At the Tokyo Olympics, individual jumping equestrian qualifiers were held, and all three athletes who participated in Japan advanced to the finals.

Show jumping is an event that jumps over obstacles installed on the course in a fixed order, and if you drop an obstacle or exceed the specified time, points will be deducted and you will compete for the least deduction.



On the 3rd, a qualifying round for individual jumping was held at Equestrian Park in Setagaya Ward, Tokyo, and Daisuke Fukushima, Koki Saito, and Eiken Sato participated from Japan.



Fukushima, who was the first Japanese player to appear, entered the race in the 6th place overall, jumped over the obstacles set on the course without mistakes, ran within the specified time of 89 seconds, and there was no deduction.



Saito, who was the 14th runner in the race, did not defeat one obstacle and ran within the specified time, with no points deducted.



The 22nd Sato player, who was the last Japanese player to appear, also deducted only one point over the specified time, and all three players were in the top 30 and decided to advance to the final.



The final will start at 7 pm on the 4th.

Fukushima "He boldly responded to the request"

Fukushima recalled, "I felt a good response from the practice held at the venue in advance. I would like to say thank you very much for responding to my request on the big stage with great courage."



Regarding the colorful obstacles that express Japanese culture, such as the installed Sky Tree, kimono, drums, and geisha, "The obstacles were flashy, and the horses were shrugged in the first half, but they ran smoothly in the second half. I was sick. "

Saito "He concentrated and did a good job."

Saito said, "Amidst many flashy obstacles, I thought that my partner horse, Chirensky, would react a little differently, but he concentrated on doing a good job. I want to go. "

Sato "I was a little wasteful"

Sato said, "I was happy with the performance of the other members, so I wanted to continue," based on the fact that the other two Japanese players ran without any deductions.



On the other hand, regarding the fact that although the obstacle was not dropped, one point was deducted beyond the specified time, "I had never been concerned about the deduction in time, but today it has exceeded, and it is a little wasteful. I looked back.