J-Arena S2019E06 - Boccia

Boccia is a Paralympic sport with similarities to lawn bowls or curling that demands immense skill and precision. Players use various strategies to get their balls as close to the white jack ball as possible. In the team event at the 2016 Rio Paralympics, Japan's "Fireball Japan" team clinched the silver medal. Cool technician Hidetaka Sugimura and aggressive attacker Takayuki Hirose played a key role in Rio, and we follow them as they aim to go one better and claim gold at next year's Tokyo Games.