Table tennis Mr. Harimoto Ishikawa Both players are enthusiastic about the game-style event September 10 17:09
Tomokazu Harimoto, who has been nominated as a Japanese representative of the Tokyo Olympics at table tennis, attended a press conference in front of a match-style event held with no spectators on 14th of this month, ``I enjoy playing and I am good at playing I want to do it."
Due to the influence of the new coronavirus, table tennis has been canceled or postponed since March this year.
Against this backdrop, the domestic league T-League is a match-type event in which 16 top-class athletes from both men and women in Japan participate on the 14th of this month in order to bring a lot of energy and smiles to the players through their play. Will be held with no audience and will be distributed via the Internet.
On the 10th, the players who participated participated in a press conference online, and talked about their enthusiasm for the one-game game and the event that has a unique rule in which male and female players play.
Mr. Harimoto, who has been nominated as a representative of the Tokyo Olympics, said, “I want to enjoy more than to win or lose. I have practiced by reconsidering my good backhand while there is no match, so I hope I can play well. I hope all the fans can enjoy table tennis to their heart's content."
In addition, Kazumi Ishikawa, who is the only female athlete to participate in the Olympic Games, said, "I think it will be a new step for the table tennis world in the absence of games for half a year, and I am looking forward to it. 1 game I want to play with a high degree of concentration, because it is a winning system."