Surfing Kanoa Igarashi "Better Performance for the Next Year" August 6 at 14:34
After deciding to postpone the Olympics, surfing player Kanoa Igarashi, who has made sure that the Tokyo Olympics has been announced as a representative, responds to interviews for the first time after the decision to postpone the Olympics. I spoke.
Igarashi responded to an independent interview with NHK through his internet at his home in California, USA.
Last year, Igarashi was 6th in the annual ranking of the world's highest tour tournament "Championship Tour" to ensure that the Tokyo Olympics was unofficially announced. I'm depressed when I can't show what I've done, but now I'm just focusing on what I can control and trying to move forward."
After showing expectations again that surfing will be implemented as a new discipline at the Olympics, "I am sorry that I can not do it, but I would like to do my best to show better performance next year," he said with enthusiasm. ..
Amid the effects of the spread of the new coronavirus, such as the cancellation of all tournaments of this season's "Championship Tour", Igarashi will participate in the International Surfing Federation competition held in the United States on 9th this month. "I can feel the pressure to show good performance for a long time. As an athlete, I feel very happy and I want to deliver good energy to everyone."