Boxing gold medal Sena Irie "I want to do my best to expand the competitive population"

Featherweight Sena Irie, who won the gold medal for the first time as a female Japanese player at the Tokyo Olympics and boxing representatives from Japan, said, "I am surprised at the gold medal. I will do my best to expand the competition population in the future. I want to do it. "

A total of six Japanese national teams, including four boys and two girls, participated in the Tokyo Olympics boxing, winning three medals, the most in one tournament.

On the 11th, all the representatives held an online debriefing session, and among them, Sena Irie, a featherweight player who won the gold medal at the Olympic Games for the first time as a Japanese female player, said, "I was surprised and really surprised that I got the gold medal. "I'm happy," he said. "I'd like to do my best to expand the competitive population so that women's boxing will be more interested in women's boxing and more people will want to do boxing."

In addition, the flyweight Tsukimi Namiki, who won the bronze medal, said, "I'm really happy that I was able to win the bronze medal on the stage of my dreams. I'm just grateful for the support of the people around me. I want to do my best to make boxing more exciting. "

Ryomei Tanaka, a men's flyweight who won the bronze medal, said, "I really enjoyed practicing for the Olympics with everyone. I feel a little sad after the tournament and want to take a break for a while." ..

Narimatsu abstaining due to injury "Watching games on TV and the Internet is interesting"

In boxing at the Tokyo Games, all six men and women representing Japan broke through the first round.

Of these, Daisuke Narimatsu, a men's lightweight player, was the only one to participate in two consecutive tournaments and abstained from the second round due to a forehead injury.

Narimatsu said, "I was in the hospital room most of the time and watched the games on TV and the Internet, but I honestly feel that the Olympics are really interesting. I think the Olympics will continue for a long time, so I will give a lot to young people. I want you to aim for it. "

Men's welterweight Sewon Okazawa said, "Honestly, I haven't completely recovered yet, but I'm happy that many people have seen amateur boxing. I'm sure at the Paris tournament. I want to win a gold medal and show my recovery. "

Yuito Moriwaki, a middleweight men, said, "I have the greatest feeling that I enjoyed playing with this team. I want to do my best for the World Championships, the Asian Games, and the Paris Olympics in the future."