Momoko Dekijima, a 46-year-old veteran who is aiming to participate in the Paralympics for the fifth consecutive tournament, won the Japan Cup for cross-country skiing, which also served as the representative selection for the Beijing Paralympics next year, and achieved two crowns.
This tournament is an important tournament where you can get points to decide the quota for each country of the Beijing Paralympics next year, and Dekishima will stand 5 km free on the 25th of the last day of the tournament held at Shirahatayama Stadium in Sapporo City. I participated in a slippery class.
In the Pyeongchang Paralympic Games mixed gender relay, Dekishima won the 10km race on the 24th, and on the 25th, he kept a fast pace from the beginning in the 2.5km two-lap race and made one lap. At the end of the eye, I overtook the player who started 30 seconds earlier.
He also showed a strong slip even on the final climb, saying "I didn't move yesterday", and achieved the double crown of this tournament with a time of 18 minutes 31 seconds 20 multiplied by a coefficient according to the obstacle.
Mr. Dekishima said, "This year we have more training camps than usual, and the results have come out. I think there is still room for growth, so I want to do my best at my own pace without overdoing it. I want to finish it cleanly at the Beijing Paralympics." I was talking.
The Japan Ski Federation for the Disabled will resume the selection of the Japanese national team, which had been suspended due to a series of cancellations, from this tournament, and will dispatch strengthened players to the World Cup to be held in Finland from the middle of next month. Is also scheduled to participate.