Kento Momota, a badminton player who is aiming for a gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics, has released his practice with his team and is enthusiastic about "I want to do my best to express my gratitude on the court" for the tournament which is 11 days until the opening. It was.
Momota released the practice to the media on the 12th at the gymnasium of his team in Tokyo before the training camp for the Japanese national team starting on the 13th.
Momota suffered a traffic accident in Malaysia last January and suffered a serious injury that broke his right eye, and it took nearly 11 months to recover.
The only thing I participated in after the injury. At the international tournament in March, I couldn't prevent the opponent's smash and lost, and the challenge was how much I could regain my sense of combat, including my defensive ability.
In the practice on the 12th, we hit the shuttle against two players, kept picking up sharp shots shot in succession, and adjusted the defense side such as checking the foot movement.
Momota said about the Tokyo Games, "I think it's a match to have the Olympics in Tokyo at this good age as an active player. I want to put out all my experience so far."
On top of that, based on the scandal five years ago and the serious injury caused by the traffic accident last year, "I can participate in the stage I admire with the support of many people. I want to do my best so that I can express it. "
Momota will participate in the training camp just before the tournament with the members of the Japanese national team at the National Training Center in Tokyo from the 13th, and will start as it is.