Ryutaro Araga, who won the bronze medal on the 7th in the new competition of the Tokyo Olympics, a class of karate men's kumite over 75 kg, met and said, "I am full of relief and gratitude."

Araga lost in the semi-finals on the 7th in the Tokyo Olympics, a class of over 75 kg of karate men's kumite, but won the bronze medal because there was no third place playoff.



Araga met in Tokyo on the 8th and said, "It wasn't the gold medal I was aiming for, but I was relieved and grateful that I managed to win the medal."



Regarding winning the first medal as a Japanese player in the new competition, karate kumite, he said, "I received a message on SNS etc. that I was impressed. I felt that it was meaningful to do my best by itself." did.



Regarding the future, he said, "Karate has not been adopted as a competition for the next Paris Games, but I would like to train athletes who can win gold medals when it becomes an Olympic competition in the future."



In the new competition, Karate, Japan won a gold medal for Ryo Kiyuna in the men's form, a silver medal for Kiyou Shimizu in the women's form, and a bronze medal for Araga in the men's kumite, for a total of three medals.

Thanks to the locals

At the press conference, Ryutaro Araga thanked the local people in Kyoto, saying, "In Kameoka City, we had a supporter's association and many people supported us. The local cheers helped us." I did.