Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championship Silver medal for the first time in 44 years Group players return home September 24 15:22
The group's players who won the silver medal for the first time in 44 years in the world of rhythmic gymnastics held in Azerbaijan returned home on the 24th, and Captain Sayaka Sugimoto said, “I am not satisfied with this result, next year's Tokyo Olympics "I want to be stronger towards that," he said.
Japan won the silver medal for the first time in 44 years in the overall Olympic sports group in the rhythmic gymnastics world championship. I won.
Players returned home from Azerbaijan where the tournament was held on the 24th, and responded to the reporters' coverage at Narita Airport.
Among them, Captain Sugimoto said with a smile, “I was aiming to win a medal for the whole group, so I was full of joy and gratitude. I want to convey this joy and the weight of the medal to various people.” It was.
And “I thought Japan was the best teamwork even if I looked around the world. I think it was only Japan that was able to enjoy watching people. I was able to act clearly and easily for the referee,” he says. I reviewed the factors behind the success of the tournament.
In addition, “I am not satisfied with this result and I want to be stronger for next year's Tokyo Olympics. I want to practice with a strong determination that each player will win a medal and not to regret it.” Was talking.
13th overall, Minagawa “I want to win the Olympics”
Naho Minagawa, who participated in personal gymnastics at the Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championship, returned to Japan and vowed to grow next season by saying “I want to improve the overall performance and win the representatives of the Tokyo Olympics”.
Minagawa was ranked 13th in the overall world championships and did not advance to the finals by event.
On the 24th, Minagawa returned from Azerbaijan where the tournament was held, and responded to the coverage of the press.
Among them, Minagawa said, “I can't win the top, and I feel a lot of regret. I think there were a lot of fine deductions because the performance was unstable and disturbed. I had strength and stability, but I was not. "
“I only have practice to grow up. I pledged to grow next season,” said “I want to cultivate absolute stability in practice and raise the difficulty of the overall performance and win the representatives of the Tokyo Olympics.”
Yamazaki Reinforcement Headquarters “It's more than expected”
Hiroko Yamazaki, general manager of the Japan Gymnastics Association, said that he won three medals in the group, etc. “It was an unexpected result. All the players entered the zone without hesitating their program. In particular, Captain Hayato Sugimoto has grown well in the last few months and brought everyone together, ”praised the players.
And “Japan is much more synchronized with the whole world than“ Ayu no breath ”compared to the world. On the other hand, if other teams show all their skills and perform 100%, Japan is still in the medal range. I have to raise the difficulty of acting composition for next year's Tokyo Olympics. "