World Surfing Championship 4th in Murakami 21:11 on September 15 getting closer to participating in the Olympics
At the World Surfing Championship held in Miyazaki City, Satoshi Murakami from Japan finished 4th. As a result, Murakami became the top Asian player in this tournament, and was very close to entering the Tokyo Olympics next year.
The World Surfing Championship was held in Miyazaki City from 7th to 15th of this month, and more than 200 men and women from 55 countries and regions participated.
Surfing is a scoring competition that evaluates the difficulty of a technique with a maximum of 10 points, and the ranking is determined by the total of the two scores that are high in the evaluation for the technique performed within the specified time.
Murakami, who went to the loser revival game, won the game on the 15th and went to the finals to face three American Kelly Slater players.
Murakami decided his skill with his dynamic board judgment, and decided to advance to the final by holding top-class slaters in the world of surfing.
Murakami became the top Asian player in this tournament, but was very close to participating in the Tokyo Olympics.
The winner was Brazilian Italo Feheira who scored 10 points in the final.
Murakami “I want to be active in the Tokyo Olympics”
Satoshi Murakami, who finished 4th in the world championship, said, “I am able to fight well with famous players and feel that they have not lost their feelings. "