13-year-old Tamai goes 2nd in the men's high jump to the final on February 7 at 22:11

On the third day of the domestic tournament to compete for the World Cup in April, which is decided by the jumping Tokyo Olympic team, the 13-year-old semi-finalist in the men's high dive, 13-year-old Rikuto Tamai has a problem with the technique of entering water backwards However, we advanced to the final in the overall second place.

The domestic dive event held at Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Pool will be decided by the Tokyo Olympics representative and will decide who will compete in the World Cup in April.

On the third day of the tournament, on the 7th, a qualifying round and a semi-final for men's high jump were held, and 13-year-old Tamai, who won the Japanese championship last year, was the youngest in the tournament.

Tamai tried to reduce the difficulty of the technique in order to secure the right to qualify for the World Cup, but the skill of entering the water backwards, which he was not good at, was not able to improve the score, and the semi-finals were 2 of the total of 422.05 And advanced to the final on 9th.

First place was Reo Nishida with 426.70.

Also, in the women's board dive, 19-year-old Sayaka Mikami, who was hired as the Olympic representative in this event, marked 290.80 and advanced to the final in the first place.

Mikami, in the fifth and final performance of the semi-finals, took on the "5154B", a two-and-a-half turn before turning twice while rotating. This technique is a technique that Mikami is repeatedly practicing aiming for Olympic medals, but on the 7th there were issues such as disturbance of water entry.

In addition, Rin Koto, who is aiming to participate in the Olympics for three consecutive generations following his grandparents and parents, advanced to the final in fourth place.

Tamai: "I want to win my best in the final."

Rikuto Tamai commented on the problem of backward water entry, saying, "It is difficult to stop the momentum of somersaults from the time of somersaults to the time of water entry. Stabilize the backwards water entry technique of" 207 ", which is my weakest spot. For this reason, the shape of the foot was changed from a shrimp to a holding one, but still somersaults did not stop. "

He expressed his enthusiasm for the final, saying, "I made a lot of subtle mistakes today, but I want to switch my mind and win the personal best in the final."