Itabashi aiming to return to the women's high jump is 3rd place 17:55 on February 8

On the fourth day of the domestic tournament, where the jumping Tokyo Olympic representative will decide, the competition for the World Cup in April will be on the fourth day, and Minami Itabashi, who aims to return from the injury in the women's high jump final, was third.

The domestic dive event held at Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Pool will be decided by the Tokyo Olympics representative and decide the players who will participate in the World Cup in April. In the individual event, the top two people will be judged by the Japan Swimming Federation To get the entry right.

On the fourth day of the tournament, the second race was held on the 8th, with the women's high jump in the Rio de Janeiro Olympics, and Itabashi, who finished 8th, entered the final.

Itabashi returned from fatigue fracture of his foot, and he was aiming to participate in the Olympics by himself with the synchro, but there was a mistake that he jumped from the state where the handstand was not established in the second hand of the final in the technique of flying backward. was.

Despite recovering after deciding on difficult tasks, his score was 286.90, finishing third, and the possibility of participating in the World Cup almost disappeared.

The first place was Arisari Arai, who was hired as the representative of the Tokyo Olympics in this event, and the second was Mai Yasuda.

In the men's board dive final, Haruki Suyama corrected his performance from the semi-final where he made a mistake in taking a crossing, marking 462.30, finishing first, and approaching the World Cup. Koki Ito was second, and Sakai was third.

Itabashi "I want to do what I can do with synchro"

Itabashi, who finished in 3rd place in a high school jump, said, “After performing the adult eye surgery, my eyes started to hurt when I stood up. Because of the reduced amount of practice, my senses became dull and I was anxious. There was. "

Itabashi sometimes shed tears by the pool after the second performance, but after being instructed by coach Takahide Mabuchi, "It's not a player ending here," he switched his feelings and performed Summarized.

Itabashi has almost eliminated the possibility of participating in the World Cup leading to the Tokyo Olympics in this event, but shouted out, "Since the result is a result, I want to do what I can do in the synchro event."

Suyama: "This is not the goal"

Suyama, a fourth-year student at Shimane University who won the Men's Board Diving, has continued to strengthen his school by leaving school last fall and increasing the number of game-style exercises to participate in the Tokyo Olympics.

In the semifinals on the 6th, there was a big mistake of 0 points, falling off the balance on the board for the second run, but in the final, all six difficult performances were aligned and demonstrated ability.

After the match, Suyama was relieved, "I'm most relieved. I've been standardized for this tournament for the past six months and I thought I had to win, so I'm really happy." .

He said, "This is not the goal. I want to make adjustments from the start for the Olympic World Cup in April, when the Olympic delegation is going. I'm not satisfied with my current performance, I want to go. "

Sakai: "I felt the limit on my own."

Sakaite, who finished third in the men's board dive final, has been pulling the dive field in Japan with Ken Terauchi, who has paired in synchro since 2010, winning five times in this event at the Japan Championship.

However, since last year's World Championships, he has suffered from vomiting and fever and has been unable to practice satisfactorily, losing his weight by about 3 kg.

Regarding the prolonged poor physical condition, Sakai said, "I do not know the cause, maybe it is mental," and on the 8th, "I think that it is already a generational change. I felt that it was the limit for individuals. I knew in reality that I wouldn't be able to reach the Olympic medals, but whether I was going to the Olympics or not, the lack of tightness led to my acting today. "

In addition, regarding the synchro with Terauchi, who has been decided to be the representative of the Tokyo Olympics, he said, "Because it was a single synchro, I have to work hard there, and my intention to aim for a medal in the synchro is not blurred." .