Gymnastics Kouhei Uchimura Focusing on "iron bars" for each event to the Olympic Games June 26, 19:32

It has been revealed that Kohei Uchimura, who has won gold medals for the gymnastics men's group and individual general at the Olympic Games, is aiming for participation by focusing on the iron bars by item for the next Tokyo Olympics.

31-year-old player Uchimura has won one gold medal and two silver in a group and two gold and one silver in the 6th competition in three competitions since the Beijing Olympics when the Olympics first appeared in 2008. I've been. In addition, he has been active as an ace in Japan by winning one silver medal in the "Yuka" category.

However, after the Rio de Janeiro tournament, he suffered ankle injuries and shoulder pain, and lost his qualifying at the All Japan Championship last year and was out of the World Championships.

Uchimura has been aiming for a comprehensive group and individual participation towards the Tokyo Olympics, as in the past three tournaments, but before the postponement of the Olympics was decided, he was good after returning from the training camp in Australia in February. We decided to aim for the Olympics only by disciplined by focusing on the iron bars.

Uchimura said, "In February of this year, I decided to try the Tokyo Olympic Games by focusing on the horizontal bar. Considering the possibility of participating in the Olympics in the current state, I felt that the possibility was the highest, so this decision We do not stop the competition, so we look forward to your continued support."