At the All Japan Weightlifting Championships held in Ehime Prefecture, Mikiko Andoh won the 59 kg class for women and Yoichi Itokazu won the 67 kg class for men, and the representatives of the Tokyo Olympics showed their strength.

On the 29th of the second day of the weightlifting all-Japan championship held in Niihama City, Ehime Prefecture, the women's 59 kg class was held, and Ando, ​​a bronze medalist of this event of the Tokyo Olympics, participated.

Ando made it to the 90km mark in the tournament record in the first half of the "snatch", which raised the barbell all at once, and advanced to the second half in 1st place.


After lifting the barbell to his shoulders, he was good at raising it overhead, "Jerk", which set a new record of 123km for the second time, and set a new record of 125km for the third time.


Ando set a new record of 215km in total, and won the 11th championship in this tournament for 9 consecutive years, including other classes.

In addition, Itozumi, who was fourth in the men's 61 kg class at the Tokyo Olympics, participated in the 67 kg class, which is one class higher than the Olympics.


In the first half of the snatch, Itozumi succeeded in setting a new record of 131km for the second time, and in the third time he succeeded in 134km, which set a new record, and advanced to the second half in 1st place.


Itozumi succeeded in 159 kg in the second jerk and achieved a total of 293 kg, achieving the third straight victory in this class.

Mikiko Andoh "I'll do my best until the 13th victory, two more times until Paris"

Mikiko Andoh, who won the women's 59 kg class, said, "I was able to achieve the jerk because the goal was 95 kg for the snatch and 125 kg for the jerk, but the snatch ended up just trying. There are many challenges, so I hope I can take on the challenge and get along well with this world championship. "



On top of that, he said that he had won the All Japan Championship for the 11th time in a row for 9 years. I was a little conscious of doing it. I have two more tournaments until the Paris Olympics, so I think I'll do my best until the 13th championship. "



Although it was decided that the women's 59 kg class will be held at the Paris Olympics, the fact that the number of classes held at the Paris Games will be reduced from 7 to 5 at the Tokyo Games for both men and women will be "because it will be integrated with the lower and upper classes. It can be expected that it will be much harder to get the world ranking than before. I really don't have time because I have only two years left, but first I get the right to participate in the Olympics, and I can be aware of the medals. I want to spend my time being careful not to get injured so that I can keep a record. "

Yoichi Itokazu "Because I was able to win, it's close to 100 points."

Yoichi Itokazu, who won the men's 67 kg class for the third consecutive time, said, "I'm really happy that I was able to move up to the next higher class and win the third consecutive title because I originally participated in the 61 kg class. I think I can't win in the world if I can't fight, so it was a big momentum. I had a little pain in my right knee and I couldn't get the training I wanted, but I was able to set a record and win the championship, so I got a perfect score of 100 points. I think I was able to bring it closer to. "



Both the Rio de Janeiro Games and the Tokyo Games were in 4th place, and based on the result that they did not reach the medal one step further, "I was too eager to win a medal at the Tokyo Olympics, and I was scooped up at my feet, so I could not do my original attempt. I think that if you enjoy this competition from the bottom of your heart, you will see the value of new weightlifting, and now that is the theme. "



Regarding the fact that the original men's 61 kg class will be held at the Paris Olympics, "If you do not win the qualifying, you will not be able to participate in the Olympics, so you can take it to each competition with 100% power. I want to make adjustments so that I can enjoy this competition from the bottom of my heart and thank the people around me. I want to push forward with all my might toward the Paris Olympics two years from now. "