Matsuri Arai won the silver medal for the first time in a personal event of the World Cup in the diving world cup, which doubles as the final qualifying and test tournament of the Tokyo Olympics, and in the high school diving.
The Diving World Cup will be held from May 1st at the Tokyo Aquatics Center in Koto Ward, Tokyo, which will be the venue for the Olympic Games, and athletes from 46 countries including Japan are participating.
On the 5th of the 5th day of the tournament, a second event was held for both men and women, of which Arai, who was appointed as the Olympic representative, participated in the final of the women's high school diving.
Arai increased his score by scoring "107B", which was a positive three-and-a-half turn, which was a mistake in the qualifying and semi-finals in the second run of the final.
After that, Arai, who showed a stable performance, took a step back in the final 5th run, twisted once and a half while somersaulting twice and a half, and decided "5253B" exactly until he entered the water, marking 72.00, for a total of 342.00. In the World Cup individual event, he won the silver medal for the first time as a Japanese player.
On the 5th, in addition to this, the men's board diving qualifying was held in the morning, and Haruki Suyama was 19th and Kouki Ito was 47th, so he could not advance to the semi-finals, and the Olympics were not decided in this event.