At the Tokyo Olympics, weightlifting women's 49 kg class Hiromi Miyake gave 74 kg in the first half of the snatch, but failed 99 kg three times in the second half of the jerk, ending without a record and medals for the third consecutive tournament. I didn't get it.

21 years of competitive life

The 35-year-old Miyake has participated in five consecutive tournaments, which is the largest number of Japanese women in the summer Olympics, and has won medals in the 48-kilometer class at both the London and Rio de Janeiro tournaments. It was positioned as the stage to end the competitive life.

"It's interesting because it's not the same road"

Miyake, a leading figure in weightlifting for Japanese women, has come to an end in 21 years of competitive life.



In the summer Olympics, he has participated in five consecutive tournaments, which is the largest number of Japanese women.

The road to the Tokyo Games has never been straightforward.

At the 2012 London Games, he won the silver medal, the first weightlifting Japanese girl's medal, and at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games, he won the bronze medal despite his back pain.



At that time, 30-year-old Miyake thought about retiring, but decided to continue working because it was held locally.



However, for the next five years, in addition to having a chronic illness, he was injured on both legs one after another, and he was in a state of being completely full.



With a series of abstentions and absences from the Games, even the goal of becoming a representative of the Tokyo Games was in jeopardy.



Even so, what I had been through was the idea of ​​"running in a straight line" to the stage of the Tokyo Olympics, where I set my own goals.



"I've often suffered injuries over the last five years, but this is also one of the attractions of the competition. It's interesting because it's not the same path, and it's important how I grasp the situation." I didn't run away, and I didn't shake my attitude to face it head-on.



With my father and coach Yoshiyuki, who won the bronze medal at the Mexico Olympics, I was "completely burned" until the last moment of the 21 years of walking on a three-legged race.



Miyake, who has made a name for himself in the history of the Olympics as "a very attractive stage that makes you want to appear again and again," has now quietly placed the barbell on that stage.