Asuka Teramoto, a gymnastic girl who participated in the Olympics twice, held a press conference to retire from active duty and looked back on her competitive life, saying, "It was a happy gymnastic life."
Teramoto is 26 years old from Aichi prefecture.
He has participated in the Olympic Games for the second time in a row since the 2012 London Games, and in the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games, he finished 4th in the group and 8th in the individual overall, achieving the first prize in 52 years as a Japanese player. I did.
Last year's Tokyo tournament announced that he would retire from active duty at the end of this month's All Japan Championship, as he was unable to represent him due to injuries such as the rupture of his left foot.
At a press conference held in Yao City, Osaka, where the head office of his company is located, Teramoto took the stage in a suit with a short hairstyle that he said was the shortest in his life, and explained why he decided to retire in Tokyo. It broke at the Olympics and did not return to its original state, and the condition of the legs that came while protecting the old wounds was the limit to the amount of practice to fight in the world. "
He then said with a radiant expression, "I am blessed with the people around me and have a happy gymnastic life and now it is very refreshing."
Regarding the future, he said, "I want to contribute to the gymnastics world in the future, but I haven't had the experience of giving advice to athletes as a coach yet, so I'd like to study from now on and be able to support the national team in the next few years." I was there.