Yuma Kagiyama, who won the silver medal in the men's singles for figure skating at the Beijing Olympics, and Shoma Uno, who won the bronze medal, spoke at a press conference on the 11th, saying "I want to praise myself." ..

In the men's figure skating single on the 10th, 18-year-old Kagiyama won the silver medal at the first Olympic appearance, and Uno won the bronze medal, which is the second consecutive medal.



On the 11th, the two of them held a press conference at the main press center in Beijing, and Kagiyama said, "All of my efforts are put into this silver medal. Now I want to praise myself for drawing out 100%." I looked back.



On top of that, Kagiyama said, "I want to do my best with the gold medal as my goal four years from now. It will be very important for the next four years, so I want to create a new self with new types and expressions of quadruple jumps." I did.



Uno said, "The Olympics are not the break in my skating life. I want to challenge everything I can do right away to improve the accuracy of the jump and the perfection of the performance."



Yuzuru Hanyu, who challenged the four-and-a-half-turn jump in this tournament, said, "I think there will be many people who will try the four-and-a-half-turn jump in the wake of Hanyu's performance. I can't say that, but with Kagiyama and two new players, there are more and more new players in Japan, so we all want to carry the pressure on our backs and compete with each other. "