Sailing World Cup Doi / Kimura pair starts 2nd August 21:59
The first round of the sailing World Cup, which is scheduled to be announced by the Japan Olympics for next year's Tokyo Olympics, will start in Enoshima, Fujisawa City, Kanagawa Prefecture, and the pair of Kazuto Doi and Naoya Kimura will finish the first day of the qualifying series at 470 for men. I was ranked.
The world cup of sailing held around the world was contested with 10 men and women at the Olympics, and the first round began off the coast of Enoshima Yacht Harbor, which will be the venue for next year's Tokyo Olympics.
Of these, the first race of the qualifying series was held at the Men's 470 class, and the pair of Doi and Kimura read the wind well right after the start and put it on the top, and after that it did not slow down and was ranked second in the top of the Japanese group. I started off.
The Japan Sailing Federation has decided that the top pair of rankings based on the results of the two tournaments already held at the Men's 470 class and this tournament will be decided as the Japanese representative of the Tokyo Olympics.
The two of them have been ranked fourth in the ranking so far, and Doi said, “There is no reversal if we do not take a good ranking. We only want to think about running ahead in the race.”
So far, the top ranking of Yuuki Okada and Junpei Gaien has been ranked 13th.
In the men's 470 class, the qualifying series will be held until the 31st of this month, and the medal race will be held on the 1st of next month, where the top 10 pairs will advance.