On the 4th, which was 200 days until the opening of the Tokyo Olympics, which was postponed for one year, Takeru Kitazono, a third-year high school student who is aiming to become a representative in gymnastics, practiced for the first time in the new year and won the gold medal for individual and group I want to aim, "he said with enthusiasm.
Kitazono of Seifu High School in Osaka won five gold medals at the Youth Olympic Games three years ago, including individual and event-specific, and was ranked second in the individual overall at the All Japan Championships in December. It is expected to be the representative of the Tokyo Olympics.
On the 4th, we will practice in earnest for the first time since the beginning of the year in high school, and we will shoot the basic movements of "horizontal bar" and "vault" that we are planning to raise the difficulty of the technique toward the Tokyo Olympics. While checking, I sweated for about 6 hours.
Kitazono said, "I still felt like a challenger last year, but I've come to the point where I can compete at the top. I want to aim for the Olympic gold medal, not for the national team," he said with enthusiasm. did.
He added, "I'm worried about the effects of the new coronavirus, but I want to do what I need to do every day to prepare for the Olympics."
Kitazono graduated from high school in March, and after graduating he will belong to the business team, but he will continue to practice based in high school until the Tokyo Olympics.