Japan at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
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Japan competed at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China. The country's delegation included a women's goalball team, men's and women's sitting volleyball teams, men's and women's wheelchair basketball teams, a wheelchair rugby team, and one wheelchair fencer.
Medalists
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Wheelchair fencing
Japan will have one competitor in wheelchair fencing, 42-year-old Toyoaki Hisakawa. This will be Hisakawa's third appearance at the Paralympic Games.[1]
Cycling Track
Masashi Ishii – Men's 1 km Time Trial (LC 3–4) – 1:08.771 World Record[2] won the gold medal.
See also
References
- ↑ "Wheelchair fencer has high Olympic hopes". Yomiuri Shimbun. Japan. 5 August 2008. Retrieved 2 September 2008.
- ↑ "Briton Kenny hits gold and world record double, again". Yomiuri Shimbun. Japan. 9 September 2008. Retrieved 22 September 2008.
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