Kaori Sakamoto, who won the bronze medal in the women's singles for figure skating at the Beijing Olympics, was awarded a medal on the night of the 18th.
Sakamoto finished 3rd in the short program of the first half of the women's figure skating singles, and faced the free time in the second half of the 17th.
She performed with a high degree of perfection, including seven successful jumps with almost no mistakes, and she scored a total of 233.13, breaking her personal best and winning a bronze medal.
This is the fourth Japanese player to win a medal in this event for the first time in three tournaments.
On the night of the 18th, a medal award ceremony was held at the Medal Plaza in Beijing, and Sakamoto entered the venue with a smile and waving his hand.
She and when she was called her name, she jumped up to the podium and expressed her joy, hung her bronze medal she received on her neck, and she had a satisfying look on her face. rice field.
And before she left, she was showing medals from the stage to the Japanese national team officials who came to the venue.
In an interview after the award ceremony, Sakamoto said, "I've doubled or tripled the joy of receiving a medal. I had a hard time for four years, but now I'm trying to get this medal. I think it was necessary. I would like to thank the teachers and family for their support. "
The IOC = International Olympic Committee has stated that the ranking of Wariewa is tentative due to the doping problem of Camilla Wariewa of the ROC = Russian Olympic Committee, so the result of the women's single will also be provisional.