Kohei Uchimura, a gymnast who has been appointed as the representative of the Tokyo Games, which will be the fourth consecutive Olympic Games.
At the press conference after the All Japan Championships, "I think I really like gymnastics. No matter how much I was overwhelmed, I really liked gymnastics, and I was pursuing gymnastics repeatedly. I didn't think about it. "
“Luck was on my side at the end”
Uchimura, who was appointed as the fourth Olympic representative, could not perform convincingly in the final on the 6th, such as making mistakes, and he could not see a smile immediately after the performance.
"I wanted to win the national team with a good performance. No. I hadn't seen the performances of other players, so the moment I finished the performance, I thought," It's over. "To Hidenobu Yonekura, who was competing for the national team. sorry I think it is. This is do not say or "king" or "Legend", do I need to practice more and more. today there is only luck. Finally luck did a friend "
their" since qualifying was too good I may have believed too much. I want to start acting again soon. "
Regarding the selection of representatives that started
in April- "It was very difficult. I am grateful that Yonekura put a lot of pressure on me. If you look at it positively, it is a challenge to perform perfectly at the Olympics. I think it was. It might have been difficult to overcome it at the Olympics if the perfect performance came out first. If you make a mistake, you can practice with a stronger feeling. "
“I really like gymnastics”
About the Tokyo Olympics-
"I've appeared in three Olympics in the past, but it was held in the country where I was born and raised, and there was a postponement. I can't say anything but that it's special. If you take it calmly, you can't find any words other than "special". "About the
fourth Olympic Games in this tournament-
"I'm
doing
really well. I think I really like gymnastics. I loved gymnastics, and I was pursuing gymnastics repeatedly. I didn't expect to go to the Olympics in the 4th Games. I can't think of it myself, I think it's amazing, calmly. "
“The attitude of pursuing is important”
Regarding the pursuit of ideal performance-
"I have performed a performance that is closer to the ideal several times in practice. I once again feel the difficulty of performing it in a match. Practice and match are different. I know, and devoting myself to the first event has multiplied the difficulty. Rather than evolution, it's more about pursuing what you can't do in practice. I don't think so, but I have to ask for it, and I want to see what I've been pursuing. There is a belief that pursuing that is more fun than pursuing results and scores. Regarding
the fact that the representative member of the group
that "I still strongly think" has been
decided-
"
I think that I have
to pass
on my experience so far to the next generation, so I will do my best other than the
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