her 30s, making her Paralympic debut at the Rio Games.
