Before the All-Japan Gymnastics Championship, which also serves as the representative selection for the world championship, will start on the 18th, the gold medalist of the Tokyo Olympics, Daiki Hashimoto, and Wataru Tanigawa, who are aiming to become a representative, made final adjustments at the venue.

The selection of representatives for the World Championships will be decided based on the results of the All Japan Championships in April, the NHK Cup last month, and the All Japan Championships starting on the 18th.



There are five men's representative members, of which Hashimoto, who won two gold medals at the Tokyo tournament and won the All Japan Championship and the NHK Cup in a row, Yuya Kamoto, who is second in the NHK Cup, and NHK. Ryosuke Doi, who is in 3rd place in the cup, has already been decided.



The remaining two will be decided by considering how much they can contribute to the score when the members are organized as a group based on the results of the three tournaments selected by the representatives.



The remaining two slots are contested by Wataru Tanigawa, who was first in the NHK Cup vault, Sho, who was the younger brother of Tanigawa and scored high on the NHK Cup pommel horse, and Yosuke Sugino, who is good at pommel horses and horizontal bars. increase.



Of these, Wataru Tanigawa prepared with a light menu, such as stretching carefully.



On the other hand, Hashimoto, who has been selected as the representative of the world championship, will face with higher difficulty performance composition such as "Yonekura" which is the world's highest difficulty in vaulting and "Ri Jong-song" which is the G difficulty in the floor. On the day, I was acting while checking the feel of the pommel horse.



On the other hand, for girls, Ayaka Sakaguchi, who is good at flooring and vaulting, and Urara Ashikawa, who won the gold medal at the horizontal bar of last year's world championship, are competing for the remaining two slots of the world championship representative.



Ashikawa was planning to tackle a new performance composition on the balance beam, which he is good at, and carefully checked each technique.