A general meeting of the Japanese team was held before the Tokyo Olympics closed on the night of the 8th, and Mitsugi Ogata said that the number of medals won by Japan was the highest ever at the NTC = National Training Center. He continued to strengthen in Japan and played an active part in new competitions.

Japan won a total of 58 medals at the Tokyo Olympics, including 27 gold, 14 silver and 17 bronze, the highest number of gold medals and the total number of medals ever.



Regarding this, General Manager Ogata of the Japanese team held a press conference on the afternoon of the 8th, based on the initial goal of "30 gold medals", "in a situation where we did not expect to postpone the tournament for one year. We were able to achieve results that were as close to our goals as possible. We were able to respond to record-high support from the government and sponsor companies with record-high results. "



Specific factors include the continuous strengthening of the NTC, which opened in 2008, the success of new competitions, and the sharing of know-how among competition groups represented by "heat countermeasures."



In addition, the JOC = Japanese Olympic Committee cites the "elite academy," which educates promising junior and senior high school students as gifted at the opening of the NTC, as a factor, and 10 people who grew up here participated and 5 people won medals. However, I also emphasized that four people won the prize as a result.



On top of that, while it is expected that the government will reduce the cost of strengthening athletes in the future, "It is important to verify whether the money spent has really led to results, and I think we should remove the areas where the effect was weak." He emphasized the idea of ​​urgently analyzing and verifying with the competition groups for the Paris Games three years from now.



The Japanese team will hold a private demobilization ceremony on the evening of the 8th, and then attend the closing ceremony.