At the Tokyo Olympics, table tennis player Mima Ito won the women's singles bronze medal on the 29th and became the first Japanese player to win a bronze medal in this event.
However, what I showed after the match was "regret tears".
"The moment I won, the semi-finals were revived."
In the 3rd place playoff, Ito won the first game, but after that he scored points with his favorite serve and receive and won 4 games in a row, which was the first medal for a Japanese player in this event. Won the bronze medal.
However, at the moment when the victory was decided, Ito did not smile.
And what I showed in the interview after the match was tears.
When asked what the meaning of tears was, Ito replied that he was "regretful tears."
And continued like this.
"It was good to be able to win in the end, it is the moment when the won has been revived that of the semi-finals. China at all is really a shame that it does not stand teeth player"
than that of fixed joy medals, each other in the same 20-year-old I regretted the semi-final when I lost straight to China's Sun Yingsha, who admits to his rival.
"I want to relieve this regrettable feeling in a team battle."
Ito, who participates in this tournament, mixed doubles, women's singles, and the third event of the women's group, said in an interview before the tournament, "I want to do my best to win three gold medals."
Ito has been practicing to push his body to the limit by swinging his arms too much, damaging his muscles and peeling his legs.
I was never satisfied with winning the first gold medal in the Japanese table tennis world by overthrowing China in mixed doubles, and I felt regretful tears because I had a strong desire to beat the Chinese player again and win the second gold medal in the women's singles. was.
The last event of Ito is a women's team that participates with Kasumi Ishikawa and Miu Hirano.
If he wins properly, he will face China in the final, but he vowed to humiliate him, saying, "I want to relieve this regrettable feeling in a team match."