In less than two months before the basketball women's World Cup, Maki Takada, a candidate for the Japanese national team and a core member, said in an interview, "I want to win the World Cup first in order to win the gold medal at the Paris Olympics." ..
The Basketball Women's World Cup will be held in Australia from September 22nd with 12 teams participating, and if they win, they will be eligible for the Paris Olympics.
The qualifying round will be divided into two teams of six teams each, and the top four teams will advance to the final tournament.
Japan, which won the silver medal at the Tokyo Olympics last year and is ranked 8th in the world, will face Australia, which is 3rd in the world, and Canada, which is 4th in the world, in the qualifying.
On the 28th, along with the announcement of the new uniform for the Japanese national team, Takada, who was a candidate for the national team and was active in the Tokyo tournament, responded to NHK's interview, saying, "What we should do as a team is gradually becoming clearer. Even so, I can do more than before, so I'm really feeling the results, "he said in response to the team situation.
He also pointed out the offensive side as a point of strengthening, saying, "If you can choose to go by yourself instead of relying on someone when you think it is a game, your scoring ability will increase. I have no choice but to gain confidence. "
And she said, "I want to win the World Cup first to win the gold medal at the Paris Olympics."