REINVENTING THE WHEEL
China Daily | Updated: 2019-03-14 07:45
Pioneering Japanese firm's cutting-edge designs now the gold standard for athletes
In a small workshop just outside Tokyo, mechanics hammer, weld and measure as they craft "the Porsche of wheelchairs" for the world's top Paralympic athletes ahead of the 2020 Games.
Paralympians using wheelchairs built by OX Engineering, a small company in the city of Chiba, have won a total of 122 medals since 1996, making them the gold medal champion among Japan's main manufacturers.
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