Kohei Uchimura First international competition after the spread of infection "Step up to the Olympics" November 7, 17:20
After the spread of the new coronavirus, Kohei Uchimura attended a press conference ahead of the first international gymnastics competition to be held in Japan on the 8th, saying, "One of the steps up for the Tokyo Olympics. I want to perform well as a result, "he said with enthusiasm.
After the spread of the new coronavirus infection, the international sports competition scheduled in Japan continued to be canceled or postponed, but the first international sports competition in the Olympic Games will be held on the 8th at Yoyogi No. 1 in Tokyo. It will be held at the gymnasium.
Players from Japan, the United States, Russia, and China will participate in the tournament, and from Japan, in addition to Uchimura, Asuka Teramoto, a female player who participated in the two Olympic Games, will participate.
On the 7th before the tournament, Uchimura attended a press conference online.
Uchimura said that after the PCR test for the new coronavirus on the 28th of last month was positive, the test was negative again, and the International Gymnastics Federation and the hospitals tested were false positives.
Regarding this, Uchimura said, "When I was first judged to be positive, I was skeptical because I did not know the route of infection and it was said in advance that there was a false positive on rare occasions. I think it's really unavoidable because it was after doing this. I had a good experience for next year's Olympics, "he said.
Also, looking ahead to the Tokyo Olympics, for this tournament, which is attracting attention as a role model for infection control, "I want to perform well without being infected with a virus or injured. Gain experience in the game with Corona I haven't done so, so I want to perform well as one of the steps toward the Olympics, "he said with enthusiasm.
Uchimura Check the movement of the big move with the horizontal bar
On the 7th, the participants of the tournament made the final adjustments at the venue, Yoyogi Daiichi Gymnasium.
Uchimura, who will be the first international tournament in two years, is devoting himself to the horizontal bar for each event for next year's Tokyo Olympics, but at this tournament he wanted to get a feel for the match before the performance of the horizontal bar. We have entered the 4th category including "Yuka" and "Anma".
On the 7th, I moved my body to check the feel of the equipment in each event, such as repeating somersaults with "Yuka".
Then, on the horizontal bar, I repeatedly practiced the H-difficulty "Bullet Schneider", which turns twice and twists twice, and carefully checked the movement while talking with the coach.