As the representative of Japan for shooting at the Tokyo Olympics, rifle and pistol event players such as Naoya Okada, who will be participating in two consecutive tournaments, have been announced, and there are also representative shooting players, including clay pigeon shooting players.
From March to this month, the National Rifle Association of Japan selected representatives for the Tokyo Olympics, and on the 29th, held a board meeting to announce rifle and pistol event candidates.
Naoya Okada and Takayuki Matsumoto of the rifle event, Kojiro Horimizu and Dai Yoshioka of the pistol event were the first men to be represented, except for Okada, who will participate in the second consecutive tournament. I am the representative of the Olympics.
In the women's category, in addition to Shiori Hirata, who had already been nominated as a representative in the rifle event, Haruka Nakaguchi was newly appointed as a representative, and Satoko Yamada and Chizuru Sasaki, who are in the pistol event, were appointed as representatives. Will be the first Olympic representative.
On the other hand, the Japan Clay Pigeon Shooting Association has also decided to represent four clay pigeon shooting players, including Yukie Nakayama, who will be participating in the fifth Olympics, as a representative of the shooting of the Tokyo Olympics. The players are ready.