The 3rd Olympic and Paralympic Games send-off ceremony was held at Okuma Kaikan on July 29.
Within less than a week of this summer’s biggest event, Waseda University is very fortunate to have so many student and alumni athletes participating. We welcomed two students athletes this time.
Comments from the participating athletes
Katsuyuki Sakai
Olympic Rugby Sevens
School of Sport Sciences, Class of 2011
“We hope we can show you our best performance on the world stage where each one of us does our best for a medal. Thank you for your support.”
Yoshikazu Fujita
Olympic Rugby Sevens (reserve member)
School of Sport Sciences, Class of 2016
“The team’s goal is to win a medal. I would like to contribute to the team by doing everything I can at the moment. We’d appreciate your support for the national rugby team.”
We wish all our athletes the best!
