The all-Japan championship of weight lifting started in Ehime prefecture, and last year's world championship silver medalist Rira Suzuki won the first victory in the women's 49 kg class, which is expected to be active in the Paris Olympics.
The Weightlifting All Japan Championship has begun in Niihama City, Ehime Prefecture.
The women's 49-kilometer class held on the 28th is the class in which Hiromi Miyake, who won two medals at the Olympic Games and has been leading women for many years as a leading figure, participated.
Since Mr. Miyake retired from active duty at the end of the Tokyo Olympics, it is expected that the players who will follow Mr. Miyake will play an active role in the Paris Olympics two years later.
Of these, 23-year-old Suzuki, who won the silver medal at the World Championships in December last year, succeeded in setting a new record of 81 km for the third time in the first half of the "snatch" that raised the barbell at once, and took first place. I proceeded to the second half.
After lifting the barbell to the shoulder once, she succeeded in 106 kg in the final third time with the "jerk" on her head, marking the new record of 187 kg in total and the first victory in this class. Played.
In addition, 25-year-old Ibuki Takahashi, who won the bronze medal at the world championship last year, tried to break his own Japanese record of 113km in Jerk's third attempt, but failed and finished second with a total of 182km. It wasn't the third straight victory.
Rira Suzuki "Medal at the Paris Olympics"
Rira Suzuki, who won the women's 49kg class for the first time, said, "It was a very tense match, but I'm really happy to win the first victory. I thought that I would definitely win with the feeling that I had to take it and fight, "he said.
Suzuki, who is 1 meter and 46 centimeters tall, said she was practicing kendo when she was in junior high school, and she said, "Kendo is often defeated at a disadvantage if you are short, and she was disappointed." I looked back on those days.
The high school I entered happened to have a weightlifting club, and I was advised that there is a possibility of participating in national competitions and winning medals because there are many people who start from high school because of the class system. I talked about.
The 49-kilometer class was the class in which Hiromi Miyake, a leading weightlifting girl, participated. I was fighting on the front line from the beginning. I want to overcome it because of my longing, so I want to pull Japan beyond Miyake's record. This record is not the weight to win a medal in the world, so now I think it's the starting point and I'm going to set a new record, and I'll do my best to win the medal at the Paris Olympics. "