The official practice of the Beijing Paralympics and Snowboard Cross, which was canceled on the 4th due to strong winds, was held on the 5th, and Japanese snowboard team players such as Daichi Oguri made the final adjustments for the actual performance. I did.
Snowboard cross is a competition to compete for ranking by sliding on a course with humps, curves, jumping platforms, etc. On the 6th, qualifying will start at "Genting Snow Park" in Zhangjiakou, Hebei Province.
The official practice scheduled for the 4th was canceled due to strong winds, so the official practice, which was the only opportunity before the performance, was held on the 5th.
In the final tournament of Snowboard Cross, four players are supposed to slide together, and representatives from Japan such as Oguri, who will participate in the Paralympics for the second consecutive tournament, and Keiji Okamoto, who won the World Cup overall champion last season. Six athletes slipped together with three or four to confirm the slip that was supposed to be in production.
In this course, it seems that the point of the game is how to get on the speed after the first curve and the last straight part, and the players made final adjustments such as taking the course until entering the curve.
Oguri said, "I thought this course was big and speedy, but when I actually skated, it was an interesting course because of the technical part. It's quite different from the feeling I was practicing in Japan, so I got used to it first. I want to make adjustments so that I can make a good slide. "
The snowboard cross will be qualifying on the 6th and the final on the 7th.