It was a historic day for Japanese triathlon on Saturday as Hideki Uda won a silver medal in the men's PTS4 class, the country's first-ever Paralympic medal in the sport, and Satoru Yoneoka won bronze in the men's PTVI class.Uda clocked 1-hour, 3-minute, 45-second time and Yoneoka finished in 1:02:20 alongside his guide Kohei Tsubaki at Odaiba Marine Park. Each man's medal was his first at the Paralympic Games.It was an emotional race for Uda, a native of Shiga Prefecture, western Japan, because he felt the presence of his supporters and friends behind him as he was on the course, their hop…READ FULL ARTICLE
