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E-book More Than Medals : A History of the Paralympics and Disability Sports in Postwar Japan

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As Tokyo prepared to make history in August 2020 by becoming the first city in the world to host the International Paralym-pic Games on two occasions, countless organizers, athletes, promoters, vol-unteers, and politicians lent their enthusiastic support. Many expressed their expectations that the 2020 Paralympics would be an inspirational success, rais-ing awareness and ultimately leading to improvements in the lives of those with disabilities in Japan. Tokyo governor Koike Yuriko exemplified such en-thusiasm and hope when she spoke to the Foreign Correspondents’ Club in August 2017 about the upcoming Games. Her striking statement that “put-ting weight on hosting a successful Paralympics is more impor tant than a suc-cessful Olympics” was instantly picked up and circulated as a ringing endorsement of the Paralympic Movement and its benefits.1Whether or not this was a case of po liti cal hyperbole, Koike’s declaration three years before the 2020 Games put every one on notice that for her, Tokyo, and Japan more generally, the Paralympics mattered— perhaps even more than the Olympics.

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Informasi Detail

Judul Seri

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No. Panggil

796.04 FRO

Penerbit

New York : Cornell University Press., 2022

Deskripsi Fisik

332 hlm

Bahasa

English

ISBN/ISSN

9781501753107

Klasifikasi

796.04

Tipe Isi

text

Tipe Media

computer

Tipe Pembawa

online resource

Edisi

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Subjek

General Kinds of Sports with Dissabilities

Info Detail Spesifik

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Pernyataan Tanggungjawab

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