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Send-off ceremony for Japan's Sochi Paralympics squad

TOKYO, Japan - Cross-country skier Shoko Ota (R), flag bearer for Japan's Sochi Winter Paralympics squad, receives the team flag from delegation head Masanobu Araki during a send-off ceremony in Tokyo on Feb. 5, 2014. To the right is alpine skier Taiki Morii, the team captain.

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Vancouver Paralympics come to close

WHISTLER, Canada - Japanese athletes who won medals at the Vancouver Paralympic Games -- (from L to R) Taiki Morii, Shoko Ota, Yoshihiro Nitta and Akira Kano -- shake hands during the closing ceremony at Whistler Medals Plaza in Whistler, Canada, on March 21, 2010.

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Japan's Ota wins silver in women's 1 km sprint classic standing

WHISTLER, Canada - Shoko Ota of Japan reacts after winning the silver medal in the women's 1-kilometer cross country skiing sprint classic standing event at Whistler Paralympic Park in Canada at the Vancouver Paralympic Games on March 21, 2010.

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Japan's Ota wins silver in women's 1 km sprint classic standing

WHISTLER, Canada - Shoko Ota of Japan shows off the silver medal she won in the women's 1-kilometer cross country skiing sprint classic standing event at Whistler Paralympic Park in Canada at the Vancouver Paralympic Games on March 21, 2010.

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Japan's Ota wins silver in women's 1 km sprint classic standing

WHISTLER, Canada - Shoko Ota of Japan (C) skies to the finish line to win the silver medal in the women's 1-kilometer cross country skiing sprint classic standing event at Whistler Paralympic Park in Canada at the Vancouver Paralympic Games on March 21, 2010.

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Kobayashi wins gold in 12.5 km biathlon

PRAGELATO, Italy - Japan's Miyuki Kobayashi (R), who won the gold medal in the Turin 2006 Paralympics Winter Games women's 12.5 km visual impaired biathlon, and Shoko Ota, who won the bronze medal in the women's 12.5 km standing event, wave at audiences on the podium in Pragelato, Italy, on March 11.

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Kobayashi wins gold in 12.5 km biathlon

PRAGELATO, Italy - Japan's Miyuki Kobayashi (R), who won the gold medal in the Turin 2006 Paralympics Winter Games women's 12.5 km visual impaired biathlon, and Shoko Ota, who won the bronze medal in the women's 12.5 km standing event, wave at audiences on the podium in Pragelato, Italy, on March 11. (Kyodo)

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Vancouver Paralympics come to close

WHISTLER, Canada - Japanese athletes who won medals at the Vancouver Paralympic Games -- (from L to R) Taiki Morii, Shoko Ota, Yoshihiro Nitta and Akira Kano -- shake hands during the closing ceremony at Whistler Medals Plaza in Whistler, Canada, on March 21, 2010. (Kyodo)

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Japan's Ota wins silver in women's 1 km sprint classic standing

WHISTLER, Canada - Shoko Ota of Japan shows off the silver medal she won in the women's 1-kilometer cross country skiing sprint classic standing event at Whistler Paralympic Park in Canada at the Vancouver Paralympic Games on March 21, 2010. (Kyodo)

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Japan's Ota wins silver in women's 1 km sprint classic standing

WHISTLER, Canada - Shoko Ota of Japan reacts after winning the silver medal in the women's 1-kilometer cross country skiing sprint classic standing event at Whistler Paralympic Park in Canada at the Vancouver Paralympic Games on March 21, 2010. (Kyodo)

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Japan's Ota wins silver in women's 1 km sprint classic standing

WHISTLER, Canada - Shoko Ota of Japan (C) skies to the finish line to win the silver medal in the women's 1-kilometer cross country skiing sprint classic standing event at Whistler Paralympic Park in Canada at the Vancouver Paralympic Games on March 21, 2010. (Kyodo)