Gymnastics All Japan Senior Individual All-Around Women, Murakami, Boys, Kaya Winner September 22 22:06
The first domestic tournament was held in Takasaki City, Gunma Prefecture, with the top gymnastics players participating, and Mai Murakami won the women's and Kazuma Kaya's men's championships.
The "All Japan Senior Championship", which started on September 20, was attended by top players from Japan on the 22nd, the final day of the tournament.
Of these, Murakami, the Japanese women's ace, who was the first tournament in about a year, took part in the fourth all-around event.
In the first event, "Yuka", which is his specialty, his dynamic performance shines, and he has decided the big skill of H difficulty, "Siribas" almost perfectly, marking 14.000 which is the top of this event.
Murakami performed without major mistakes, such as deciding a double turn with a crouching posture even on the "balance beam" of the task, and won the championship by marking a total of 56.600 in the fourth event.
Asuka Teramoto, who participated in the Olympic Games for the second time in a row, performed only "uneven bars" in the return race after rupturing the Achilles tendon of her left foot in February, and performed 13.966, which was the second place in this event, with no major mistakes. I marked it.
In boys, Kaya, who was 6th overall in the world championship last year, showed a stable performance from the posture that extended to the tips of his limbs in the second event, "Anma", and became the second place in this event at 14.933. Marked a high score.
In the task "vault", I challenged the difficult "Lopez", but the landing was disturbed and the score was only 14.333.
Even so, the total of the 6 events was 86.998, which was about 1 point behind the 2nd place Wataru Tanigawa, and won the championship for the second consecutive year following last year's tournament.
Kenzo Shirai, a member of the Rio de Janeiro Olympics group gold medal, finished 24th.
萱 "I still don't want to be satisfied"
Kazuma Kaya, who won the all-around, said, "I got about 70 points overall. I really want to win a gold medal with the all-around and the group at the Tokyo Olympics, so it was good to see each performance today. There are some places, but I still don't want to be satisfied. "
I tried "Lopez" by vaulting the task, but I could not improve the score due to the landing being disturbed. "I was able to land for the time being. I landed with the feeling that I would definitely succeed, but the other 5 events It's not finished compared to the previous one. Originally, it was a level that could not be used in the game yet, so I would like to improve the degree of perfection next time. "
Also, regarding this tournament, which was held while taking measures against the new coronavirus, "I was not at all confused because it is sometimes the case at international tournaments that the players wait in one place. It's held with the ingenuity and ideas of people, so I'm happy to be able to play the match. "
Infection prevention measures at the competition
At the "All Japan Senior Championship" gymnastics held in Takasaki City, Gunma Prefecture, measures were taken to prevent infection with the new coronavirus.
Athletes, officials, and spectators were sterilized with alcohol and measured in temperature when entering the venue, and if there were people who exceeded 37 degrees 5 minutes, they were prohibited from entering.
In addition, a total of 100 liters of alcohol disinfectant was prepared in the venue, and it was installed everywhere in the audience seats, aisles, and toilets.
In addition, there were two seats between the seats, and local volunteers wearing armbands called "Corona Guard" regularly disinfected handrails and seats.
In addition, when athletes perform, a waiting area is usually set up in front of each event, but this time a large space will be set up in a part of the venue, and athletes will keep a distance. I sat down on the chair and waited for my turn.
Magnesium carbonate, which players use to prevent the equipment from slipping, is also usually shared for each event, but we prepared it for each player so that they would not use the same thing.
And at the press conference of the players, the microphones used by the press for questions were disinfected each time they were used.