Four Japanese athletes participated in the Tokyo Olympics on the fourth day of the tournament, and four Japanese athletes participated in the sailing, and Yuki Sunaga, a female RSX-class athlete, moved up eight places from the 25th to 10th place.
Sailing is carried out off the coast of Enoshima Yacht Harbor in Fujisawa City, Kanagawa Prefecture, and it is a competition to compete for points according to the ranking while going around the buoys called "marks" on the sea surface in a fixed number of times and in order. The waves make a big difference in the race.
On the 26th, the second day race of four events, RSX class, laser class, and laser radial class for men and women was held.
Of these, 12 races will be held in total for the RSX class, and up to 10th overall will advance to the medal race.
On the 26th, the 4th to 6th races were held, and the female player, Sucho, caught the wind well in difficult windy conditions and carried a stable race, ranking 10th in total points for the two days. From the 25th, we have raised the ranking by eight.
For boys, Tomizawa Makoto, who participated in four consecutive tournaments, dropped to 16th place in total points, down three places from the 25th.
A total of 10 races will be held 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 laser class for the first time in the Olympics, dropped four places from the 25th to 31st place after finishing the third race.
Laser Radial-class Manami Doi finished the fourth race and dropped four places to 13th place.
Yuki Sunaga "I was able to run well"
Mr. Sucho said, "Today, the wind is much stronger than yesterday, and I was able to run what I was not good at. I think that other players have not been able to practice in this wind direction very much. As you can see, it was good compared to everyone. I was able to move up the rankings more than yesterday, so it was a good second day race for my goal of winning 8th place. "
Tomizawa Makoto "Struggling in the sea before the typhoon"
Tomizawa said, "In the conditions before the typhoon, it was a familiar sea, but I had a hard time. It became difficult in terms of ranking, but I think that what I can do now is to do my best without giving up, so I will do my best until the end. I want to do it. "
Kenji Minamisato "Miss when turning around the buoy"
Minamisato said, "I made a mistake when I went around the buoy and turned around again and again. Although it was affected by the tide, I was rushed because I didn't expect it. I'm glad I didn't do that tomorrow, so I'm going to change my mind and do what I can while making the most of it. "