Amid cries to nurture bona fide Paralympic superstars in Japan, Gurimu Narita, the men's Pyeongchang Paralympic banked slalom champion, is certainly among the few athletes with the potential to become sports icons as famous as today's able-bodied superstars. While social recognition of both the Paralympics ...
Paralympic slalom champion Gurimu Narita wants to compete in canoe at Tokyo Olympics
Gurimu Narita, the men's Pyeongchang Paralympic banked slalom champion, is looking to compete in canoe at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. "This is a sport in which my disability won't hinder me," said the 24-year-old, whose left leg is numb below the knee. On Sunday, he ...
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 ...
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 ...
Gurimu Narita captures men's snowboarding gold medal at Pyeongchang Paralympics
Gurimu Narita won gold Friday in men's snowboarding banked slalom at the Pyeongchang Winter Paralympics. The Osaka native claimed his second medal at these games after he finished with the best time in the SB-LL2 classification of 48.68 seconds on his last of three runs ...
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 ...
