Team USA Paralympians visit Yokota

U.S. Para track and field team members hold a meeting prior to a practice at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Aug. 18, 2021. Team USA trained at Yokota prior to competing in the 2020 Summer Paralympic games, which allowed them the opportunity to acclimate to the region and time change. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Brieana E. Bolfing)

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Team USA Paralympians visit Yokota

Regas Woods, U.S. Para track and field team member, waits for a C-130J Super Hercules tour at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Aug. 18, 2021. The 2020 Summer Paralympic games in Tokyo will be the second time Woods competed for Team USA. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Brieana E. Bolfing)

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Team USA Paralympians visit Yokota

U.S. Paralympians tour a C-130J Super Hercules at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Aug. 18, 2021, before competing in the 2020 Summer Paralympic games in Tokyo. The Paralympic games are an international sporting event in which thousands of athletes compete, including wounded and injured U.S. service members. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Brieana E. Bolfing)

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Team USA Paralympians visit Yokota

U.S. Paralympians pose inside a C-130J Super Hercules at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Aug. 18, 2021, before competing in the 2020 Summer Paralympic games in Tokyo. The Paralympic games are a major international sporting event in which thousands of athletes compete, including wounded and injured U.S. service members. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Brieana E. Bolfing)

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Team USA Paralympians visit Yokota

Gianfranco Iannotta, U.S. Para track and field team member, prepares for his race during a practice session at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Aug. 18, 2021. The 2020 Summer Paralympic games in Tokyo will be the second time the two-time Paralympic medalist Iannotta competes for Team USA. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Brieana E. Bolfing)

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Brittni Mason, U.S. Para track and field team member, runs during a practice session at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Aug. 18, 2021. The 2020 Summer Paralympic games in Tokyo will be the first time Mason competes for Team USA. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Brieana E. Bolfing)

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Gianfranco Iannotta, U.S. Para track and field team member, races around the track during a practice session at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Aug. 18, 2021. Wheelchair racing was first introduced as an official event in the 1964 Tokyo Paralympic Games. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Brieana E. Bolfing)

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Team USA Paralympians visit Yokota

Luis Puertas, U.S. Para track and field team member, runs during a practice session at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Aug. 18, 2021. This will be the first time Puertas, a U.S. Army veteran, competes for Team USA at the Paralympic Games. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Brieana E. Bolfing)

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Lawrence Sapp, U.S. Paralympic swimmer, practices his butterfly stroke at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Aug. 18, 2021, before competing in the 2020 Summer Paralympic games in Tokyo. Sapp is the first Paralympic male athlete, with autism and an intellectual impairment, to represent Team USA in the Paralympic Games. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Brieana E. Bolfing)

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Lawrence Sapp, U.S. Paralympic swimmer, finishes a practice lap at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Aug. 18, 2021, before competing in the 2020 Summer Paralympic games in Tokyo. Para swimming was first introduced in the 1960 Rome Paralympic Games, where 77 athletes from 15 countries competed. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Brieana E. Bolfing)

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Team USA Paralympians visit Yokota

Published Aug. 23, 2021
By Senior Airman Brieana E. Bolfing
374th AW/PA

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