To the Olympics with polished “beauty” Daiki Hashimoto Gymnastics September 26 9:25
“The goal is to win a gold medal at the Olympics”
Daiki Hashimoto will participate in the gymnastics world championship that will start in Germany on the 4th of next month. While Ace's Kohei Uchimura and Kenzo Shirai are missing due to injuries, 18-year-old nova will challenge the world stage in preparation for next year's Tokyo Olympics.
Daiki Hashimoto, a third-year high school student.
With beautiful gymnastics that extended to the tip of the limbs, I grabbed the world championship representative in high school, the second ever since Kenzo Shirai.
Behind the rapid growth
In fact, Hashimoto was an unknown player until last year.
The first goal was to win the high school tournament.
It was such a player, but the turning point was the gold medalist of the Athens Olympics and the director of the Enhancing Headquarters of Mizutori Susumu.
It is said that "the goal has changed in me" as a result of being asked to aim for the world championship.
The head of the Waterfowl Reinforcement Headquarters expects, “Mental strength, a valuable presence that can be used even for the first time. It will become an ace in Japan in the future.”
Polished beautiful gymnastics
The “beautiful gymnastics” that I really had was refined to meet my expectations.
In recent years, gymnastics whose performance points are strictly marked. Hashimoto pursued "beauty" by steady practice, with an eye on his success in the world.
“I do n’t have toes, my knees are bent, and I ’ve come to see that kind of thing first, rather than the skill. "Tane". As the word suggests, in the NHK Cup in May, it became the player with the highest total of 6 types of E-scores indicating the performance of skills.
In addition, in order to cross the world in the specialty bar "iron bar", we introduced a new technique. Uchimura's specialty is Cassina, a hands-on technique with a G difficulty of 2 flips and 1 twist.
Through the summer tournament, etc., the certainty gradually increased, and in this month's practice that assumed the real world championship, Cassina succeeded and deepened confidence.
“I'm said to be the youngest at the age of 18, but I'd like to do my best to be as stable as a veteran,” says Hashimoto. In anticipation of the target Olympic gold medal, first we will appeal to the gymnastics at the World Championship.