Reira Iwabuchi of the Snowboard Women's Big Air, who was in 4th place following the previous Pyeongchang tournament, challenged the big skill of 3 vertical rotations, which is considered to be the most difficult for women.
Although they failed in landing, the players who participated gathered to praise Iwabuchi's challenge.
Iwabuchi, who finished 4th in the previous tournament, was preparing a secret plan for winning the medal of this tournament.
It is a big skill "front side triple underflip" of 3 rotations vertically, which is considered to be the most difficult for girls.
Iwabuchi has been making preparations, saying, "In order to win a medal at the Olympics, it will be necessary to make three vertical rotations."
In the final on the 15th, she finished her second and finished fourth, and she made a big move in her final third run, aiming to win a medal in the reversal.
She turned once, twice, and three times vertically and seemed to have succeeded in landing, but after that she couldn't stand up and unfortunately failed.
Even so, the players who finished the run rushed to Iwabuchi and praised the bold challenge to the big skill.
At the Tokyo Olympics in the summer, there was a scene in which another player rushed to praise Aoi Okamoto, who missed the medal while continuing to challenge difficult techniques at the women's park on skateboarding. Many players praised Iwabuchi's challenge in the game, and the venue gave a big applause.
Iwabuchi said, "I'm very glad that the players who competed with me were pleased."
Austrian Anna Gasser, who won the championship for the second time in a row in this event, said, "I was very impressed when I saw Reira's slip before the run. It pushed the backs of all the players. I respect him, "said the gold medalist.
Father's words that supported the challenge "Efforts to satisfy yourself are not efforts"
It was my father's words that supported Reira Iwabuchi's challenge.
Iwabuchi, who came to the previous tournament at the age of 16, failed to land in her last performance, and she did not reach the medal slightly.
Iwabuchi, who finished the season with her feelings depressed, says that the words of her father, Kazuhiro, touched her heart.
That is the phrase, "I'm not doing it to the point of regret. Efforts that satisfy me are not efforts."
She said, "The words of her father gave me an opportunity to do my best," Iwabuchi later decided that she would aim for the Olympics again.
In addition to her core such as her abdominal muscles and back muscles, she has also focused on improving her mentality so that she can exert her strength in the game.
Before the match, she wrote down her feelings on her cell phone's notepad so that she wouldn't feel reluctant, and trained her to enter the match with a stable feeling.
Before her third run, when she tried to challenge her big move in the final on the 15th, Iwabuchi said, "She wasn't so nervous, she was able to concentrate on what she was doing." She was in a good mental state.
She unfortunately failed to land and was unsuccessful, but she was able to demonstrate the four years of effort that began with her parent-child bond in the form of her last major challenge.