Details of the waterfront athletes' village for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games were revealed Thursday, with organizers emphasizing its accessibility and ease of use for para-athletes. Located near the center of scheduled events inside the capital, the 44-hectare village features three sides offering ...
Paratriathlon World Cup cancels swimming leg due to poor water quality at Odaiba Marine Park
The swimming leg of the International Triathlon Union's Paratriathlon World Cup in Tokyo, which doubles as a test of event for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games, was canceled Saturday due to poor water quality. According to organizers, the amount of E. coli bacteria ...
2020 Paralympic marathon to start at 6:30 a.m. amid heat concerns
In a move to limit athletes' exposure to severe heat, the 2020 Tokyo Paralympic marathon will start at 6:30 a.m., half an hour earlier than originally planned, sources revealed Monday. The International Paralympic Committee had initially approved a 7 a.m. start, but a working group ...
An Olympics crowdsourcing project may be the answer to making Japan a more accessible country
Tokyo is up against the clock when it comes to creating a city that's accessible for everyone. Its deadline? Next year's Olympic Games, though that really shouldn't matter when it comes to transforming Japan into a nation where anyone can use any space. Accessibility means ...
As countdown to 2020 Paralympics reaches 500 days, Tokyo making positive strides, IPC chief says
With 500 days to go until the 2020 Paralympic Games, International Paralympic Committee President Andrew Parsons says Tokyo organizers have made great strides but must remain focused on the goal to ensure the event lives up to its promise. Tokyo hit the 500-day Paralympic Games' ...
The organizing committee of the Tokyo Games on Saturday unveiled a set of pictograms to be used to represent the different Paralympic sports, as Japan marked 500 days to go until the games. Organizers revealed the 23 pictograms created by a team led by graphic ...
Two athletes from Japan's Paralympic boccia team left with good impressions Friday after visiting the site of the Ariake Gymnastics Centre, the future venue for the sport at next summer's Tokyo Games. Hidetaka Sugimura and Takayuki Hirose, members of Japan's silver medal-winning mixed team at ...
IPC chief hopes Japan sweeps away last barriers as Paralympics host
International Paralympic Committee President Sir Philip Craven has a simple but complicated wish: to fix the world so that he is recognized not as a user of a wheelchair, but as the person he is. "We're not the disabled. I'm me, and you're you," Craven ...
With her clumsy but emotional and breathtaking presentation at the IOC Session in Buenos Aires for Tokyo's 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games bid in September 2013, Mami Sato became a household name in Japan. Sato stepped to the podium to lead off Tokyo's bid team, ...
