On the 25th, the third day of the Tokyo Olympic Games, a pair of men's single scull Ryuta Arakawa and women's lightweight double scull Chiaki Tomita and Ayami Oishi both decided to advance to the semi-finals.

Men's Single Scull Quarterfinals

The Tokyo Olympics boat is being held at the Sea Forest Waterway in Koto-ku, Tokyo, and Arakawa participated in the three quarter-finals of the men's single scull.



In the race where the semi-final advance is decided if it finishes within the third place, Arakawa kept the position following the Croatian and Hungarian players from the beginning.



Arakawa finished in 3rd place with a time of 7 minutes 26 seconds 04 and decided to advance to the semi-finals.

Women's lightweight double scull loser repechage

In addition, a pair of Tomita and Oishi participated in the repechage of the women's lightweight double scull.



Up to 3rd place in this race was able to advance to the semi-finals, and the pair of Tomita and Oishi passed 1000 meters, which is half of the race, following the top United States with a strong and breathtaking saw.



In the second half, he was overtaken by Belarus and finished in 3rd place with a time of 7 minutes 34.45, 13 seconds behind the 1st place USA, and decided to advance to the semi-finals.

Ryuta Arakawa Semi-final is "Dark horse-like feeling at once"

Arakawa, who decided to advance to the semi-finals with the men's single scull, said, "I made a mistake in the start dash in the qualifying, so I corrected it this time. That part was good, but I could not grasp the pace to about half 1000 meters, I wanted to keep up with the top players a little more. I gradually got my own pace, so at the end I was able to save a little physical strength and finish. "



On top of that, in preparation for the first Japanese player to advance to the final, "I think it's a no-mark from other countries, and I don't think I can see it because the lane is outside, so it feels like a dark horse from the outside, from the middle to the end. I want to go to the final at once. "

Chiaki Tomita "Thinking about 5 years of practice from Rio as soon as 1 second"

Tomita, a women's lightweight double scull, said, "It was an important match that couldn't be dropped because it was about to advance to the semi-finals, so we were talking about trying to attack from the first half, and the start was decided to be the best ever. I was able to do it. "



On top of that, he said, "I've been practicing for five years after the Rio de Janeiro Games because I definitely want to advance to the finals, so I'd like to think about that alone and find out how to make it as fast as one second." ..

Ayami Oishi "I think we'll definitely go to the final"

Ayami Oishi, a women's lightweight double scull, said, "It was a race that made me confident that we had that much starting power. Up to 3rd place could advance to the semi-finals, and the next race was a typhoon. It was a race that I was worried about what would happen because of the relationship, so I was aiming for a development that would definitely finish in 3rd place, rather than forcibly going to get 1st place. "



On top of that, "At the Rio de Janeiro tournament, we worked hard together to finish in 12th place. Then, for the past five years, we came up with the idea that we would definitely go to the finals, and today we are welcoming, so I will definitely give up until the end. I want to go to the final and aim for the medal without doing it. "