The Japan Championships in Skateboarding will open in Ibaraki Prefecture on the 10th.
It is expected that top athletes will participate in domestic competitions for the first time after the Olympics, including the entry of multiple athletes who won medals at the Tokyo Olympics.
The Japanese skateboarding championship, which will start on the 10th in Kasama City, Ibaraki Prefecture, will have two events, a "street" where men and women slide on a course with stairs and handrails, and a "park" which is held on a mortar-shaped course. I will.
Of these, on Women's Street, Kabuki Nishiya, who won the gold medal at the age of 13 at the Tokyo Olympics, has entered.
In addition, top athletes are expected to participate in domestic competitions for the first time after the Olympics, such as the entry of Kaishinna, who won the silver medal at the Tokyo Olympics, in the women's park.
In addition, 20-year-old Sora Shirai, who finished 3rd in this year's world championship, will also participate in Men's Street, and will restart from the Tokyo Olympics, which finished 9th, aiming for the next Paris tournament. ..
In the Japanese skateboarding championship, after qualifying on the 10th, the street final will be held on the 11th and the park final will be held on the 12th, the final day.
Sora Shirai restarts to the Paris Olympics
One of the hottest players in the Japanese skateboarding championship is Sora Shirai, 20 years old on Men's Street.
Shirai has a highly original technique, and was expected to win a medal at the Tokyo Olympics after finishing 3rd in the World Championships in June.
However, at the Olympics, mistakes continued in the qualifying and the top eight players could not advance to the final, resulting in 9th place.
Shirai said, "I was disappointed that I couldn't do any of the techniques I wanted to show at the Olympics, but I can't finish it as it is, and I don't want to have that experience again at the Olympics. I'm doing it. "
After the Tokyo Olympics, we practiced about 5 days a week at our base in Samukawa Town, Kanagawa Prefecture, and jumped on the rails while rotating a new board called "Big Spin Flip Lip Slide" vertically and horizontally in the air. I also learned the big skill of sliding down.
Shirai has positioned this Japan Championship, which has been the actual battle since the Tokyo Olympics, as a place to restart for the Paris Games. I'm glad to receive it. I'm excited because it's been a long time since the tournament. I want to do a technique that no one has done, so please pay attention to it. "