Mai Murakami finished fifth in the women's individual all-around final of gymnastics, scoring a total of 56.032 in the fourth event.
Show your presence without winning a medal
Japan's ace Mai Murakami did not win the medal that she had been aiming for in the gymnastics women's and individual all-around final, but she moved up significantly from 23rd place in the qualifying to 5th place, showing her presence. ..
Murakami is 24 years old from Kanagawa prefecture.
It has a dynamic performance that makes use of the spring from the powerful legs.
Yuka, who is good at vaulting and vaulting, performs the H-difficulty "Siribus" with two somersaults and two twists.
At the 2013 World Championships, where he participated at the age of 17, he finished 4th in Yuka.
At the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics, he contributed to the 4th place in the Japanese women's group, and at the next year's world championships, he won the gold medal for the first time in 63 years as a Japanese female player in each event.
In addition, at the 2018 World Championships, he was the first Japanese female player to win a silver medal overall.
This year, he won the All Japan Championship in April for the fifth time in a row, and also won the NHK Cup in May for the third time, deciding the second Olympic representative. ..
Positioning the Tokyo Games as the culmination of his competitive life, he expressed his enthusiasm, saying, "I want to do my best and aim to win medals for both groups and individuals."
Asuka Teramoto, who supported the Japanese national team together and was the captain of the national team, was removed from the national team at this tournament, so Murakami is expected to play an active role as a spiritual pillar. I called out to my teammates and was leading the young team.
In the final of the group held on the 27th, he did not reach the podium, which was his goal, and finished in 5th place, but he said, "I'm sorry, but I did it properly. We did our best."
On the other hand, he hurt his elbow on the uneven bars in the group final, but he said, "I don't want to give up," and said his motivation for individual events.