Badminton 5th medals The danger of lurking good visibility to the Olympics ... August 26 8:19
The world championship was held during the less than one year remaining until the Tokyo Olympics. Japan won a gold medal in the second category of men's singles and women's doubles, and won six medals for all five categories for the first time. The result was higher than the previous tournament, which was the highest record ever, and I was impressed by the steady progress in strengthening players for the Olympics.
In particular, Kento Momota, the world ranking No. 1 in the men ’s singles and women ’s doubles, and the “Nagamatsu” pair of Kana Nagahara and Maya Matsumoto, won the first consecutive victory without any pressure of consecutive wins. The decision proved the stable strength of Japan.
In addition, having won a medal for the first time at Mixed Doubles, which has been said to be a Japanese weak point, has never reached a medal through the Olympics and the World Championships so far.
The pair of Yudai Watanabe and Arisa Higashino, who won the bronze medal, was a younger age of 22 and 23, and it is a generation that has been strengthened mainly by the Tokyo Games.
The pair of Takuro Hoki and Yugo Kobayashi, who defeated the top pairs in Japan and the championships of the previous tournament in the men ’s doubles, were both 24 years old. Made a leap forward.
For Japan, who has invited many experienced coaches from overseas, including Park Head Coach, for each event, and has been strengthening the players for the Tokyo Olympics, it was a great success for medalists to be born from the younger generation in the World Championships before the Olympics. It ’s an achievement.
On the other hand, the fact that Koharu Yonemoto, the 8th place in the women's doubles world, was injured by tearing the Achilles tendon on his left foot during the game, shocked the team.
Satoshi Yamaguchi, the world's No. 1 female singles, was also a strong winner of the tournament, but as the series continued, he was unable to practice enough before the tournament due to low back pain and disappeared in the first round.
Also, one of Momoda's rivals, China's ace Ishiyuki, was unable to participate in the tournament because of a serious injury to his leg during the international tournament last month.
Park head coach of the Japanese national team expressed a sense of crisis, saying, “I want to take care of not only performance but also physical condition management when I return home.”
In the harsh Olympic race that continues every week, the countdown to the production has begun, how to bring the peak to the Tokyo Games that will open on July 24th next year while leaving results.