In the Tokyo Olympics archery, the women's individual second round was held, and Hayakawa, who won the bronze medal at the women's team in the London Games, * Ren beat the American players and decided to advance to the third round.
Hayakawa played against a Vietnamese player in the first round, won after a shoot-off in one game, which is an extra time from the tie, and although he lost one set in the second round, he got a stable high score. I won 6-2 and advanced to the third round on the 30th.
"Be yourself until the end"
Hayakawa, who is aiming to win the first medal in the individual competition, said, "I wasn't feeling very well, but I did my best with the comfort of my coach. I'm glad I was able to shoot without giving up until the end."
Hayakawa had chronic pain in his right shoulder and said, "It's hard to shoot well today because it hurts, but the number of shots is small compared to the ranking round, so I'd like to do my best."
For the future, I was enthusiastic, "I have a long way to go, but I want to shoot brightly, happily and vigorously like myself until the end. I want to do my best to win medals."
* "Ren" has one Shinnyo point.