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On October 10th, the awards ceremony for the ``Tokyo Honor Award'' and ``Tokyo Citizen Sports Award'' was held at Citizen Plaza.5 London Olympic and Paralympic medalists with ties to Tokyo (living, working, or hometown) attended, and Governor Ishihara and others presented them with the Tokyo Metropolitan Honor Award and Citizen Sports Award.

The purpose of the Tokyo Metropolitan Honor Award is to honor those who have been widely respected by the citizens of Tokyo, given bright dreams, hopes and vitality to society, and raised the name of Tokyo due to their outstanding achievements. It was established in 16.This time, the awards were presented to six gold medalists at the London Olympics and Paralympics.

The Tokyo Citizen Sports Award was established in 20 to honor the achievements of Tokyo athletes who have achieved excellent results in world-class sports competitions, and to share that excitement with the citizens of Tokyo.A total of 6 people received this award, including 14 recipients of the Tokyo Metropolitan Honor Award, 12 silver medalists, and 32 bronze medalists from the London Olympics and Paralympics.

Governor Ishihara said, ``A big congratulations to all the award recipients. More than anything, thank you very much. All human beings have come to feel their limits, but these young people's achievements exceeded their physical limits. When I look at it, I get a strong stimulus and it gives me vitality in life.Excellent performance in sports is something that goes beyond explanation and gives people vitality. That's what I felt. I'm 80 years old now, but when I look at you, I feel like we can't give up. Your success gives hope to humanity and the nation. Around this time, Japan's physical strength as a nation was declining, so your efforts were a great inspiration to us in order to rebuild our country into a truly strong one.Together with young people, we can once again rebuild this country. "Let's start up and make it a strong country in the best sense of the word. Let's all do our best," he said.

As a token of gratitude for the award, judo gold medalist Kaoru Matsumoto presented the album to Governor Ishihara on behalf of the award winners.Governor Ishihara, who received a memento from Matsumoto, said, ``I think the difference between her expression during the match and her expression now shows the range, richness, and depth of a human being.'' Called.

Boxing gold medalist Ryota Murata gave a speech on behalf of the Olympic athletes who received the award.Murata said, ``Thank you very much for receiving this prestigious award today.I believe that we were able to win the medal thanks to everyone's support, so I am filled with gratitude.I believe that sports have power.'' Let's raise our support ratings and make the bid for the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games a success. We ask for your support."

Rina Akiyama, gold medalist in the backstroke swimming race, gave a speech on behalf of the Paralympic athletes who received the award.Akiyama said, ``Thank you very much for holding such a grand awards ceremony and for having so many people in attendance.I attend Meiji University, and I am very happy and proud to receive this wonderful award. As one of the athletes representing Tokyo, I would like to contribute in whatever small way I can to the spread and development of sports in Tokyo and Japan, and I would like to do my best to cooperate with the efforts to bid for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics. I think so.''

Award winners (in no particular order)

Tokyo Honor Award and Citizen Sports Award (Gold Medalist)
　Kaoru Matsumoto (Judo women's 57kg class)
　Kohei Uchimura (men's gymnastics individual all-around)
　Kaoru Icho (women's wrestling freestyle 63kg class)
　Ryota Murata (men's boxing middle 75kg class)
　Rina Akiyama (women's swimming 100m backstroke S11, visually impaired)
　Haruka Wakasugi (Women's goalball)

Tokyo Citizen Sports Award (Silver medalist/Bronze medalist)
　Hiromi Miyake (weightlifting women's 48kg class)
　Mika Sugimoto (Women's Judo 78kg+)
　Kosuke Kitajima (men's swimming 4x100m medley relay)
　Yuki Ota (men's foil fencing team)
　Kenta Senda (men's foil fencing team)
　Ryo Miyake (men's foil fencing team)
　Takashi Awaji (men's foil fencing team)
　Ai Fukuhara (women's table tennis team)
　Homare Sawa (women's soccer)
　Mana Iwabuchi (women's soccer)
　Katsura Maruyama player (women's soccer)
　Yumeho Sakaguchi (women's soccer)
　Azusa Iwashimizu (women's soccer)
　Keiichi Kimura (men's 100m breaststroke SB11, visually impaired)
　Tadashi Ebinuma (Men's Judo 66kg class)
　June Ueno (Judo women's 63kg class)
　Masashi Nishiyama (Men's Judo 90kg class)
　Aya Terakawa (Women's Swimming 100m Backstroke/Women's Swimming 4x100m Medley Relay)
　Yuka Kato (women's swimming 4x100m medley relay)
　Haruka Ueda (women's swimming 4x100m medley relay)
　Ryo Tateishi (men's 200m breaststroke)
　Erika Araki (women's volleyball)
　Saori Kimura (Women's Volleyball)
　Maiko Kano (Women's Volleyball)
　Takayuki Suzuki player
　(Men's swimming 150m individual medley SM4, functional impairment, swimming men's 50m breaststroke SB3, functional impairment)
　Kyosuke Koyama (men's swimming 50m butterfly S6/dysfunction)