Also pay attention to the "chair skis" that have been improved and repeated in the Paralympics.

The Beijing Paralympics and Alpine skiing will start from the men's and women's downhill skiing on the 5th, and Momoka Muraoka and Taiki Morii, who are expected to win medals in the sitting and skiing class, will be on the big stage once every four years with improved chair skiing. I will face you.

Alpine skiing begins on the 5th at the "National Alpine Ski Center" in Yanqing, a suburb of Beijing.

Muraoka, who is expected to win a gold medal for the second consecutive tournament, and Morii, who has won four silver medals and one bronze medal at the Paralympics, have improved their custom-made chair skis with the cooperation of Toyota Motor Corporation and others to which they belong. Has been piled up.

The know-how cultivated in the development of the car is also utilized for the improvement, and the part of the windbreak called "cowl" that completely covers the foot is the result of trial and error in the shape while repeating wind tunnel experiments, etc. It means that the air resistance was reduced by 9% compared to the one used at the Chan tournament.

In addition, the "suspension", which supports the sitting part and connects it to the skis, which is also called the "role of the human knee", has been improved so that it moves smoothly even when the temperature is low, making it easier to absorb shocks even on rough snow. rice field.

Morii is so particular about outrigger skiing that he says, "Alpine skiing is a mind, skill, body, and equipment." From practice, he repeatedly made fine adjustments such as seat height and spring strength according to the course and snow quality, and Beijing. I have tried more than 100 patterns for the tournament.

Morii continued to make fine adjustments to the chair skis even after entering Beijing, saying, "The tools are heading in a very good direction, so it's my responsibility to operate them. I want to ski in a way that makes me think. "

Tomohito Enomoto, the project leader of the team that makes chair skis, said, "Morii's long-cherished gold medal is also our dream. We want to support him so that he can start with confidence."