Mai Murakami, who won the bronze medal in the gymnastics of the Tokyo Olympics and the women's event, attended the press conference and talked about her thoughts on the medal, saying, "It's a bronze medal filled with the thoughts of the last five years since the Rio de Janeiro Games." rice field.

Murakami won the bronze medal for his stable performance, such as the women's gymnastics event held on the 2nd, the big skill of H difficulty in the final of Yuka, and the decision of "Siribas".



It is the first time in 57 years for a gymnastic girl to win a medal in Japan since the organization of the 1964 Tokyo Games, and it is the first medal in an individual event.



Murakami attended a press conference in Tokyo on the 3rd, one night after winning the bronze medal, saying, "Yesterday I had a happy night with many people contacting me. I'm grateful that you supported me, and I spent the day thinking that I didn't want the day to end. "



Looking back on the performance of the bronze medal, he said, "I was a little disappointed at the last Rio de Janeiro tournament. I decided to win the medal in Tokyo, so I did my best. I was injured and tasted both above and below. I trained my mental strength. It's a bronze medal filled with my thoughts for five years. "



And for the future, "I want to do my best for this world championship. I was thinking about the future after the Olympics, but I won the medal and my body and feelings are looking forward. I want to do my best. I want to show the performance that I can do at the World Championships. "

Bouquet each other at the awards ceremony

At the awards ceremony on the 2nd, Murakami handed the bouquet to Angelina Melnikova of the Russian Olympic Committee, who both won the bronze medal with the same score.


On the other hand, Melnikova also handed the bouquet to Murakami in the same way.



At a press conference on the 3rd, Murakami said, "We have been fighting with Melnikova at the top for a long time. I was able to win the world championship three years ago as an all-around, but Melnikova was the last Yuka. It was impressive that I was crying at times, and I was told that I was acting with great feelings every time. " ..



"The score is exactly the same, and I was very happy to be on the podium in 3rd place together, and I wanted to do something. I rarely get on the podium with the same score, so It was my own idea, but I was able to hand over the bouquet, "he recalled, with a blessing, that he immediately came up with the idea of ​​handing over the bouquet.