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5-time Paralympic gold medalist Kawai heads sports agency

Retired visually impaired swimmer Junichi Kawai takes a seat at his desk as he becomes the commissioner of the Japan Sports Agency in Tokyo on Oct. 1, 2025. The five-time Paralympic gold medalist is the first Paralympian to assume the post.

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5-time Paralympic gold medalist Kawai heads sports agency

Retired visually impaired swimmer Junichi Kawai takes a seat at his desk as he becomes the commissioner of the Japan Sports Agency in Tokyo on Oct. 1, 2025. The five-time Paralympic gold medalist is the first Paralympian to assume the post.

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5-time Paralympic gold medalist Kawai heads sports agency

Retired visually impaired swimmer Junichi Kawai takes a seat at his desk as he becomes the commissioner of the Japan Sports Agency in Tokyo on Oct. 1, 2025. The five-time Paralympic gold medalist is the first Paralympian to assume the post.

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5-time Paralympic gold medalist Kawai to head sports agency

Retired visually impaired swimmer Junichi Kawai speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Sept. 19, 2025, after being named the next commissioner of the Japan Sports Agency. A five-time Paralympic gold medalist, the 50-year-old will become the first Paralympian to assume the post when his appointment takes effect Oct. 1.

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5-time Paralympic gold medalist Kawai to head sports agency

Retired visually impaired swimmer Junichi Kawai speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Sept. 19, 2025, after being named the next commissioner of the Japan Sports Agency. A five-time Paralympic gold medalist, the 50-year-old will become the first Paralympian to assume the post when his appointment takes effect Oct. 1.

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President Biden Hosts 2024 U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Teams at White House

U.S. Paralympian Paul Shulte speaks during an event celebrating the 2024 U.S. Olympic and Paralympic teams on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC on Monday, September 30, 2024. Photo by Bonnie Cash/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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President Biden Hosts 2024 U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Teams at White House

U.S. Paralympian Paul Shulte speaks during an event celebrating the 2024 U.S. Olympic and Paralympic teams on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC on Monday, September 30, 2024. Photo by Bonnie Cash/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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President Biden Hosts 2024 U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Teams at White House

U.S. Olympic Swimmer Tori Huske and U.S. Paralympian Paul Shulte look on as President Joe Biden speaks during an event celebrating the 2024 U.S. Olympic and Paralympic teams on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC on Monday, September 30, 2024. Photo by Bonnie Cash/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Olympian artists create world beyond sports

STORY: Olympian artists create world beyond sports DATELINE: May 1, 2023 LENGTH: 00:03:24 LOCATION: GENEVA, Switzerland CATEGORY: CULTURE/SPORTS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the exhibition STORYLINE: In the world of Olympics, a bunch of athletes showed their talents beyond sports by offering a glimpse of arts, embodying sport, creativity and the Olympic values in their lives. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has been exhibiting 18 pieces of artworks at the Olympic House since April 23, which were created by five Olympians and a Paralympian, to illustrate many facets, interests and stories of the elite athletes. The IOC Culture and Heritage initiated the program at PyeongChang 2018 and has received more than 50 original works from 16 athletes from eight countries and regions, and there's more to come. The Culture and Heritage did other two Olympian Artists programs at the Tokyo 2020 and the Beijing 2022, and led a three-month recruitment campaign to lay the groundwork for Paris 2024. As a re

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Athletes prepare for 2020 Tokyo Paralympics

OSAKA, Japan, Jan. 2 Kyodo - Japanese wheelchair basketball player Renshi Chokai, a 2016 Rio de Janeiro Paralympian, trains in Fujisawa, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Sept. 21, 2017, to compete at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics.

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Athletes prepare for 2020 Tokyo Paralympics

OSAKA, Japan, Jan. 2 Kyodo - Japanese swimmer Mei Ichinose, a 2016 Rio de Janeiro Paralympian, trains in Higashiosaka, Osaka Prefecture, on Sept. 13, 2017, to compete at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics.

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Suntory to set up fund to support disabled in sports

SENDAI, Japan - Japanese Paralympian Mami Sato gives a press conference on July 29, 2014, following a courtesy visit to Miyagi Gov. Yoshihiro Murai over a decision by her employer Suntory Holdings Ltd. to create a fund to support sports for disabled people in the region damaged by the Great East Japan Earthquake of March 2011.

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Tour de Tohoku 2014 on promotion

TOKYO, Japan - Miyagi Gov. Yoshihiro Murai (front R) poses for the photo with ambassadors of Tour de Tohoku 2014, an event to assist the reconstruction of Tohoku region devastated by 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster, in Tokyo on June 10, 2014. The ambassadors are model Karen Michibata (2nd from front R), track and field Paralympian Mami Sato (2nd from L front), and former footballer Tetsuo Nakanishi (front L).

