Para Girls Long Jump Mayu Nakanishi Tokyo Para National Offering November 12th 5:32

Para World Championship in Dubai, United Arab Emirates was held on the 11th in the final of a class that had a problem with women's long jump legs, and Maya Nakanishi won the gold medal with the best record of the season, next year I was selected as the representative of the Tokyo Paralympic Games.

The Para World Championship is a tournament that requires participation in the next year's Tokyo Olympics. Japanese players will be selected as representatives of the next year's Tokyo Paralympic Games if they are in 4th place.

On the 11th day of the tournament, the final of a class that had a problem with women's long jump legs was held.

Nakanishi scored 5 meters and 10 centimeters, the best of the season for the first time, and further improved the record. In the final sixth round, he marked 5 meters and 37 centimeters, and won the gold medal. .

Nakanishi is determined to be the representative of next year's Tokyo Paralympics.

Takakuwa was 6th in 5 meters and 4 centimeters, and this time, no representative was announced.

Nakanishi “I want to be close to myself”

Nakanishi said, “The medal this time is really big, and the best jump in the end of that pressure is that even if you do n’t give up, you can give up.”

“I had a lot of time when I was worried about injuries, and I think it might have been disappointing. However, at the Tokyo Paralympics, we had to fight more pressure, and it was a year when I wanted to be a lighter and become an athlete that everyone could trust. "

Then, for the Tokyo Paralympics, “I hope you will see how this game will be played, and see from the perspective that Maya Nakanishi will do something in Tokyo in 2020. I want to do my best to support it. "

Participated in Para for 3 tournaments

Nakanishi is 34 years old from Yufu City, Oita Prefecture.
When I was 21 I lost my right leg in an accident at work.

He started on land in 2007 and has participated in the Paralympic Games for three consecutive days since the 2008 Beijing Games.

In the long jump, he took fourth place in the Rio de Janeiro Paralympics with a speedy run and dynamic jumping taking advantage of flexibility, and won a bronze medal at the World Championship.

He won a gold medal at the Asian Para Games last year and is aiming for his first medal at the Tokyo Paralympics.

Arakawa coach "I want to give up my best"

Daisuke Arakawa, coaching Nakanishi, said, “Recently, the balance between crossing and run-up has not been engaged, so the balance has been adjusted. “It ’s amazing to be able to get that performance on the last one under pressure. I want to give her up.”