Nagahara/Matsumoto pair of badminton Tokyo Olympics representative surely August 31 17:38
It is certain that the pair of Kana Nagahara and Mayu Matsumoto, who have won the world championships in badminton women's doubles, will join the Tokyo Olympic team.
In the women's doubles, three world-class pairs competed for the two slots of the Tokyo Olympics, and the pair of Yuki Fukushima and Ayaka Hirota made sure to enter the national team first, and the remaining one frame was the pair of Nagahara and Matsumoto. And a pair of Reika Takahashi and Misaki Matsutomo who won the gold medal at the Rio de Janeiro tournament were fighting.
However, since Takahashi announced that he would retire from the sport only this month and the Japan Badminton Association has received a notification of withdrawal from the representative by 31st, the pair of Nagahara and Matsumoto will have an additional selection period to be held next year. It was confirmed that even if all the international competitions to be held in 1st place were missed, it would be in the top 2 pairs of Japanese players within the 8th place in the world, and it was certain that they would be the first Olympic representatives.
Both 24-year-old Nagahara and 25-year-old Matsumoto, both from Hokkaido, enjoyed aggressive play by taking advantage of the height of more than 1 meter 70 cm, and last year won the world championship.
At the Tokyo Olympics, we are aiming for a gold medal that will be the second consecutive game for the Japanese team.