Swimmer Takayuki Suzuki’s goal at the 2020 Tokyo Games is to add to the five Paralympic medals he has already won in his career.
He won’t get the chance to do it this summer, but he might next year — if he ever manages to resume training, that is.
“Track athletes can at least go outside for a run, but my bath isn’t really big enough for me to swim in,” Suzuki says from his family home in Chiba Prefecture, where he has been holed up since he left his regular training base in Newcastle, England, in late March because the facilities were shuttered to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
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