On the third day of the All-Japan Wrestling Championship, Rin Miyamichi, a college student, won the women's 68-kilometer class for the first time under the guidance of Kaori Icho, who won the Olympics for the fourth time in a row.
Miyamichi also won the national championship deciding match of this year's world championship and seized the position of the first national team.
On the third day of the All-Japan Wrestling Championship, eight classes of men and women were played at the Komazawa Gymnasium in Tokyo.
Of these, in the women's 68 kg class, Miyamichi, a third-year student at Nippon Sport Science University, who is coached by Icho, won the championship for the first time.
Miyamichi played against Naruha Matsuyuki, who won the All Japan Championship last year, in the final match of the World Championships that followed.
While Icho watched from the spectators' seats, Miyamichi accumulated points from the beginning by taking behind the opponent with skillful movements.
On the other hand, even the defense that Icho had taught, such as dodging the opponent's tackle, won 7 to 2 and seized the position of the first world championship representative.
Miyamichi said, "I was relieved for the time being. I was confident that Icho and his colleagues practiced together on my days off to overcome the challenge because I had to defend myself after I got into the tackle." I looked back.
After that, he said with enthusiasm, "I can't just go to the world championships, so I definitely want to win a gold medal."
Men's Greco-Roman 130 kg class Sonoda wins 7 consecutive titles
In the men's Greco-Roman style 130 kg class, Arata Sonoda, who has won the tournament for the sixth consecutive time, advanced to the final.
Sonoda aggressively attacked from the beginning, broke the opponent, took the back, and continued to accumulate points in a ground fight to widen the lead.
Sonoda won the 9-0 technical fall victory and overwhelming strength in 44 seconds, and won the tournament for the seventh consecutive time.
Sonoda, who lost in this month's world qualifying and missed the Tokyo Olympics, recalled, "I had a fight that I couldn't do in the world qualifying, so I wanted to make it the next match."
For the next Paris Olympics, he said, "It's not the same as before. To be honest, I didn't have enough power and I couldn't stand it. It may be fine, but I have to do that part." I did.
Men's Greco-Roman 87 kg class Tsuruta wins for the first time
In the men's Greco-Roman style 87 kg class, 25-year-old Shundai Tsuruta, who has won the 82 kg class, advanced to the final.
In the final, the match was advanced from the beginning, and the lead was widened by accumulating points in the ground fighting, and won 5 to 1 to win the first victory in this class.
Tsuruta said, "I'm relieved to win the championship," and said, "For the first time, I want to show that the level of heavyweight in Japan is rising. I want to build confidence in the Paris Olympics. "
Men's free 65 kg class Yamaguchi wins for the first time
In the men's freestyle 65 kg class final, Kaiki Yamaguchi, a fourth-year student at Nippon Sport Science University, played against a member of society.
In the first half, Yamaguchi was given a sharp tackle from a low position by the opponent, leading to 0-2.
Even so, in the second half, he scored a tackle to catch up with the tie, and after that he continued to score points such as deciding the counter according to the opponent's tackle, and won the first victory 6-2.
Yamaguchi said, "I thought it was bad to get points in the first half, but I switched to try to get points. It's a challenge because I couldn't put out what I had done in practice in the game," he said. I did.
Regarding the world championship, which will be his second appearance, he said, "I don't think it will work in the world yet, so I'd like to reconsider my strength and wrestling as a whole and take on the challenge."