
Summer Paralympics Sep 5, 2021
Daiki Kajiwara captured WH2 singles gold while Sarina Satomi and Yuma Yamazaki won the WH doubles competition.
Daiki Kajiwara captured WH2 singles gold while Sarina Satomi and Yuma Yamazaki won the WH doubles competition.
Japan's Sarina Satomi wins nation's first Paralympic badminton gold as sport debuts
Satomi, 23, defeated Sujirat Pookkham of Thailand 14-21, 21-19, 21-13, in a 55-minute final at Yoyogi National Stadium.
'Dream come true' for players as badminton makes long-waited Paralympics debut
The honor of the first match win in Paralympics history went to Germany's No. 3 seed Valeska Knoblauch, who breezed past countrywoman Elke Rongen 21-7, 21-8 in the women's WH1 category.