Five men and women, including Kazuki Yoshinaga, have been nominated to represent the short track speed skating at the Beijing Olympics, which will start in February next year.
Based on the results of this season's World Cup, Japan has won four men's and three women's slots in the Beijing Olympics short track.
In response to this, the Japan Skating Federation prioritized the membership of relay events aimed at winning medals, and at the board meeting held on the 15th, approved the appointment of three men and two women.
The representatives were Yoshinaga, the representative of the Pyeongchang tournament, Kota Kikuchi and Shogo Miyata, both of whom will be participating for the first time, and Yuki Kikuchi and Sumire Kikuchi, both of whom will be participating in the two consecutive tournaments. I'm a player.
The remaining one male and one female will be announced after the All Japan Championships in Osaka on the 18th and 19th of this month.
Kazuki Yoshinaga participated in two consecutive Olympic Games
Kazuki Yoshinaga is 22 years old from Aichi prefecture.
It has the characteristic of overtaking from the inside that makes the best use of speed, and is good at 1500 meters.
He participated in the last Pyeongchang tournament at the youngest age of 18 in short track boys.
After that, he won the World Cup 1500 meters three years ago for the first time in 17 years as a Japanese male player, and at 1000 meters in the World Cup Round 1 held at the same venue in Beijing as the Olympic Games in October. We will steadily strengthen ourselves, such as winning the 4th place, and face the second Olympics.
Kota Kikuchi First appearance in the Olympics
Kota Kikuchi is 24 years old from Nagano prefecture.
This is my first time to participate in the Olympics.
He specializes in sprinting 500 meters with acceleration from the start, and has won the All Japan Distance Championship in Japan for the second time in a row at 500 meters.
Shogo Miyata Young Hope Double Crown in Domestic Opening Round
Shogo Miyata is an 18-year-old first-year college student from Osaka prefecture.
I am good at developing races to catch up in the second half.
This is a fast-growing young Hope who achieved two crowns at 500 meters and 1000 meters at the All Japan Distance Championship, the opening round of the season in September.
The player I admire is Takafumi Nishitani, a men's 500-meter gold medalist from the same Osaka prefecture in 1998, aiming to win a medal at the Beijing Olympics, which is the same as Mr. Nishitani who won the gold medal at the age of 19. ..
Yuki Kikuchi Participated in two consecutive Olympic Games
Yuki Kikuchi is 31 years old from Nagano prefecture.
This is the second consecutive Olympic participation.
Ayaka, the third daughter of five sisters who won the gold medal at the previous Pyeongchang tournament, speed skating women's group pursuit, is the second daughter, and Moemizu, the representative of the Sochi tournament, is the fourth daughter, and will be the representative of the Beijing tournament in February next year. Junrei, who was unofficially decided, grew up in a skating family called Gojo.
He is good at 1500 meters and is expected to play an active role in a new type of mixed relay.
Yuki Kikuchi's younger sister Junrei also participated in two consecutive Olympic Games
Sumire Kikuchi is 25 years old from Nagano prefecture.
The Olympics are two consecutive appearances.
I am good at developing races that take advantage of my speed, and I regularly participate in speed skating domestic competitions to improve my skills such as moving the center of gravity.
Ayaka, the youngest of five sisters, who won the gold medal at the previous Pyonchan tournament, the women's group of speed skating, Pachute, is the second daughter, and this time, Yuki, who was appointed as the representative of the Beijing tournament in February next year on the short track, is the third daughter. , Sochi tournament representative Moemizu grew up in a skating family called the fourth daughter.