Tokyo Olympics Mountain bike representative job offer two members enthusiastically talk on June 5, 17:08
Kohei Yamamoto and Miho Imai, who had been announced as representatives of Japan on the bicycle and mountain bike at the Tokyo Olympics, held a meeting and talked about their enthusiasm for the Olympics.
The Tokyo Olympic Games were postponed to next year due to the spread of the new coronavirus infection, but the mountain bike maintained the selection criteria so far so that the Japan Bicycle Federation can concentrate on training as a representative for one year. So, at this time, I decided to offer a representative job for Yamamoto and Imai.
The two held an online interview on the 5th, and of these, Yamamoto said with a smile, "There were days when I couldn't practice as I imagined due to the spread of the infection, but I was very happy to be chosen as the representative."
Yamamoto, who will be the 4th consecutive Olympic Games, set the goal of the Tokyo Games as "the highest 8th place in his career" and said, "I think the Tokyo Olympics will probably be the last race for an athlete, so I want to show the best performance I've ever seen," he said with enthusiasm.
On the other hand, Imai, a teacher of an elementary school in Maebashi City, started cycling after becoming a teacher after graduating from university, and in the absence of experience in international competition, he got the ticket for the Olympic team.
Imai revealed that many children said "Congratulations" and said, "I will be able to prepare for the competition one year from now. Imai will be happy to be selected. I want to do it in production, and I want many people to be interested in mountain biking."