"Takamatsu Pair" Retired Takahashi "I'm worried if I can keep feeling" August 19 17:28
Reika Takahashi, who won the gold medal in the badminton women's doubles at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics, announced a press conference and announced that he would retire from active duty only this month, and based on the fact that the Tokyo Olympics were postponed for one year, ``One more year, feelings I was worried if I could continue to have it."
Takahashi held an online press conference with Misaki Matsutomo, who won the gold medal and formed a pair at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics on the afternoon of the 19th.
At the beginning of the interview, Takahashi announced that he would retire from his career only this month, and announced that he will cancel the pair with Matsutomo who has been working for 13 years since high school.
In the interview, based on the fact that the Tokyo Olympics were postponed for one year, "I thought there was nothing more than a gold medal to aim for, but I was worried if I could keep feeling for another year," he said. talked.
He explained, "I told Matsumoto and others about my feelings and respected my intentions, which led me to make this decision."
After that, I looked back at the pair with Matsutomo and said, "I didn't think I'd been able to form doubles for thirteen years. I thought it would be fun because I was teaming with Matsutomo, and I had a lot of different experiences. I am so thankful and thankful for all of this."
In addition, he said, “I would like to inform the children of the junior generation that they can be taught as a medalist, although I would like to relax a little,” and expressed the idea that I would like to teach the younger generation.
Matsutomo, who was present at the conference, said, "It's been so fast for 13 years. I'm a partner with the same goals for a long time, and I think it's a happy life." I made it clear that I will continue to be active.