Yoshihiro Nitta, a veteran who won the third gold medal at the previous tournament, said, "I want to prepare without regrets" when the Japanese national team for skiing and cross-country skiing aiming to win a medal at the Beijing Paralympics in March next year has opened a training camp. He talked about his enthusiasm for the 7th Paralympic Games.
From the 25th of this month, the Japanese national team of Paracross Country is working on the finalization of summer training centered on improving physical fitness in Aomori Prefecture.
Five athletes, including 41-year-old Nitta and 20-year-old Taiki Kawayoke, both of whom have been nominated to represent the Beijing Paralympics, participated in the training camp. I used it to practice climbing a 1.5-kilometer hill.
Nitta, who has won three gold medals at the Paralympics and has positioned the next Beijing tournament as the last tournament in active duty, withdrew in the middle of practice due to the peeling of his heels, but at the adult world championship. Hope's winner, Kawaseki, maintained a rhythmic run even on a steep slope, and the adjustments seemed to be smooth.
Kawaseki said, "The upper body has been strengthened by the core and strength training that we are focusing on, and the form is slipping as we wish. I want to face the Beijing tournament by myself, who has grown further."
Nitta said, "Last season I had a long time when I couldn't practice because of an injury, but I'm feeling better. The result will come to the end, so I want to prepare without regrets."
The training camp for the Japanese national team in Aomori Prefecture is until the 30th, and the team will continue the training camp in Japan after that, and will participate in the World Cup in Canada in December, the World Championship in Norway in January next year, and the Beijing Paralympics in March. I'm going to face.