On the 11th of the second day of the All Japan Gymnastics Championships, the men's qualifying round was held, and Kazuma Kaya took the lead in his stable performance.
The All-Japan Gymnastics Championship has been held from the 10th in Takasaki City, Gunma Prefecture, as a championship for all-Japan events.
On the 11th of the second day, the men's qualifying was held, and while Kohei Uchimura, who has a record of 10 consecutive victories in the individual overall, is devoting himself to the horizontal bar by event, Kazuma Kaya, who is 6th overall in the world championship last year. And Sho Tanigawa, who is aiming for the third straight victory, participated.
Kaya took the lead with a total score of 86.899 with a stable performance that exceeded 14 points in all 6 events, such as marking a high score of 14.900 with his favorite parallel bars.
萱 "Not only to win, but also to look at the Tokyo Olympics"
萱 said, "It was a difficult start in the first half, but I was able to line up the performances that I could switch to in the second half. Of course I came here to win, but not only to win, but also to look ahead to the Tokyo Olympics. So I want to line up good performances from the first event to the final landing in the final. "
Wataru Tanigawa was second, Kenta Chiba was third, Sho Tanigawa was fourth, and last year's World Championship representative Daiki Hashimoto was ninth.
The men's final will be held on the 13th.
Hashimoto "I didn't go according to practice"
Daiki Hashimoto was deducted a lot by making a mistake of falling twice on a pommel horse, and said that he was 9th in the qualifying all-around, saying, "I didn't go as I practiced. There was a feeling of tension that I had never felt before, and I couldn't wipe it off even after finishing the 3rd event in the first half. It just appeared in the 4th event pommel horse and the whole performance, "he said with regret. Was there.
On the other hand, "I didn't go well until the 4th event, but I'm glad that it didn't collapse in the 2nd event after that. It's not over as it is, and I think I'm still in a position to aim for the championship, so the final is warming up. I'd like to confirm the movement firmly and aim for a comeback with the feeling of a challenger like last year, "he said with enthusiasm for the final.
Chiba "I'm glad I didn't make a big mistake"
Kenta Chiba, who was 3rd overall in the qualifying, said about the performance on the 11th, "I'm glad I didn't make any big mistakes through the 6th event. However, when it came to the match, there was a part that I couldn't concentrate on, so that I want to work on the part from now on. "
And for the final on the 13th, he said, "I want you to appeal as much as possible and see your gymnastics. I think that if you go through the 6th event without major mistakes, the result will come, so I want to do it firmly." It was.