Sailing World Championship Yoshida / Yoshioka pair takes second place to the final day, August 8 at 21:51
The 470th class world championship for the next year's Tokyo Olympics will be held in Fujisawa City, Kanagawa, Japan. A pair of Japanese athletes Ai Yoshida and Miho Yoshioka who will aim for consecutive championships will be comprehensive. I finished in 2nd place and decided to face the last day of the 9th.
Sailing class 470 competes on how fast it travels on a designated route using a two-seater yacht with a total length of 4 meters and 70 centimeters.
The world championship has been held off the coast of Enoshima Yacht Harbor, which will be the venue for next year's Tokyo Olympics, starting this month on 5th. Last year, the first Japanese women to win a gold medal, Yoshida and Yoshioka were ranked 2nd overall in 4th place. I started the 8th day race.
On the 8th it was a difficult condition with strong winds and high waves, but it was a calm race, such as being in 3rd place in the 3rd race. Protecting the position, we advanced to the “medal race” of tomorrow where the only Japanese group competes with the pair within 10th place.
In this tournament, the top pair in Japan who was in 3rd place will be selected as the Japan representative of the Tokyo Olympics.
On the other hand, for men, the pair of Yuki Okada and Junpei Gaien was sixth overall and the only Japanese group to advance to the “medal race”.