Paralympics: Snowboarding, curling gold prospects named Japan flagbearers

TOKYO - Gold medal hopefuls in snowboarding and wheelchair curling will be Japan's flagbearers at the 2026 Milan-Cortina Paralympics.

The country's Paralympic Committee named Aki Ogawa, one half of Japan's mixed doubles wheelchair curling team, and para snowboarder Junta Kosuda as the flagbearers while announcing the first 40 members of its delegation on Friday.