Following Miho Takagi s ironwoman performance captaining Japan at the Winter Olympics, where she collected four medals from her five speed skating events, her Paralympic counterpart Momoka Muraoka aims to take one step further and go five for five in Beijing.
The Beijing Paralympics kick off at the Chinese capital s National Stadium with the ongoing war in Ukraine casting a shadow over the world s largest winter sports event for athletes with disabilities.
Athletes from around the world have voiced support for war-torn Ukraine ahead of the upcoming Beijing Winter Paralympics, with some already in China expressing solidarity with the Ukrainian team ahead of its Wednesday arrival.