Four Japanese athletes participate in the fourth Olympic sailing event

Sailing began on the 3rd and 25th of the Tokyo Olympic Games, and four Japanese athletes participated in four events.

The Tokyo Olympics sailing is held off the coast of Enoshima Yacht Harbor in Fujisawa City, Kanagawa Prefecture, and is a competition in which wind and waves compete for time while turning buoys called "marks" on the surface of the sea in a fixed number of times and in order. It greatly influences the race.

On the 25th, the first day of the competition, four events were held: RSX class for men and women, laser class, and laser radial class.

Of these, 12 races will be held in total for the RSX class, and up to 10th overall will advance to the medal race.

Tomizawa Makoto, who participated in four consecutive tournaments, was 13th in the men's race, and Yuki Sunaga was 18th in the women's race.

In addition, 10 races will be held in total for the laser class and the laser radial class, and the top 10 will advance to the medal race.

Kenji Minamisato, who participated in the first Olympics in the laser class, finished the first race in 27th place and entered the second race, but it was postponed because the wind weakened.

Laser Radial-class Manami Doi finished 9th after the second race.

Men's RSX class Tomizawa "The first and third races are exactly what I was aiming for"

Tomizawa Makoto, who will participate in the sailing men's RSX class for four consecutive tournaments, finished the three races on the first day in 13th place and said, "Today I had some difficulty in the second race due to the change of the wind, but one race. I think I was able to race safely in the eyes and the third race as I aimed. I didn't attack the next race too much, I didn't do anything dangerous, I raced safely in the first half, and if I had a chance, I aimed more. I want to go. "

Women's RSX class Sucho "I want to take the plunge tomorrow"

Yuki Sunaga of the sailing women's RSX class finished 3 races on the first day in 18th place and said, "It was difficult because I was not in the condition I was very good at, but there were good points and bad points. The wind weakened in the evening. The typhoon swelled so much that it was very difficult to run. It was a sea that I had been practicing for a long time, so even if there were various conditions in terms of the advantage of the land, I was able to calm down with the feeling that I did this in practice. Tomorrow is a forecast that will be a little more good for me, so I want to take the plunge after the first day and lose my strength. "

Laser-class Minamisato "I want to take advantage of my reflection and read the wind firmly"

Kenji Minamisato, who participated in the Olympics for the first time in the sailing laser class, finished the race on the first day in 27th place and said, "The start was good, but the race after that was not so good because it was closer to the inside and the middle, so tomorrow. I'm going to fix this and do it. I want to take advantage of today's reflection and read the wind firmly. "

Laser Radial Class Doi "It is important not to break tomorrow too much"

Sailing Laser Radial-class Manami Doi finished the first two races in 9th place and said, "I'm glad I finished the race without breaking it in a tricky wind, but I'm not very satisfied. It is important not to break the tomorrow too much, so I want to aim for a good ranking among them. "