Gymnastics NHK Cup.

Wataru Tanigawa was in 3rd place and was not selected as the representative of the Tokyo Olympics at this tournament.

Even so, in the vault, he decided the most difficult big skill to land and showed his presence.

2nd place in All Japan Championship to NHK Cup

Last month's All Japan Championship, Tanikawa scored a high score of 15 points in both the qualifying and the final by deciding the most difficult big skill "Ri Se-gwang 2" with his favorite vault.


Then, the total of the 6 events came in 2nd place, welcoming the NHK Cup.



The NHK Cup will carry over the points of the All Japan Championship and compete, and the top two will be nominated as representatives of the Tokyo Olympics.


In front of the NHK Cup, which was held within the national team, he said, "I have a strong desire to decide on a job offer for the national team at this tournament. I think that focusing on what I should do will bring results."

Tanikawa continued to perform without major mistakes from the beginning.

My favorite vault was the 4th kind.


He made one turn with a forward jump, somersaulted twice with a bent and stretched posture, and finally decided on "Ri Se-gwang 2", a big skill that twists his body, and scored 15.533, which exceeds the All Japan Championship.



In the last event, which was held in 2nd place, a mistake was made in the horizontal bar and it was unfortunately 3rd place, and although it was not decided to represent the NHK Cup, it showed its presence.

"The vault stopped landing, so I got points, but in the other events, I managed to make no mistakes. It was difficult to get a good performance in the game, so I want to be able to do that."



Tanikawa The remaining two representative members of the organization that we are aiming for will be determined by the results up to next month's All Japan Championships.