Yuto Horigome, a boy who is expected to win a gold medal, said, "I want to make good adjustments so that I can slide well," said the Japanese representative of the skateboarding street, a new competition of the Tokyo Olympics, in a preliminary training camp in Niigata Prefecture. I talked about.
Of the skateboards, "Street", where players compete on a course that looks like a city, will have qualifying and finals for men on the 25th of the 3rd day of the tournament and for girls on the 26th of the 4th day of the tournament.
Before the tournament, six men and women from Japan on the street started a preliminary training camp at a skateboarding stadium in Murakami City, Niigata Prefecture, and a welcome ceremony was held on the 17th.
Among them, the men's gold medal candidate, Horimai, said, "Since the Olympics are near, I would like to make good adjustments in Murakami City so that I can make a good slide."
In addition, Aori Nishimura, who is expected to win medals as a girl, said, "I'm worried about what will happen to the Olympics, but I want to enjoy myself with all my strength and do my best."
In the practice that followed, the players checked each slip, such as the technique of jumping on the handrail and sliding the board, and also checked the technique by watching the video of their own sliding.
Street athletes will have a pre-camp until the 19th, and then enter the Olympic Village on that day to prepare for the tournament.