In the new competition of the Tokyo Olympics, karate, the representative offer was canceled due to the influence of the new coronavirus, and it was an unusual situation where a re-selection event appeared, but the world ranking for selection has been confirmed.
In response to this, representative candidates have been decided for all eight events, including Ryo Kiyuna, who is expected to win a gold medal in the men's form.
Each of the eight karate events held at the Tokyo Olympics is given a host country quota, and the top Japanese athletes will be nominated as representatives in the world rankings for the Olympic selection announced by the World Karate Federation.
In the middle of March last year, the representatives were decided once for all eight events, but the preconditions for selection changed due to the postponement of the Olympic Games for one year due to the influence of the new corona, so the Japan Karate Federation = Japan Karatedo Federation Has canceled all representative offers.
After that, we decided to re-select the second type of kumite.
After the international tournament to be selected from the end of last month, the players who are sure to be represented in all the events have been decided, but on the 25th, the World Karate Federation announced that the world ranking for selection will be confirmed. As a result, eight representative players have been decided.
Of these, the male player Kiyou Shimizu and the female player Kiyou Shimizu are expected to win gold medals.
8 representative unofficial players
This is a list of 8 players who have been nominated as representatives of karate.
Ryo Kiyuna will be the male player and Kiyou Shimizu will be the female player to compete for the accuracy and strength of the technique. Both have won the world championships and are expected to win gold medals.
It is a "kumite" that plays one-on-one.
Naoto Sago has been nominated for the 67 kg class, Ken Nishimura for the 75 kg class, and Ryutaro Araga for the class over 75 kg.
There are three girls, Miho Miyahara in the 55 kg class, Mayumi Someya in the 61 kg class, and Ayumi Uekusa in the class over 61 kg.
Representative selection history
The new competition of the Tokyo Olympics, karate, will be held in a total of eight events, one for men and women for "form" and one for men and women in the three classes of "kumite".
Japan is given one host country frame for each event, and the top Japanese athletes have been nominated as representatives in the world ranking for Olympic selection announced by the World Karate Federation of international sports organizations, and early March last year. The offer was decided for the 6th event.
The remaining "Kumite" men's 67 kg class and women's 61 kg class were scheduled to be decided after the international tournament in March last year, which was the last tournament in which Japanese athletes could score points in the world ranking.
However, because the last tournament was canceled due to the spread of the new coronavirus infection, the Japan Karatedo Federation = Japan Karate Federation hastened the schedule and issued an offer to the top Japanese players in the ranking, and all eight events were unofficial players. Was available.
Immediately after that, however, it was decided to postpone the Tokyo Olympics for one year, so the World Karate Federation decided to hold a tournament related to the selection of representatives again in May last year.
In response to this, the Japan Karate Federation canceled the offer of all athletes in June last year, and represented the men's 67 kg class and women's 61 kg class, whose rankings could change depending on the results of the international competition. Was re-selected.
Then, from the 30th of last month to the 2nd of this month, an international competition related to the selection of representatives was held for the first time in a year and two months.
As a result of this tournament, there were players who were sure to be unofficially decided in all eight events, including the second event of the re-selected kumite.