About the Tokyo Citizen Sports Award Ceremony (Deaflympics Sofia Games)

“Tokyo Citizen Sports Award Ceremony”

The awards ceremony for the Tokyo Citizen Sports Awards was held on Saturday, September 25, 9 at the Komazawa Olympic Park General Sports Stadium.Seven Deaflympics medalists with ties to Tokyo (living or working) attended, and Vice Governor Ando presented them with the Tokyo Citizen Sports Award.

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 .The recipients of this award are eight athletes with ties to Tokyo who won medals at this year's Deaflympics, an international multi-sport event for the hearing impaired, held in Sofia, Bulgaria.

Lieutenant Governor Ando said, ``The accumulation of daily efforts and extraordinary mental strength led to the best results on the best stage, and I sincerely congratulate all of you.I wish you all the best in the future. I hope that he will make great strides and contribute to the development of sports.''

On behalf of the award-winning Deaflympics athletes, Riho Sato, silver and bronze medalist in table tennis, gave a speech and expressed her gratitude through sign language to those who had supported them.

Congratulatory address from the lieutenant governor
Congratulatory address from the lieutenant governor
Sato giving a greeting
Sato giving a greeting
Commemorative photo (from left) Director Hosoi, Hayase, Sato, Kawasaki, Vice Governor Ando, ​​Sugaya, Nagasawa, Miura, Yamanaka
Commemorative photo
(From left) Director Hosoi, Hayase, Sato, Kawasaki, Vice Governor Ando, ​​Sugaya, Nagasawa, Miura, Yamanaka

○Tokyo Citizen Sports Award Winners

Among the medalists of the XNUMXnd Summer Deaflympics, XNUMX athletes have ties to Tokyo.
Koichiro Yamanaka (men's marathon bronze medal)
Kumi Hayase (Mountain Bike Women's Bronze Medal)
Ryutaro Ibara (Ryutaro Ibara)
(Swimming 50m backstroke, 200m/400m individual medley silver medal/100m/200m backstroke bronze medal)
Riho Sato (table tennis women's doubles silver medal, women's team tournament bronze medal)
Mizue Kawasaki (Women's table tennis team bronze medal)
Miho Sugaya (Women's Volleyball Silver Medal)
Miyuki Nagasawa (Women's Volleyball Silver Medal)
Sanae Miura (Women's Volleyball Silver Medal)