Snowboard gold medal Ayumu Hirano interviews "Max was able to come out"

Ayumu Hirano, the first Japanese player to win a gold medal at the Olympic snowboard, met and said, "I was able to get Max in my performance."

Hirano won the gold medal in the men's half-pipe final of the Beijing Olympics by succeeding in the "Triple Cork 1440", a big skill that rotates the axis diagonally three times vertically and four times horizontally.

This is the first time a Japanese player has won a gold medal on an Olympic snowboard.

After the competition, Hirano attended a press conference of the medalist and said about the third run that reversed the top player, "I was able to put out the best run at the last minute, including practice. Air height, landing, perfection I was able to put out everything cleanly. I was able to put out Max with my current performance. I am very convinced. "

He then said, "I've been taking on challenges for four years since the last tournament, and I've achieved that."

Hirano participated in the skateboarding of the Tokyo Games held six months ago and challenged this tournament as a dual wield. It made me stronger in the past. "

On the other hand, he said about the most difficult triple cork 1440 that he succeeded in the final, "I've been thinking about routines that only I can do. I think the birth of triple cork has changed the times."

Skateboard coach Tetsuji Sai "Immeasurable"

At the Tokyo Olympics skateboard where Ayumu Hirano participated last year, Tetsuji Sai, who was the coach of the Japanese national team, said, "I felt relaxed, so I thought that I would be satisfied with the results." Did.

Also, regarding the impression that Hirano was working on skateboarding, he said, "I enjoyed the situation of pushing myself, and I wanted to check the limits. I was enthusiastic about practicing and made efforts where no one was looking. I was there. "

When it was decided to postpone the Tokyo Olympics for one year, he said, "There is not enough time until the Beijing Games." "I think the period from the Tokyo Games to the Beijing Games was only half a year, and I was impatient. Now, I felt that I could afford to switch and make it in time if I concentrated on skateboarding. "

Regarding the merits of working on skateboarding, "The players around me enjoyed skateboarding, and Hirano also said,'I was more relaxed than the snowboarding tournament.' I think I was able to do it, which led to my mental growth. "

On top of that, he said, "It's really immeasurable. It was a more memorable slide than the gold medal."

Skateboard medalists also congratulate

Tokyo Olympic skateboarding medalists posted a congratulatory message on social media.

Yuto Horigome, who won the gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics skateboarding men's street in the same grade as Hirano, posted "Congratulations on Ayumu" on his Twitter with the gold medal pictogram.

In addition, Sakura Yosozumi, a gold medalist at the women's park, posted a photo of the two of them on her Instagram, saying, "Congratulations on Ayumu-kun's gold medal. The world's first triple cork 1440 was ridiculous. Execution is really amazing. "