Gymnastics High School Championships Kitazono Wins Individual Overall

Gymnastics high school overall alternative tournament Kitazono wins all-around on October 25, 21:34

A national gymnastics tournament was held to replace the national high school, which was canceled due to the influence of the new coronavirus, and Takeru Kitazono, who won five gold medals at the Youth Olympic Games, participated and made mistakes such as falling on horizontal bars. Although there was, I won the overall personal championship by marking a high score with parallel bars.

The National Gymnastics Tournament was held in Sabae City, Fukui Prefecture as an alternative tournament in response to the cancellation of the National High School Championships scheduled for August due to the effects of the new coronavirus.

The 18-year-old Kitazono is a third-year high school student who has won five gold medals at the Youth Olympic Games and is aiming to participate in the Tokyo Olympic Games next year. As a member of Seifu High School in Osaka, he participated in the sixth event on the 25th.

Kitazono marked a high score of 15.000 by deciding one after another to invert with a beautiful posture that extended to the tip of his foot with his favorite "parallel bars".

However, in the following "horizontal bar", although he decided on "Cassina" with G difficulty, he made a mistake of falling in the next release technique and was greatly deducted.

Kitazono lacked brilliance, such as failing to land in the next event, "Yuka," but he won the all-around with a total score of 85.450 in the sixth event.

On the other hand, for girls, Urara Ashikawa, who is aiming to represent the Tokyo Olympics, performed difficult techniques one after another with a lively performance on the "balance beam", which is her specialty, and marked a high score of 14.950.

Kitazono "Let's make use of this experience next"

Takeru Kitazono commented on his mistakes, such as falling on the horizontal bar, saying, "I wasn't able to get rid of the horizontal bar during the preliminary practice, and I acted without being able to resolve my anxiety. It was a tournament, but as a high school ace, I acted mercilessly. "

Then, for the All Japan Championship in December, "I would like to take advantage of my experience of organizing today's mistakes and win the All Japan Championship. I think that many top players will participate, but I think that I will perform boldly like a high school student. I want to aim for the championship, "he said with enthusiasm.