Joint Korean 2032 Olympic bid faces hurdles of sanctions, cultural differences and state of war
If North and South Korea succeed in their long-shot bid to host the 2032 Summer Olympics, any athletic feats may be overshadowed by the political achievements needed to make the games happen. Buoyed by the role the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics played in easing tensions ...
Paralympic repair specialist fixing to help at 2020 Tokyo Games
When it comes to repairing the specialized equipment of Paralympic athletes, technicians experiment with the latest technologies on the spot, even though their work can often mean the difference between success and failure. Hiroki Nakajima, one of two Japanese technicians who worked on athletes' wheelchairs ...
Paralympic gold medalist Gurimu Narita targeting historic double achievement at Tokyo 2020
Gurimu Narita did not bask too long in the glory of winning a pair of medals at the 2018 Winter Paralympics. What he achieved in Pyeongchang, South Korea, in March — gold in the men's snowboarding banked slalom and bronze in the snowboard cross, both ...
Momoka Muraoka reflects on historic performance at Pyeongchang Paralympics
Momoka Muraoka, who won five medals at the recent Pyeongchang Winter Paralympics, was all smiles during her post-Paralympic news conference at the Japan National Press Club on Wednesday. The 21-year-old Alpine sit-skier, who was Japan's flag bearer for the opening ceremony, won gold in the ...
Japan's medalists recount highlights of Pyeongchang Paralympics
Sit skier Momoka Muraoka now realizes that she has become the athlete to beat after earning five medals at the Pyeongchang Paralympics, which wrapped up on Sunday. Appearing in a talk show with four other Pyeongchang medalists in Tokyo on Tuesday, 21-year-old Muraoka insisted she ...
Momoka Muraoka claims silver on final day as Japan wraps up strong showing in Paralympics
Competition wrapped at the Pyeongchang Winter Paralympics on Sunday, closing out 10 days marked by strong performances by the younger members of Team Japan. With 10 medals overall (three gold, four silver, three bronze), the national team delivered on its promise of surpassing the six ...
Yoshihiro Nitta wins cross-country 10-km classical gold medal
Yoshihiro Nitta won gold in the standing cross-country 10-km classical skiing on Saturday at the Winter Paralympics. Nitta crossed the finish line at Alpensia Biathlon Centre in a disability-factored time of 24 minutes, 6.8 seconds. Grygorii Vovchynskyi of Ukraine finished 8.7 seconds behind Nitta for ...
Norway's Lena Schroeder fulfills dream by competing at Winter Paralympics
Not only does Norway's Lena Schroeder care very little about being the only female among the 135 ice hockey players at the Pyeongchang Winter Games, she revels in being a "woman of steel" out to make a difference for her team. "For me, I'm so ...
Momoka Muraoka claims Japan's first gold of Pyeongchang Paralympics
Sit skier Momoka Muraoka raced to Japan's first gold medal of the Pyeongchang Winter Paralympics on Wednesday in the women's Alpine skiing giant slalom. Muraoka finished in a disability-factored, two-run total of 2 minutes, 26.53 seconds at Jeongseon Alpine Centre, beating out the Netherlands' Linda ...
Para-skiing legend Brian McKeever and guide Graham Nishikawa share Japanese roots
In cross-country skiing for visually impaired athletes, trusting the sighted guide and being in sync with the person who sends navigational commands makes all the difference. Eleven-time gold medalist Brian McKeever, Canada's most decorated winter Paralympian, and his guide Graham Nishikawa have a comfortable partnership ...
Gurimu Narita won bronze in the snowboard cross LL2 classification at the Pyeongchang Winter Games on Monday in his Paralympic debut. The 24-year-old outran rival Evan Strong of the United States in the head-to-head race for third at Jeongseon Alpine Centre, after being knocked out ...
Momoka Muraoka captures hearts and medals at Pyeongchang Paralympics
Alpine skier Momoka Muraoka wrote in her elementary school yearbook in fourth grade that her dream was to compete at the Paralympics. And now in Pyeongchang, she has become the face of the Japanese delegation so far at the Winter Games, winning medals in the ...
