Yuta Matsumura, who was the commander of the Japanese national team and skipped at the Curling Men's World Championship last year, joined the team of Yusuke Morozumi, the representative of the PyeongChang Olympics, and will participate in the Milan Cortina d'Ampezzo tournament four years later. I decided to aim.
32-year-old Matsumura is playing an active part as one of the best skips in Japan with the power to assemble the strategy and accurate shots, and the curling team of "Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo" in Sapporo city to which he belonged until last year's Japan Championship 3 We have achieved consecutive victories.
However, at last year's World Championships, where the right to participate in the Beijing Olympics was required, Matsumura left the team in March after finishing 6th in the qualifying league and failing to participate in the Japanese men's two consecutive Olympics. I was looking for a new team.
On the 6th, Matsumura announced that he will join the team "TM Karuizawa" in Nagano prefecture, to which Yusuke Morozumi, the representative of the Pyeongchang tournament, and his younger brother Yusuke Morozumi belong.
Ryokaku led a Japanese boy to the Olympics for the first time in 20 years four years ago, and the two top players in the country are aiming for the Milan Cortina d'Ampezzo tournament four years later.
In curling, Japan has shown world-class ability such as women winning the silver medal, which is the second consecutive medal in the Beijing Games, while boys have missed the Beijing Games, and they will make a comeback four years later. I will plan.
Yuta Matsumura "Curling with the same team as Ryokaku"
Yuta Matsumura said, "In order to continue curling, I have a strong desire to win in the world, so I applied to join the team. Also, I have a strong desire to curl with the same team as Yusuke Morozumi. There was. "
"I feel that by joining the team, I can contribute to making TM Karuizawa a stronger team. I want to do my best step by step to become a team that can win the world with the five members of the team." I talked about enthusiasm.
Yusuke Morozumi "Enliven the curling of boys firmly"
Yusuke Morozumi said, "I had a long relationship with Yuta Matsumura, and there were conversations that could only be understood by the same skips. In aiming for the world, with the addition of Matsumura, strategic options as a team will increase at the same time. I hope that it will be very inspiring for the members of the team, including myself. I will do my best to make the boys' curling more exciting. "