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Masaki Furumaya / The Yomiuri Shimbun Silver medalist Tomoki Sato, left, and bronze medalist Tomoya Ito hold up Japanese national flags after finishing the men’s 400-meter T52 race for wheelchair users in Saint-Denis, France, at the Paris Paralympics on Friday.
The Yomiuri Shimbun
14:58 JST, August 31, 2024
PARIS — Tomoki Sato claimed the silver medal in the men’s 400-meter T52 race for wheelchair users with a time of 56.26 seconds on Friday. The 34-year-old has now medaled in the event for the third consecutive Paralympics.
Tomoya Ito, 61, became the oldest Japanese Paralympic medalist by earning the bronze with a time of 1:1.08 in the same race.
On the third day of the Paris Paralympics, Takayuki Suzuki, 37, took silver in the men’s 100-meter freestyle in the S4 physical impairment classification and finished in 1:21.71. Suzuki has now claimed his second medal of the Games following Thursday’s win in the 50-meter breaststroke in the SB3 physical impairment classification.
Uchu Tomita, 35, finished the men’s 400-meter freestyle in the S11 vision impairment classification in 4:32.33, earning him the bronze.
