Beijing Olympics Five Things to Remember February 21, 20:02

The Beijing Olympics ended on February 20th.

What are the five things to remember at the quarterly winter sports festival?

table of contents

1 The number of medals in Japan is the highest ever


2 Difficulty in scoring competitions and doping problems


3 Scratching SNS


4 What did China show at


the Olympics 5 What should the Winter Olympics be in the future


* I won a medal at the end of the article Looking back on all Japanese athletes with photos!

1 The number of medals in Japan is the highest ever

This Beijing Games will be held for the 24th time as the Winter Olympic Games.

Japan won 18 medals, surpassing the previous Pyeongchang tournament (13), the highest number ever.

The breakdown is 3 gold medals, 6 silver medals, and 9 bronze medals.

The number of medals won was 6th overall.

In speed skating, Miho Takagi won four medals, surpassing the three medals of Kazuyoshi Funaki shown at the 1998 Nagano Winter Games, and set the record for one tournament.

The youngest and oldest medal records were also set.

The youngest is 17-year-old Kokomo Murase, a bronze medal player with big air snowboarding.

Mao Asada, who was a silver medal in figure skating at the 2010 Vancouver Games, has renewed her 19-year-old.

The oldest is Kotomi Ishizaki, who won the silver medal in curling, 43 years and 1 month.

Until then, it was 41 years and 8 months, which was marked by Noriaki Kasai in the 2014 Sochi ski jump.

We asked Aiko Uemura, who participated in the Olympics for five consecutive moguls, about the results of Japanese athletes.

Aiko Uemura


The most memorable thing is not because I was a mogul skier, but Ikuma Horishima, who became the first medal in the moguls.

Moguls are organized in the first half of the tournament schedule, so when I was active, I wanted to make a slip that would give momentum to the Japanese team.

I think that the bronze medal that Horishima won in the offensive slip worked positively for the players after that.

I was also happy that Akito Watabe won medals for three consecutive tournaments in the Ski Nordic Combined.

Even though I wasn't able to achieve the results I expected in the last World Cup, the strength of the game here is truly.

The Japanese team at this tournament may have led to the mass production of medals due to the successful fusion of young players to veterans.

2 Difficulty in scoring competition and doping problems exposed

At this tournament, there were scenes where scoring standards and inspections were questioned.

In the snowboard halfpipe, Ayumu Hirano decided the big skill "Triple Cork 1440" and slipped in the second final with a difficult performance composition with almost no mistakes, but the score did not increase.

In addition, Sara Takanashi was disqualified from the ski jumping mixed group due to a violation of suit regulations.

In this event, five out of four female athletes who participated were disqualified.

Mr. Uemura


The scoring of figure skating, which has a long history in the scoring competition, is clarified, and the competition is relatively easy to understand.

Moguls are also subdivided into points, and the upper limit of the technique is set, such as setting a limit on vertical rotation.

In competitions such as half pipes and big air where there is no limit to the number of revolutions, I think that it will be a judge that is easy to understand even if you see what kind of technique a perfect score of 100 points will be.

We also spoke with Professor Kyoko Kida of Chukyo University, who specializes in the history of the Olympic Games and served as a director of the Tokyo Organizing Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Professor Kida Going


back to the history of the Olympics, there was also a competition called "art competition" in which the artistry of literature and painting was competed.

The difficulty of judging fairly from an objective point of view has been a long-standing issue, partly because the difficulty of scoring has disappeared.

In response to this issue, stakeholders are required to discuss and improve the standards and rules of the scoring competition.

I think it is necessary to respect the voices of players such as Hirano.

And about the jumping suit problem.

Professor Kida When


I see the situation where the violation was found after jumping and the players were disqualified one after another, I feel that there was a problem with the mechanism for operating the rules.

I think the International Ski Federation needs to discuss the rules, as well as verify and explain how the rules are used, in order to ensure the transparency of future competitions.

In figure skating, due to the doping problem surrounding ROC's Camilla Wariewa, the fairness of sports was also scrutinized.

Professor Kida


This issue has not been clarified in detail about the interaction between the IOC and the Court of Arbitration for Sport, but when the IOC filed a lawsuit with the CAS, it was not only the issue of injustice in competition due to doping. The point is whether or not she presented the judgment material from the viewpoint of human rights including her psychology and future future.


Athletes First should naturally include human rights considerations that allow athletes to compete fairly and at the same time look to their future.

Apart from the fact of doping, it is expected that she will act in such a situation, and the adults and CAS around her think more that this can hurt her heart and deprive her of dignity. I think I had to.

3 How do you think about SNS?

SNS that increases its presence at each tournament.

Ryoyu Kobayashi, who won two medals, posted her appearance with the popular Bin Dung Dung and got a lot of attention.

On the other hand, Takanashi, who was disqualified for violating her regulations, stated on SNS her own thoughts that she could not convey immediately after the end of her competition.

Looking overseas, Zhu Yi, the Chinese national team for figure skating who was born and raised in the United States under Chinese parents, ended up at the bottom of both shorts and frees in the group's women's singles, and was criticized on Chinese SNS. Writing was done one after another.

Mr. Uemura


It was very impressive that Japanese players had a solid understanding of the risks of SNS and actively expressed their own words about the atmosphere of the venue and words of gratitude.

When I was active, there was no such method, and the IOC regulations were strict, so I feel that the IOC has changed a lot in that respect.

The merits and demerits of SNS are often talked about, but I think this tournament was a plus for Japanese players and those who are watching.

4 What did the host country, China, show?

At the Beijing Olympics, which was held in the same host city as the summer for the first time in history, China emphasized the success of the tournament under the slogan "One-way future (both to the future)".

I think that the production of the opening and closing ceremony of Professor Kida


was a production that did not seem strange to understand the idea of ​​the Olympic Games.

On the other hand, when the tournament started, management issues and the activities of athletes became a hot topic, but human rights issues such as Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region seem to have obscured the problems.

At the Olympic Games, it is a major proposition to face human rights issues, maintain human dignity, and create world peace.

However, for this tournament, the tournament has played a role in masking the human rights issues that must be faced.

I think it can be said that this was a tournament that clearly showed this structure.

5 What should the Winter Olympics be like in the future?

Four years later, the Winter Olympics will be co-sponsored in 2026 in the two cities of Milan Cortina d'Ampezzo.

And Sapporo City is aiming to invite the 2030 Games.

Professor Kida says that it is necessary to clarify the significance of holding the convention for what purpose.

Professor Kida


The Beijing Games took on the challenge of using artificial snowmaking machines to expand the possibilities of the venue for the winter Games.

And the Milan Cortina d'Ampezzo competition will be held in multiple cities.

The Winter Olympics continue to take on these challenges.

In this trend, if Sapporo City aims to invite the 2030 Games, what is important to send to the world.

I also think that we should present a vision of the city and deepen discussions so that citizens can choose whether or not to hold the tournament, both when it is held and when it is not held.

I think last year's Tokyo Olympics couldn't convey the message enough.

Based on this reflection, it is necessary to clarify not only the pros and cons of hosting the Olympic Games, but also what kind of world future we aim to hold and what kind of city we want to make 10 years after the Games, and think together with the citizens. I think there is.

Mr. Uemura points out that it is important to expand the base of winter sports now that the Winter Olympics are over.

Mr. Uemura


Now that many children are interested in winter sports due to the success of Japanese athletes, I think it is necessary for each competition group to promote efforts to connect to the competition.

I myself participate in the moguls class held in Nagano as a guest, and I want to convey the fun of moguls to children before the excitement of the tournament cools down.

Introducing medalists at once from here!