Youth Olympics Ice hockey mixed Rena Sato's team is silver Jan 16 6:04
At the Lausanne Youth Olympic Games, on the 15th, the finals of the three-person ice hockey, where players from different countries and regions formed a mixed team and played against each other, were held, and the female team of Rena Sato from Japan was a silver medal. .
At the Youth Olympic Games, mixed teams play and race in various sports with the aim of deepening exchanges between players of the same generation across countries and regions. The men and women finals were held in ice hockey.
The three-person ice hockey is played at a rink that is half the size of normal ice hockey, so there are many opportunities for scoring and 13 players on a team are rapidly changing, so it is characterized by speedy development.
Sato, who participated in the women's final, actively aimed for the goal and put up his body with defensive defense to make a place to show everywhere, but the team lost 1 to 6 and was a silver medal.
Sato, who was crying after the game and saying, "I am sorry I couldn't win the gold medal," said that he had fought as a team with players from other countries and regions. I was able to deepen my friendship with other athletes and learned skills from high-level athletes and it was a very good experience. I would like to aim for the Olympics next time with my experience at the Youth Olympics. " I was