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“Tokyo Citizen Sports Award Ceremony”

On April XNUMX, XNUMX (Tuesday), the awards ceremony for the Tokyo Citizen Sports Awards was held in the special reception room of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building, and Governor Masuzoe spoke to Daiki Morii, a Tokyo resident who won the silver medal at the Sochi XNUMX Paralympic Winter Games. The Tokyo Citizen Sports Award was presented to him.

The Tokyo Citizen Sports Award was established in 20 with the aim of praising the achievements of Tokyo's top athletes who have achieved excellent results in world-class sports competitions, as well as arousing Tokyo residents' interest in sports and contributing to the promotion of sports. It was established in .

Morii, who received this award, won a silver medal in alpine skiing/seated and super-G at the Paralympic Winter Games held in Sochi, Russia in March of this year. He achieved the remarkable feat of winning medals at three consecutive Games, following the XNUMX Turin Paralympics and the XNUMX Vancouver Paralympics.

Governor Masuzoe said, ``Congratulations. I hope you will continue to do your best.I hope that Morii will utilize his past experience to cooperate and provide advice for the XNUMX Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games.I would also like to see him guide his successors. I wish you all the best. Let's make XNUMX a success," he said in congratulatory words.

Upon receiving the award, Morii expressed his joy at receiving the award, saying, ``It's a great honor.It will give me motivation for the next time.''

Daiki Morii, winner of the Tokyo Citizen Sports Award, and Tokyo Governor Yoichi Masuzoe