Kohei Uchimura, who won the Olympic gymnastics for the second consecutive time in the individual all-around and the world championship for the sixth consecutive time, and had a press conference for retirement on the 14th, will be appointed as the "advisor coach" of the Japan Gymnastics Association.
The Japan Gymnastics Association has held an online Managing Board meeting.
Among them, the Gymnastics Men's Strengthening Headquarters selected three players, including Uchimura, as the newly established "advisor coach" so that the athletes who had a track record in the Olympic Games could be instructed.
Uchimura left an overwhelming record of winning the Olympics for the second consecutive time and the world championship for the sixth consecutive time, and held a retirement press conference on the 14th.
In addition, Kenzo Shirai, who won a gold medal at the Rio de Janeiro Games and retired last year, and Kohei Kameyama, who participated in the Tokyo Games last summer, will be appointed.
At the other meeting, Daiki Hashimoto, who won the gold medal in the all-around of the Tokyo tournament, was selected as the representative of Japan for the world championship scheduled to be held in the United Kingdom from October.
It means that he evaluated his achievements in the Tokyo tournament.