Elementary school students experience Olympic sports wrestling Chiba Noda November 29 17:30
A wrestling class for elementary school students was held in Noda City, Chiba Prefecture to boost the momentum for next year's Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics.
This class was opened by Chiba Prefecture, the venue for wrestling at the Tokyo Games, to raise interest in the competition, and more than 80 students from 4th to 6th grades at Kimagase Elementary School in Noda City participated.
Under the guidance of former Japanese national team players and high school students from the local wrestling club, the children first trained to move back and forth while staying on all fours, and then tackled while learning how to assemble and defeat the opponent. I challenged.
Subsequently, a team of two people played a game of competing against the bee hung down from the waist, and the children were moving quickly to get around the opponent's back.
The 6th grade girls who participated said, "I enjoyed trying to get the other person's tail. I would like to support next year's Olympics."
Mr. Kohei Hasegawa, who participated in the London Olympics as a representative of Japan, said, “I would like many people to be interested in wrestling from little children to adults and support the players at the venue in Tokyo.”