Fencing All Japan Championship Men's Epe Minobe loses in quarterfinals September 19th 20:44
In the Fencing All Japan Championship, the second competition for men and women was held, and in the men's Epe, there was a turbulence in which Japanese ace Kazuyasu Minobe, who is expected to play an active part in the Tokyo Olympics, lost in the quarterfinals.
On the 19th, the third day of the All Japan Championship, the men's Epe and women's foil semi-finals were held at the Komazawa Gymnasium in Tokyo.
Among them, in the men's Epe, Ace Minobu, who is expected to play an active part in the Tokyo Olympics, participated in the 9th place in the world ranking.
Minobu won the first round and played against Sei Komata in the following quarterfinals.
The match started with points from the beginning, but Minobu stopped at the end of 13-13, allowing his opponent two consecutive points and losing 15-13.
Minobu said, "I wasn't strong enough at the end of the game and I was late. I'm disappointed that I couldn't prepare physically. I just stood on the game field for the first time in half a year and realized that this is the place where I can live again. I was able to do it. At the Tokyo Olympics next year, I have the goal of winning a gold medal as a group, so I want to do my best as a team. "
Ken Uyama and Keisuke Sakamoto, who ranked 17th in the world ranking, advanced to the men's Epe final.
In addition, the final of the women's foil was the same as last year when Sumire Tsuji and Komaki Kikuchi played against each other.