Not content with recently hosting a thrilling rugby tournament, Japan is now preparing for two more landmark sporting events. The country’s capital is gearing up to host the Olympic Games next summer, followed by the Paralympic Games just a few weeks later.
Interest in the Paralympic Games has grown massively in recent years, with the last Paralympics held in Rio featuring more than 4,000 athletes from over 150 different parts of the world.
We’re proud partners of both Paralympic icon Hannah Cockroft MBE and wheelchair tennis sensation Alfie Hewett, who will be aiming to add more medals to their trophy cabinets.
Hannah famously won two gold medals at the London Paralympics in 2012, and then added a further three in Rio four years later. Her preparations for Japan next year are undoubtedly going well. She secured both the 100m and 800m titles at the World Para-Athletics Championships in Dubai at the start of November, but also now holds the new world record of 16.77 seconds in the T34 100m.
Hannah has been determined to up her game, ever since the emergence of her British rival, Kare Adenegan.
Alfie will also be hoping to build on his recent successes on the court while in Tokyo. He retained his wheelchair singles title at this year’s US Open before also winning the doubles with his partner Gordon Reid.
The Paralympic Games is always an inspiring event and we can’t wait to cheer on Hannah, Alfie and the other British competitors when the action gets underway.
Hannah Cockroft on her new world record: “I haven’t pushed that quick ever, so I’m not sure how I just did it. I think I had settled for silver in my head, so to come out on top, I actually got the medal I wanted.”
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