Summer Paralympics Sep 6, 2021
The host nation achieved its equal-third best gold medal total, while tallying 51 medals overall — one short of the record 52 it won in 2004.
Summer Paralympics Aug 30, 2021
Day 5 recap: Afghan Paralympians in tears as Great Britain lights up Super Sunday
Naohide Yamaguchi swims to gold as Tomoki Sato completes an athletics double.
Summer Paralympics Aug 29, 2021
Tomoki Sato wins second gold of Tokyo Paralympics in T52 1,500 meters
In a repeat of the podium for the T52 400 meters, Raymond Martin of the U.S. took silver while Sato's compatriot Hirokazu Ueyonabaru won bronze.
Summer Paralympics Aug 28, 2021
Day 3 recap: Wheelchair racer Tomoki Sato pushes to gold as athletics provides bulk of medals
The gold medal is Japan's first in athletics at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics.
Summer Paralympics Aug 27, 2021
Tomoki Sato delivers Japan's second Paralympic gold medal
by Jason Coskrey
The current world record holder and reigning world champion, Sato finished in a Paralympic record time of 55.39 seconds.
More Sports / Athletics Jul 19, 2017
Sato sets meet record in 400-meter race to capture second gold medal
Tomoki Sato captured his second gold medal of the World Para Athletics Championships by winning the men's 400 meter T52 wheelchair race in a meet record of 56.78 seconds on Tuesday. Sato added to the gold medal he won in the 1,500 meters on Sunday, ...
More Sports / Athletics Jul 17, 2017
Sato wins men's 1,500 to earn Japan's first gold at World Para Athletics Championships
Tomoki Sato brought home Japan's first gold medal of the World Para Athletics Championships on Sunday by winning the men's 1,500 meter T52 wheelchair race in a meet record of 3 minutes, 45.89 seconds. Sato, who won two silver medals at the Rio de Janeiro ...
Olympics Sep 16, 2016
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 ...
Olympics Sep 14, 2016
Sato wins Paralympic track silver; Kunieda crashes out in tennis
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 ...