Making progress one task at a time – wheelchair athlete Kota Hokinoue

Kota Hokinoue, a four time Paralympic representative for Japan, has won first place in the Masters Category of the GIO Oz Day 10K, an annual wheelchair road race held on Australia Day in the Rocks, Sydney.

Kota Hokinoue Source: Serena Corporate Photography

Award ceremony for the Masters division. From left, Hitoshi Matsunaga (3rd), Pierre Fairbank (2nd), and Kota Hokinoue (1st) Source: SBS

Kota won first place in the GIO Oz Day 10K in 2015, beating the local hero Kurt Fernley.  This year, Tomoki Suzuki , a young Japanese up-and-coming contender, won first place.  Kurt came in 2^nd place and Kota came in 4^th.

Kota tells us how he started wheelchair racing and how he ended up representing Japan as he has only been trying to succeed in the small tasks in front of him one by one.

Tomoki Suzuki (left) and Kota Hokinoue after the race. Tomoki won this year's Oz Day 10K race. Source: SBS