2016 Rio Paralympics

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The final day of competition in Rio on Sunday marked a humiliating moment for Japan, as the country finished its first Paralympics without a gold medal. Japan earned a total of 24 medals — 10 silver and 14 bronze — in what turned out to ...

Japan failed to win any medals Friday at the Rio Paralympics, with the day's best result by Keiichi Kimura who finished fourth in the men's SM11 200-meter individual medley final for swimmers with visual impairment. With just two more days of competition remaining, Japan is ...

Japan added three more medals in athletics, wheelchair tennis and swimming on Thursday, but continued to feel the sting of not achieving a gold medal thus far at the Rio Paralympics. A silver-medal effort from T52 wheelchair racer Tomoki Sato in the men's 1,500 meters ...

Japan won five medals on Wednesday at the Rio 2016 Paralympics, with three silver and two bronze added to its tally, but the search for gold continues with just four days of competition remaining. Swimmer Keiichi Kimura confirmed himself as Japan's star of the 2016 ...

Wheelchair athlete Tomoki Sato headlined the sixth day of the Rio 2016 Paralympics for Japan, finishing a close second in the men's T52 400-meter race on the Olympic Stadium athletics track on Tuesday. After winning his heat on Monday, Paralympic debutant Sato pushed a 58.88-second ...

Japan's chance of winning its first gold medal at the Rio Paralympics was blown Monday when the four-member boccia squad was defeated by Thailand 9-4 in the mixed team BC1-2 final. Still, the silver was the country's first-ever Paralympic medal in the sport — which ...

Japan's hopes of reaching its stated target of 40 medals at the Rio 2016 Paralympics appear to be fading after another disappointing day on Saturday that saw just one medal, a bronze, won by defending champion Kento Masaki in judo. Japan's third judo bronze raises ...

Junko Hirose won judo bronze at the 2016 Rio Paralympics on Friday, earning Japan's fourth overall medal, as the country's first gold remains elusive and the slow start continues. Hirose, 25, competing in the 57-kg division of women’s judo for visually impaired athletes, earned an ...

Makoto Hirose claimed silver in the men's 60-kg weight class for judoka with visual impairment to earn Japan's first medal at the Rio Paralympics as full competition got underway on Thursday. His countrymen added two bronze medals, with Satoshi Fujimoto winning the men's 66-kg bronze-medal ...