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Oscar Pistorius trial

PRETORIA, South Africa - South African Olympian and Paralympian sprinter Oscar Pistorius is pictured during his trial at a court in Pretoria on March 14, 2014. Pistorius is charged with killing his girlfriend. (Pool photo)

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Japan's Paralympian Kano wins men's super-G sitting ski gold

SOCHI, Russia - Japanese Alpine skier Akira Kano competes in the sitting category of the men's super-G competition at the Sochi Winter Paralympics in Russia on March 9, 2014. Kano won the gold medal, his second victory in Sochi after striking gold in the sitting category of the men's downhill event the previous day.

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Japan's Sato runs in Sochi Paralympics torch relay

SOCHI, Russia - Mami Sato, a Japanese Paralympian who lost one of her legs to cancer, smiles as she runs a leg of the Sochi Paralympics torch relay on March 6, 2014, in the Russian resort town.

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Last trading day of 2013

TOKYO, Japan - Mami Sato (L), a Paralympian who contributed to Tokyo's successful bid to host the 2020 Summer Olympic Games, rings the closing bell by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe during a ceremony at the Tokyo Stock Exchange in Tokyo's Nihombashi area on Dec. 30, 2013, the last trading day of the year.

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Last trading day of 2013

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is pictured after ringing the closing bell during a ceremony at the Tokyo Stock Exchange in Tokyo's Nihombashi area on Dec. 30, 2013, the last trading day of the year. Mami Sato, a Paralympian who contributed to Tokyo's successful bid to host the 2020 Summer Olympic Games, is to the right.

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Last trading day of 2013

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (C) claps with others during a ceremony at the Tokyo Stock Exchange in Tokyo's Nihombashi area on Dec. 30, 2013, marking the last trading day of the year. To the right is Mami Sato, a Paralympian who contributed to Tokyo's successful bid to host the 2020 Summer Olympic Games.

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Tokyo wins 2020 Olympic bid

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - (From L) Olympic silver medal-winning fencer Yuki Ota, newscaster Christel Takigawa, Tokyo Gov. Naoki Inose, Tsunekazu Takeda, president of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Bid Committee, Masato Mizuno, CEO of the committee, and Mami Sato, a Paralympian in athletics, are seen at a press conference in Buenos Aires on Sept. 7, 2013, after Tokyo was chosen as the host city for the Olympic and Paralympic Games at the International Olympic Committee's general session, in Buenos Aires on Sept. 7, 2013, beating Istanbul and Madrid.

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Tokyo wins 2020 Olympic bid

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - Mami Sato, a Paralympian in athletics, makes a presentation for Tokyo's bid to host the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games at the International Olympic Committee's general session in Buenos Aires on Sept. 7, 2013. Tokyo was chosen as the host city later by the committee.

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Pistorius indicted for murder

PRETORIA, South Africa - Double-amputee sprinter Oscar Pistorius (L) is pictured before a preliminary hearing at a court in Pretoria, South Africa, on Aug. 19, 2013. The Olympian-Paralympian was indicted the same day on a charge of premeditated murder over the death of his girlfriend.

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Paralympic torch

LONDON, Britain - Former Paralympian Tanni Grey-Thompson holds one of the mirrored-effect torches for the 2012 Paralympic Games in London on Feb. 29, 2012, as the torches were unveiled.

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2 years before London Olympics

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese two-time Olympic women's marathon medalist Yuko Arimori (L) and Paralympian alpine skiing bronze medalist Kuniko Obinata (R) attend an event marking two years until the opening of the 2012 Olympic Games in London at the British Embassy in Tokyo on July 27, 2010.

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2 years before London Olympics

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese two-time Olympic women's marathon medalist Yuko Arimori (L) and Paralympian alpine skiing bronze medalist Kuniko Obinata (R) attend an event marking two years until the opening of the 2012 Olympic Games in London at the British Embassy in Tokyo on July 27, 2010.

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Sydney Paralympic Games begin

SYDNEY, Australia - Louise Sauvage, a multiple Paralympic gold medalist and Australia's best-known Paralympian, lights the Olympic cauldron from her wheelchair in the opening ceremony of the 11th summer Paralympic Games at Sydney's Olympic Stadium on Oct. 18.

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Paralympic village opens

SYDNEY, Australia - Three-time Paralympian Daphne Ceeney of Australia cuts the ribbon to open the Sydney Paralympic Games athletes' village on Oct. 11. More than 2,500 Paralympic athletes from 69 countries checked in the village for the Oct. 18-29 Paralympic Games. The Sydney Olympic Games are the first where athletes from both the Olympic and Paralympic Games have been invited to stay under the same roof.

