For the World Championships to be held in Hungary in June, a tournament that also serves as a selection for the Japanese national team was held in Shizuoka Prefecture, and 15-year-old Rikuto Tamai, who won the Tokyo Olympics, jumped into the men's board. I participated in the qualifying and advanced to the final in 3rd place.
The tournament, which also serves as a selection for the Japanese national team, is held in Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka Prefecture, from the 10th to the 4th.
On the 10th, 15-year-old Tamai, who finished 7th in the men's high diving at the Tokyo Olympics and won the prize for the first time in 21 years as a Japanese player in this event, participated in the board diving qualifying.
Tamai couldn't improve his score due to mistakes in the 4th and 5th performances, but in the 6th performance he decided to "5337D", which he took forward and flipped back once and a half while twisting three and a half times. Marking a high score of 82.25, he passed the qualifying in 3rd place with a total of 406.95 in the 6th inning and advanced to the final on the 11th.
In addition, Haruki Suyama, who won the men's board diving in the Japan Championship last September, was ranked 1st at 451.65, Hiroki Ito, who participated in the Tokyo Olympics, was 4th, and Sho Sakai was 5th. I decided.
Tamai said, "I'm not satisfied that I was able to perform well. I made a mistake when I was not good at it, so I want to fix it in the final."
Also, regarding the fact that the world championship scheduled for May in Fukuoka City was postponed to next summer and then decided to be held in Hungary in June, "I was a little confused, but I switched. If there is a match, I'll just do my best for it. "