Drawing the curtain on her sixth and final Paralympics on Monday at age 51, Mayumi Narita has no regrets and hopes to see a younger generation of Japanese swimmers reach great heights.
A 15-time swimming gold medalist, Narita finished sixth in her last race, the women’s 50-meter backstroke S5 final, at Tokyo Aquatics Center, 25 years after she made her Paralympic debut at the 1996 Atlanta Games.
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