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Australian participants share Olympic, Paralympic memories

STORY: Australian participants share Olympic, Paralympic memories DATELINE: April 2, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:02 LOCATION: Canberra CATEGORY: SPORTS SHOTLIST: 1. various of an event hosted by the Chinese embassy in Australia 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): SAMI KENNEDY-SIM, Australia's flagbearer 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): BEN TUDHOPE, Three-time Paralympian 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): BREE WALKER, Australian bobsledder 5. SOUNDBITE 4 (English): TRACEY HOLMES, Sports broadcaster and journalist with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation STORYLINE: From the smile on the faces of volunteers to the bobsled track that resembles a dragon, the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games remain fresh in many people's memories. When Australian athletes, officials and reporters gathered at an event hosted by the Chinese Embassy in Australia weeks after the competitions, they shared their experiences and expressed wishes to visit Beijing again. The Beijing Olympic Winter Games, which ran from February 4 to 20, saw Team Aus

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Beijing 2022 Paralympics highly praised by athletes

STORY: Beijing 2022 Paralympics highly praised by athletes DATELINE: March 13, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:12 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: SOCIETY/SPORTS SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): DAMIR MIZDRAK, Croatian Para Alpine skier 2. SOUNDBITE 2 (Catalan): POL MAKURI, Spanish Para cross-country skier 3. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): HEINRICH POPOW, Former German Paralympian STORYLINE: With the Beijing 2022 Paralympic Winter Games closing on Sunday, participating athletes have spoken highly of organization of the Games in many aspects. Damir Mizdrak, a Para skier from Croatia, expressed his appreciation to China in an interview with Xinhua. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): DAMIR MIZDRAK, Croatian Para Alpine skier "Organization of the Beijing Paralympic Winter Games is absolutely perfect. From the ski resorts, slopes, whole (Paralympic) Village is absolutely perfect. There is no one thing that is bad to say. Impressive stadium for the opening ceremony, I think for me, (it is) the most beautiful stadium I have ever been. And for su

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GLOBALink | Sports unite people, transcend limits: former German Paralympian

STORY: Sports unite people, transcend limits: former German Paralympian DATELINE: March 4, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:46 LOCATION: Berlin CATEGORY: SPORTS/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Beijing 2022 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): HEINRICH POPOW 3. various of Beijing 2022 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): HEINRICH POPOW STORYLINE: The opening of the Beijing 2022 Paralympic Winter Games is just around the corner. Former German Paralympian, the two-time gold medalist, is looking forward to the opening ceremony. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): HEINRICH POPOW, Former German Paralympian "The winter games in Beijing this year, I will see the Olympic stadium again. So being in the Olympic stadium, enjoying the opening ceremony as a spectator or supporter of the para-sport will be different. Because the last time I was in the stadium I was on the lane, too. So, I was running." Popow recalled his competition in the Beijing 2008 Paralympics, during which he won a silver medal in the men's 100m event. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): HEINRICH POPOW "For

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Ukrainian-born American Paralympian Oksana Masters

Oksana Masters, the Ukrainian-born American Paralympian, practices in Zhangjiakou, China, on March 2, 2022, wearing Ukrainian flags in the shape of heart on her wear and hairband following Russia's invasion of its neighboring country. The Beijing Winter Paralympics open on March 4.

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Ukrainian-born American Paralympian Oksana Masters

Oksana Masters, the Ukrainian-born American Paralympian, practices in Zhangjiakou, China, on March 2, 2022, wearing Ukrainian flags in the shape of heart on her wear and hairband following Russia's invasion of its neighboring country. The Beijing Winter Paralympics open on March 4.

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Organizers say Tokyo Paralympics "going smoothly" amid pandemic

The Tokyo Paralympics have been "generally going smoothly" since starting about a week ago despite being held amid the coronavirus pandemic, organizers said Monday. "So far, there have been no problems having a major impact on the operation of the games," Toshiro Muto, CEO of the committee organizing the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, said at a press conference. In regard to an accident in which a visually impaired Paralympian was hit last week by a Toyota Motor Corp. autonomous bus running in the athletes' village, Muto said police inspected the site of the collision and questioned people involved on Sunday.

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Paralympian sets new world record in long jump

Paralympian Atsushi Yamamoto poses next to an electronic board after setting a new world record of 6.56 meters in the long jump at Japan's national track and field championships for athletes with disabilities, at Coca-Cola West Sports Park in the western Japan city of Tottori on May 1, 2016. Yamamoto, who has already secured his berth for the Rio de Janeiro Paralympic Games, bettered the previous record he set by 3 centimeters. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Paralympian sets new world record in long jump

Paralympian Atsushi Yamamoto competes in the long jump at Japan's national track and field championships for athletes with disabilities at Coca-Cola West Sports Park in the western Japan city of Tottori on May 1, 2016. Yamamoto, who has already secured his berth for the Rio de Janeiro Paralympic Games, set a new world record of 6.56 meters, bettering the previous record he set by 3 centimeters. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese gold medal Paralympian brings inclusion message to U.N.

