Being blind is nobody's choice, but for Japanese swimmer Keiichi Kimura the decision to break into the world of competitive swimming — and go one further by aiming for gold at the Paralympics — was entirely his.
Going to the Rio Paralympics, which starts Wednesday and runs until Sept. 18, the 25-year-old swimmer has high hopes of achieving his goal after he won silver at the London Paralympics in 2012.
He was then a senior student at Nihon University competing in his second Paralympics, and snared the silver medal in the 100-meter breaststroke and the bronze in the 100-meter butterfly.