Canoe Slalom NHK Cup Young players play an active part October 26, 0:32
The NHK Cup of Canoe Slalom was held in Iwate Prefecture, and while the Rio de Janeiro Olympic bronze medalist Takuya Haneda and other representatives of the Tokyo Games did not participate, the next generation of young athletes aiming for the 2024 Paris Games played an active role.
Canoe slalom is a competition to compete for time while passing through gates installed in a rapid stream of about 250 meters in order, and the NHK Cup held in Oshu City, Iwate Prefecture is the only one in Japan due to the influence of the new coronavirus It is a tournament.
While Haneda and other representatives of the Tokyo tournament were absent due to participation in the international tournament, the activities of young players aiming for the next Paris tournament attracted attention.
Of these, in the women's kayak single, 22-year-old Ren Mishima won the first victory in a torrent with skillful paddle handling without penalty, and also won the first victory in the Canadian single with only one paddle and achieved two crowns. ..
Mishima said, "Honestly, I didn't expect to win the double crown, so I'm really happy. I want to participate in the next Paris Olympics and win a medal."
In the men's kayak single, 19-year-old Yusuke Muto won the championship for the first time, and in the Canadian single, 27-year-old Masaru Sasaki, who participated in the Rio de Janeiro tournament as a Canadian pair, won the championship.