Ahead of the world judo championships to be held in Uzbekistan next month, the women's representatives from Japan held a press conference, and Tokyo Olympic gold medalist Uta Abe said, "I want to fight with all my might and win the championship, no matter what the circumstances." I spoke.
The judo world championships will be held in Uzbekistan, Central Asia, from the 6th to the 13th of next month.
Japan's women's national team has 9 people in 7 weight classes, including Tokyo Olympic 52-kg gold medalist Abe and 78-kg gold medalist Naori Hamada. We held a press conference at the National Training Center.
Abe, who had surgery on both her shoulders last fall and had been out of competition for about half a year, won the international competition in July.
Abe expressed his enthusiasm, saying, "This is going to be the most important tournament in the run-up to Paris. In judo, which is about tenaciously trying to win an ippon, I want to fight with all my might in any situation and win."
And she said, as an Olympic gold medalist, "I think that athletes from all over the world will come to beat me with all their might, so I want to show my ability with the feeling that I can take on any opponent." Did.
In addition, Hamada enthusiastically said, "It's two years until the Olympics, but rather than two years from now, I'd like to leave results in the tournament every year. I want to do my best to win the World Championships one match at a time." I was there.
Katsuyuki Masuchi, coach of the Japan women's team, said, "I want to achieve both gold medals in the 7 individual weight classes and five consecutive gold medals in the men's and women's mixed teams."