14-year-old Rikuto Tamai, who is expected to play an active role in diving, practiced at the venue and said, "I think I'm nervous at the first Olympics, but I enjoy acting without being too conscious of the result." I want to do it. "
Tamai, a 14-year-old third-year junior high school student who won the 8th place in the men's high diving at the World Cup in May, is aiming to win the first medal for a Japanese player.
The men's high diving in which Tamai will participate will start on August 6, about two weeks after the qualifying, but Tamai will enter the venue as early as possible, and on the 24th, he will practice twice in the morning and afternoon with his teammates. I did.
Tamai's challenge is to improve the stability of his technique, and he has focused on practicing the backward water entry technique, which he is not good at in preparation for the tournament.
In the interview after the practice, "I think that it has become quite calm recently and the degree of completion is high, so I want to make sure that the degree of completion does not decline in the last two weeks. I want to act in. "
At the opening ceremony on the night of the 23rd, when I participated, I saw him waving on the TV broadcast, and Tamai said, "I was surprised at the opening ceremony. It was fun to see things. I was impressed with the pictogram, "he said with a smile.