World Sailing Championship Yamazaki Takano pair is 20th Japan National Olympics offer December 8 19:01
The pair of Anna Yamazaki and Rena Takano was ranked 20th at the 49erFX World Championship of Sailing held in New Zealand, and it was decided to represent Japan for the next year's Tokyo Olympics.
The women's 49erFX class was adopted from the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics and uses a 2-seat yacht with a total length of 4 meters and 99 centimeters.
The World Championship in New Zealand was held on the final day of the 8th, and the pair of Yamazaki and Takano was ranked 20th in the overall ranking in 16 races, including the qualifying series and the final series.
The Japan Sailing Federation decides that the top pair in this ranking will be decided as the representative of the next year's Tokyo Olympics, based on the results up to this tournament. I decided to be a representative because the pair of Yamazaki and Takano was at the top.
Takano will be participating in the Tokyo Olympics for the second time following the Rio de Janeiro tournament, and Yamazaki will be the first in the Olympics.
The two of them announced their comments through the Federation, and Yamazaki said, “I'm really happy. I will grow up for the real life every day.” It is said.
Yamazaki and Takano are college students
The pair of Anna Yamazaki and Rena Takano is a college student who formed a team after the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics.
Yamazaki is the first Olympics player, 19 years old, from Yokohama.
Takano, a 21-year-old from Osaka, will participate in two consecutive tournaments following the Rio de Janeiro tournament.