It will be three months in four days until the opening of the Beijing Olympics in February next year.
International competitions will begin in each competition, such as the World Cup for speed skating, and the selection of representatives for the Olympic Games will begin in earnest.
In the same city as the venue for the early summer in history
The Beijing Olympics, which will be held from February 4th to 17th next year, will be the first winter Olympics to be held in the same city as the summer venue.
It will be three months until the opening, and the selection of representative players for the tournament will begin in earnest from here.
It is a schedule for the selection criteria and representative appointment of each competition.
speed skate
The number of people who can participate in speed skating will be determined by the results of the four World Cup races that will be held from this month to next month.
If Japan wins all the slots, 9 men and 9 women can participate.
Athletes who have achieved good results in the World Cup may be confirmed as a representative on condition that they will participate in the representative selection next month.
Short track
The number of people who can participate will be determined by the results of the World Cup, which will be held in four races including short track speed skating.
If you can win the participation slot in the men's and women's relay, up to 5 men and women will participate, and if you can not get it, 3 people each will participate.
If a player wins a spot in the relay, a maximum of four men and women will be selected from the players who participated in the World Cup relay, and the other players will be selected based on the results of the domestic competition.
Figure skating
In figure skating, men's and women's singles have 3 slots each, pairs have 1 slot, and ice dance has 1 slot.
Of these, the player who won the All Japan Championship next month will be selected as the representative of the men's and women's singles with the highest priority.
The second player is one of the 2nd and 3rd place players in the All Japan Championship, the top 2 players in the Grand Prix Final where the world's top players participate, and the top 3 players in the season's best score officially recognized by the International Skating Union. It is said that it will be judged comprehensively from the inside.
The third person will be judged comprehensively from the players who were not selected from the second person and the top three people in the ranking set by the International Skating Union.
Ski jump
For ski jumping, the representative player is scheduled to be decided in January next year based on the results of the World Cup from last season to this season.
For boys, 10 athletes selected by the Ski Association of Japan will compete for the five slots they have already won.
The target players are Ryoyu Kobayashi, Kobayashi's older brother Junshiro, Yukiya Sato, Keiichi Sato, Naoki Nakamura, and Daiki Ito, who will participate in this season's World Cup. These are four people who will participate in the Continental Cup, which is the lower part of the cup.
Women will be selected as representatives who have achieved good results, such as being in the 8th place or twice in the 10th place in the individual World Cup competitions that will be held last season and until January 17th next year.
Ski Nordic combined
Five representatives will be selected for the Ski Nordic Combined based on the results of the World Cup, which will be held until last season and January next year.
Akito Watabe, a silver medal player for the second consecutive Olympic Games, and Ryota Yamamoto, who finished third in the team sprint teamed up with Watanabe at the World Cup last season, are expected to be representatives.
Ski freestyle moguls, aerial, ski crosses, etc.
Ski freestyle moguls, aerial skis, and ski crosses will be selected around mid-January next year based on the results of the World Championships and World Cup from last season to this season.
Of these, the men's moguls are considered to be the most promising representatives of ace Ikuma Horishima, who won the bronze medal at this year's world championships.
Ski cross country
Ski cross-country skiing in the World Cup last season and this season, either at least once in 10th place, at least twice in 15th place, and at least 3 times in 20th place, or this season A maximum of four men and women will be selected from among the athletes who meet the criteria, such as winning or finishing second in the All Japan Championship.
Ski alpine
For ski alpine skiing, four men and four men will be selected from players who meet the criteria such as achieving good results in the World Cup last season and this season, or being in the top 10 in the Europa League to be held until mid-January next year. It has become.
snow board
For snowboarding, representative players will be selected in mid-January next year based on the results of last season's and this season's world championships and World Cup.
If Japan wins the quota, a maximum of 4 men and women can participate in each event.
Half pipe
Halfpipe's selection criteria are those who have achieved at least one 12th place finish in the World Championships and World Cups last season and this season.
If more than one player clears this criterion, the player with the highest total points set by the federation in the two top-performing tournaments of the World Championship, World Cup and All Japan Championship will be selected.
Yuto Totsuka, who is expected to win a medal at the Olympics, has won the world championship last season and won two World Cup tournaments, so the federation says that he is "closest to the national team" at this point.
In addition to Ayumu Hirano, who won the silver medal for the second consecutive Olympic Games, the ability of young players is growing, and high-level competition for representatives will continue until January next year.
Slopestyle, big air
Slopestyle and Big Air need to be ranked high in last season's and this season's World Championships and World Cup.
Specifically, you will be required to finish in 3rd place last season, or advance to the finals or finish 12th in last season and this season's tournament.
The federation has announced that it will prioritize the players who finished in 3rd place in last season's tournament, and among the girls, Reira Iwabuchi, Kokomo Murase, and Miyabi Onitsuka have already met the selection criteria. ..
Snowboard alpine
Alpine is required to finish in 8th place in the World Championships and World Cups last season and this season, and to be in 10th place at least twice in total for the two seasons.
Tomoka Takeuchi, a silver medalist in the Sochi tournament who is aiming to participate in six consecutive tournaments, has already met the standard by finishing seventh in the parallel giant slalom of the world championship last season.
Snowboard cross
Snowboard crosses are required to finish at least once in 8th place in the World Championships and World Cups last season and this season.
Biathlon
Biathlon is scheduled to be selected as a national team player in mid-January next year based on the results of international competitions such as the World Cup scheduled to start this month.
Bobsleigh, skeleton, rouge
Bobsleighs, skeletons, and luges will be selected from teams and individuals who have won a certain number of points for each ranking in the competitions organized by the International Federation until mid-January next year.
curling
In the final qualifying round of the world to be held next month, the team that won the quota will be selected as the representative for curling, with men and women in 3rd place and mixed doubles in 2nd place.
Since there are many cases in which international competitions were not held or could not be participated from Japan due to the influence of the new coronavirus last season, each competition group strengthened players and overseas while selecting representatives for the Olympic Games this season. We will continue to collect the latest information on athletes.