17-year-old Yusai Kasahara won the All Japan Championship for the first time in nine years as a high school student, using the words of a great senior who supported Japanese girls.

The only winners of the past seven tournaments were Mai Murakami, who won the bronze medal at the Tokyo Olympics as an ace until last year, and Asuka Teramoto, who retired from this tournament for a long time after pulling a Japanese girl for a long time. ..



In the tournament where a lot of teenagers competed for the championship in the midst of a generational change, 19-year-old Chiharu Yamada, who faced the final at the top of the qualifying, was on the second uneven bars and had a great difficulty in E. After deciding on a technique, he took the lead at this point with a score that exceeded the qualifying.



However, her score did not increase, such as falling on the balance beam of the third kind, which was the task.



17-year-old Shoko Miyata, who won second place in the national high school championship last year, took the lead on the first vault, but she made the mistake of falling again on the uneven bars that fell in the qualifying.



Kasahara overcame the pressure among young people who had little experience on the big stage, and showed a stable performance in all four events.



Kasahara has a performance composition that emphasizes the E-score that shows the performance of her technique, and she is the only one in the top ranks, marking the 8-point range with an E-score of 10 points in the third event except Yuka.



She was 9.000, especially on the vault, and she was able to perform a "beautiful gymnastics" that stretched firmly to the tips of her toes.

The words of a great senior who supported 17 years old

The words of a great senior, Asuka Teramoto, supported the 17-year-old who lost in qualifying last year.



Both of them are from Aichi prefecture, and the gymnastics club is the same, and Mr. Teramoto, who worked hard and received advice together, said, "Because she has the ability, act with confidence."



After the match, Kasahara said, "I think this word led to a fun performance. There is pressure that Mr. Teramoto and others will retire and their grades will not be pulled. I have not caught up with my ability yet, so I will practice more. I want to catch up. "



Hikaru Tanaka, General Manager of the Women's Gymnastics Association of Japan, said about the younger players in this tournament, "I think there is still room for improvement in the score. I want you to do it. "



Japanese gymnastics girls who have retired one after another.



First of all, Kasahara gave his name as to who would fill the hole.