Gymnastics Kohei Uchimura Dedicated to the horizontal bar and "want to condense and put out" for the first tournament September 21, 19:01
Kohei Uchimura, a gymnast, attended a press conference before the tournament, where he will participate for the first time after devoting himself to the horizontal bar for each event, and stated his enthusiasm, "I want to condense what I have done so far."
31-year-old Uchimura has decided to concentrate on the horizontal bar for each event, rather than the all-around competition in the sixth event, which won the gold medal for the next year's Tokyo Olympics in two consecutive tournaments.
Uchimura participated in the "All Japan Senior Championship" held in Takasaki City, Gunma Prefecture on the 22nd for the first time since he devoted himself to the horizontal bar, and made the final adjustments at the gymnasium on the 21st.
When Uchimura started practicing to check the feel of the horizontal bar, he showed his intention to incorporate it into the performance on the 22nd, and he performed "Bret Schneider", a hand-release technique that twists twice while turning twice. I was checking.
Uchimura, who has participated in the Games since August last year, said, "When I was doing in the 6th event, I was allocating power to each event, but since this is the 1st event, I will distribute it in each technique of the horizontal bar. I think it's an experiment for the Tokyo Olympics. The first event will be completed in about 1 minute, so I want to condense what I've done so far. The actual battle for the first time in a year. However, I don't have any special feelings and I want to concentrate on my performance, "he said with enthusiasm for the performance on the 22nd.
Also, regarding the fact that a large-scale tournament will be held for the first time while many gymnastics tournaments have been canceled due to the influence of the new coronavirus, "This tournament will be followed by university and high school students' tournaments and the All Japan Championship, so here. I want to prove that it can be held firmly at. "
In addition to Uchimura, last year's world championship bronze medalist Kazuma Kaya, Rio de Janeiro Olympic gold medal member, Kenzo Shirai, female ace, Mai Murakami, etc. will participate in the competition on the 22nd.