Yuto Horigome, who won the men's street on the first day of the new competition of the Tokyo Olympics, skateboarding, with outstanding stability, won the gold medal.

"Very impatient" in my heart

It is said that Horimai is always fighting pressure before slipping in the tournament.



"I suddenly got stuck and my legs trembled. I'm just worried that I'll be able to decide all the tricks."

A special stage called the Tokyo Olympics.

On this day as well, in the qualifying, which he said was "tensed", he made a mistake in the second half and advanced to 6th place, but the score did not increase.



Still, he was calm, saying, "The qualifying is not as aggressive as I can. I was only expecting to stay in the final."



In the final, he said that he was "very impatient in my heart" because he made a mistake in landing and did not score in the "run" that slipped for 45 seconds.

Demonstrate "competitive strength"

However, it was Horimai's strength that he could correct from here.



The "best trick" to compete with one technique.


In the first time, "the place where I concentrate most," I got a high score of 9.03 and gained momentum.


And the third time is a new technique that "I have never put it out in the tournament".

Decide on a "Nory Backside 270 Switch Board Slide" that rotates 270 degrees backwards, jumps onto the railing, and slides the board.



With a difficult technique of jumping on the rails with limited visibility, he succeeded in saying, "I was nervous, but I'm glad I was able to do it properly," and further increased the score to 9.35.



With this momentum, for the fourth time, one of Horimai's pronouns, "Norry Backside 270 Nose Slide", which rotates 270 degrees and jumps on the handrail and slides the tip of the board, was perfectly decided to 9.50 on this day. , Marked the highest score among all players.



In the final 5th time, he made a half turn from a high jump, jumped on the railing, and succeeded in "Norry Half Cab Switch 5-0 Grind" that slides the metal part of the rear wheel, and the best trick is to align the 9 points 4 times. I showed strength.

“I believed in myself”

Horimai has said, "I am confident that I can win a gold medal if I can slip."

He won a gold medal by saying something and answered with a fulfilling expression.



"I was confident that I could do what I've done so far. The biggest thing I believed in was that I got the gold medal." I



've worn about 1000 pairs of shoes on my skateboard so far. ..

Horimai, who has been constantly striving, has shined in Tokyo as the first champion of the Olympic Games.