TOKYO: Japan’s Keiichi Kimura won the gold medal in the men’s 100-meter butterfly S11 class for visually impaired swimmers at the Tokyo Paralympics on Friday.

It was the first gold medal for Kimura, who participated in the Paralympic Games for the fourth time.

Fellow Japanese swimmer Uchu Tomita bagged silver in the race, his third medal at the ongoing Tokyo Games. He took part in the Paralympics for the first time.

Keiko Sugiura, 50, grabbed her second gold medal at the Tokyo Games, finishing first in the women’s cycling road race in the C1 to C3 physical disability class. On Tuesday, she won the women’s time trial event in the same class, becoming Japan’s oldest Paralympic gold medalist.

In the women’s singles wheelchair tennis on Friday, Japan’s Yui Kamiji settled for silver, losing to Diede de Groot of the Netherlands in the final.

On the athletics track, Yuki Oya of Japan won the silver medal in the men’s 100-meter T52-class wheelchair race. Japan captured bronze in the 4×100-meter universal relay.

The Japanese women’s team took bronze in goalball by beating Brazil. Japan reached a podium for the first time since the 2012 London Games, where it won gold.

In the men’s wheelchair basketball, Japan defeated Britain in the semifinals. It will face the United States in the gold medal match on Sunday.

JIJI Press