Mana Kawabe, who was appointed as the representative of the Beijing Olympics in the women's singles for figure skating, revealed her practice and expressed her enthusiasm for the tournament where she participated for the first time, saying, "I want to do my best to perform."

17-year-old Kawabe has achieved rapid growth by improving the accuracy of the triple Axel this season, and was appointed as the first Olympic representative by finishing 3rd in the All Japan Championship in December last year, which also served as the representative selection for the Beijing Olympics.

On the 11th, the state of the practice was disclosed to the press at the link in Uji City, Kyoto Prefecture, and in the triple Axel practice, the flow until the jump was carefully confirmed.



In addition, while receiving guidance from the coach, I repeated the detailed choreography of the upper body of the step sequence many times to memorize it in my body to strengthen the expressiveness that I am working hardest.

After the practice was over, he smiled when he was given a banner with a cheering message written by a fellow practicing on the same link.



Kawabe said with a smile, "I'm excited and have a strong desire to go early. I'm looking forward to meeting various athletes in the Olympic Village."



After that, he said, "I wanted to jump when I saw the triple Axel that Mao Asada decided for free in the Sochi tournament. I want to do my best so that I can jump in the actual performance. Anyway, I want to enjoy the tournament and perform as hard as I can." Told.