Former Hakone Ekiden stage winner Yudai Shimazu will run for gold at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Para Games after an eye disease prompted his move to para athletics.The 26-year-old, a two-time stage winner in Japan's prestigious university relay race, holds the men's T13 5,000-meter world record for athletes with visual impairments.Shimazu's field of vision has progressively narrowed since his university days as the result of retinitis pigmentosa, leaving him with limited sight in the lower and outer areas of his visual field.Encouraged by para athletics officials, he decided this year to compet…READ FULL ARTICLE