Miki Matheson (L), a three-time Paralympic gold medalist for Japan, shakes hands with U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon after giving a speech during an event at the U.N. headquarters in New York on Dec. 3, 2015 marking the International Day of Persons with Disabilities. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese gold medal Paralympian brings inclusion message to U.N.

Miki Matheson, a three-time Paralympic gold medalist for Japan, attends an event at the U.N. headquarters in New York on Dec. 3, 2015 marking the International Day of Persons with Disabilities. The 42-year-old Tokyo native, who lives in Ottawa, Canada, was left wheelchair bound due to a car accident about 20 years ago before becoming an ice sledge speed racer. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese Para-Sports Association unveils new logo in Tokyo

Japanese Para-Sports Association head Mitsunori Torihara (far R) unveils its new logo at a ceremony in Tokyo on May 26, 2015, to mark the 50th anniversary of the association's foundation. Track and field Paralympian Saki Takakuwa (far L) was among the attendees. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Asics becomes Gold Partner for 2020 Tokyo Games

Asics Corp. President Motoi Oyama (C) and Yoshiro Mori (3rd from R), head of the organizing committee for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, pose for photos in Tokyo on April 6, 2015, after the sporting goods firm signed a deal to become the 10th Tokyo 2020 Gold Partner to support the Games. Paralympian Haruka Kitaura (L), sprinter Yoshihide Kiryu (2nd from L), and table-tennis player Kasumi Ishikawa (3rd from L) joined the photo session. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Athletes prepare for 2020 Tokyo Paralympics

Japanese wheelchair basketball player Renshi Chokai, a 2016 Rio de Janeiro Paralympian, trains in Fujisawa, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Sept. 21, 2017, to compete at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Athletes prepare for 2020 Tokyo Paralympics

Japanese swimmer Mei Ichinose, a 2016 Rio de Janeiro Paralympian, trains in Higashiosaka, Osaka Prefecture, on Sept. 13, 2017, to compete at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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2 years before London Olympics

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese two-time Olympic women's marathon medalist Yuko Arimori (L) and Paralympian alpine skiing bronze medalist Kuniko Obinata (R) attend an event marking two years until the opening of the 2012 Olympic Games in London at the British Embassy in Tokyo on July 27, 2010. (Kyodo)

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2 years before London Olympics

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese two-time Olympic women's marathon medalist Yuko Arimori (L) and Paralympian alpine skiing bronze medalist Kuniko Obinata (R) attend an event marking two years until the opening of the 2012 Olympic Games in London at the British Embassy in Tokyo on July 27, 2010. (Kyodo)

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Paralympic torch

LONDON, Britain - Former Paralympian Tanni Grey-Thompson holds one of the mirrored-effect torches for the 2012 Paralympic Games in London on Feb. 29, 2012, as the torches were unveiled. (Kyodo)

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British Paralympian Kim Daybell joins coronavirus fight

Screenshot image taken July 20, 2020, shows British para table tennis player Kim Daybell giving an online interview. The two-time Paralympian, who was due to enter the final stages of his preparations for the Tokyo Paralympics, started working as a full-time medical doctor in March at a London hospital on the frontlines fighting against the coronavirus pandemic.

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Pyeongchang Paralympics

Japanese Paralympian and delegation chief Kuniko Obinata (3rd from R in front) speaks at a send-off ceremony at Tokyo's Haneda airport on March 3, 2018, ahead of the delegation's departure for the Pyeongchang Winter Paralympics. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Paralympian-turned Japanese lawmaker

Former Paralympian Takanori Yokosawa is helped up some stairs at the parliament building in Tokyo on Aug. 1, 2019, where he arrived to attend an extraordinary Diet session held for the first time since he won a seat in the July 21 upper house election. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Paralympian-turned Japanese lawmaker

Former Paralympian Takanori Yokosawa of the Democratic Party for the People waves as he arrives at the parliament building in Tokyo on Aug. 1, 2019, to attend an extraordinary Diet session held for the first time since he won a seat in the July 21 upper house election. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Paralympian-turned Japanese lawmaker

Former Paralympian Takanori Yokosawa of the Democratic Party for the People waves as he arrives at the parliament building in Tokyo on Aug. 1, 2019, to attend an extraordinary Diet session held for the first time since he won a seat in the July 21 upper house election. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Asian Para Games: Opening ceremony

An Indonesian Paralympian waves the national flag while marching at the opening ceremony of the Asian Para Games at the Gelora Bung Karno Stadium in Jakarta on Oct. 6, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo