On the second day of the Japan Diving Championships held in Utsunomiya City, the men's plank diving final was held on the 6th. rice field.
The Japanese diving championships will begin in Utsunomiya City on the 5th and will be held for three days until the 7th.
On the 6th, the second day of the tournament, the final of the men's plank diving was held, and Rikuto Tamai, who won the silver medal in the high diving at the World Championships and aims to participate in the Olympics in the second event, participated.
In the fourth performance, Tamai took off backwards and landed 205B with two and a half turns backwards, marking 76.50 and taking the top spot.
However, in the 5th attempt, I made a mistake in the 307C, where I held my knees and turned backwards three and a half times, dropping my rank.
The winner was Jo Sakai, who was 6th in this event at the World Championships, and Haruki Suyama, who was 12th at the World Championships, was 2nd.
In addition, in the final of the women's high school diving, Matsuri Arai, who was 6th in this event at the world championships and was infected with the new coronavirus after the tournament, participated.
While he had not made enough adjustments, in the last 5th performance, he took off backwards, turned 2 and a half backwards and twisted 1 and a half times, marking 73.60 with ``5253B'', a close battle with about 5 points behind 2nd place. I won and achieved 6 consecutive victories.
Rikuto Tamai "It's really frustrating because I was 1st until the 5th run."
Rikuto Tamai, who finished 3rd in the board jump, said frankly, "I was in 1st place until I finished the 5th jump, so it's really frustrating."
Regarding the failure of the 307C, which was the subject of the challenge, he reflected, "I failed in the qualifying and failed in the final as a result of trying to rotate as much as possible so that I would not do the same thing."
Tamai is also aiming to participate in the Paris Olympics, even if it is a plank diving event.
He was enthusiastic about the high diving on the 7th, saying, "I've won three consecutive championships, so I want to keep it going. I want to perform in my own way."
Jo Sakai, the winner, "I can compete in the world"
Jo Sakai, who won the men's diving event, said, "I didn't want to lose to Tamai, and I couldn't afford to lose. I really wanted to be No. 1, and my desire to win a medal overseas hasn't changed. If we can play like this in Japan, we can compete in the world."
Women's high school diving Saisato Arai "I'm really happy to win 6 consecutive victories"
Matsuri Arai, who won her sixth consecutive victory in the women's high school diving event, said frankly, "Last year, I won five times in a row, and I felt even more pressure on myself, but I'm really happy to win it six times in a row."
Also, after the world championships held until July, he was infected with the new coronavirus and was temporarily isolated, saying, "90% were worried because it was a match in which adjustments were not well made. I knew that the players around me were going to do a lot of tricks, so I think it was a good stimulus for me to do my best."
And about the synchronized high diving on the 7th, she was enthusiastic, saying, "She made it to 4th place at the world championships, so she wants to use that confidence to show the audience a good performance."