High dive 13-year-old 13-year-old Rikuto Tamai, etc. elected as World Cup representative February 18 23:11

The Tokyo Olympics representative of the dive has been decided and the Japanese national team to participate in the World Cup in April has been decided, and 13 men including Ryuto Tamai, a 13-year-old male high jumper who will be the first to participate.

The Japanese representative of the jumping Tokyo Olympics will be offered a job in April following the results of the World Cup held at the Tokyo Aquatics Center, which is the same as the actual Olympic Games.

The Japan Swimming Federation held a selection committee in Tokyo on the 18th, and based on the results of the domestic tournament held earlier this month, 13 men and women who will participate in the World Cup have been decided.

Among them, the men's high jump dive was selected by 13-year-old Tamai, who won the tournament, and 2nd-place 19-year-old, Nishida Reo.

Tamai won the youngest championship ever in the men's high jump of the Japanese Championship last September, and is a first grade junior high school student with sharp rotation and accurate water entry technology, and his first appearance in the World Cup.

In addition, a pair of Ryoka Enomoto and Hazuki Miyamoto who participated in the last year's world championship was selected for the women's synchro board jumping, and a pair of Minami Itabashi and Arisari Arai of the Rio de Janeiro Olympic team were selected for the women's synchro high jumping.