Badminton player Sarina Satomi earned Japan’s ninth gold medal and tennis legend Shingo Kunieda made it 10 as wheelchair racket sports delivered the goods for Japan on Saturday’s penultimate day of Paralympics action in Tokyo.
Satomi won the WH1 singles badminton crown to become the first-ever female badminton Paralympic title winner, while at the other end of the spectrum Kunieda won his fourth Paralympic gold.
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