With the opening of the Beijing Paralympics on the 4th, the official practice of the last downhill skiing before the performance was held at the alpine skiing venue, and Momoka Muraoka, whose birthday is the 3rd, is the top time of the day in the class where girls sit and ski. Marked.
At the "National Alpine Ski Center" in Yanqing, a suburb of Beijing, the final official practice of downhill skiing was held on the 3rd, and eight athletes from Japan who are planning to participate in this event participated.
Of these, Muraoka, a girl who won a silver medal in this event of the previous Pyeongchang tournament, fell down on the first day of the official practice and was the third time on the second day, but it was stable on the third day. In the turn, the time was multiplied by a coefficient according to the degree of slipping obstacle, and marked 1 minute 29 seconds 78, which was the top among the 6 participants.
Muraoka said, "I'm struggling on a difficult course, but I'm gradually improving and stepping up. It's a course where I have to think carefully and slide, and I hope I can slide not only with momentum but also with sharpness." I told you.
Muraoka said on the 3rd, his 25th birthday, "I thought my birthday was still ahead, but it wasn't long after I entered Beijing. I'm nervous and it's about to start. I want to put out all my strength and make a slip that I think was fun. "
On the 5th, the day after the opening ceremony, alpine skiing will be the first event for men and women.