Twelve people, including Alpine Momoka Muraoka and Nordic Yoshihiro Nitta, have been nominated for the Beijing Paralympic Skiing Japan National Team next year.
The Japan Ski Federation for the Disabled has announced that it has nominated 12 men and women to represent Japan in the Beijing Paralympics next year, taking into account the results of last season's World Cup and Asian Cup.
Of these, seven people were selected for alpine skiing, including Muraoka, who won five medals including the gold medal at the previous Pyeongchang tournament, and Taiki Morii, a boy who has won a total of five medals at the Paralympics. I did.
Muraoka will also participate in the Tokyo Paralympics, which will start next month, on land.
In Nordic skiing, three people were selected, including veteran Nitta, who has won three gold medals in cross-country skiing, and two people, including Daichi Oguri, who will participate in two consecutive tournaments in snowboarding.
Beijing nomination of Japan representative player of the Paralympic Games is the first time, Japan disability Ski Association has decided to determine the further job offer players an additional year-end to prospect on the basis of the results of the tournament of the season.
The federation says, "It is unusual to give a job offer at this time, but I want you to be aware of yourself as a job offer player and prepare for the tournament by telling the players early."