The All Japan Senior Championships were held with the participation of top gymnasts, and Masataka Sugino won the men's all-around, and Shoko Miyata won the women's.
The All Japan Senior Championship, which opened in Tachikawa City, Tokyo on the 17th of this month, is the final day of the tournament, and on the 19th, the top players in Japan, including members of the Japanese national team such as Wataru Tanigawa, who won the silver medal in the Tokyo Olympics team, and his younger brother Sho, participated. Did.
Of these, Sugino performed feats one after another on the horizontal bar, which is his specialty, and showed stable performance in 6 events, including the top score of 14.933 in this event. won the championship for the first time.
On the other hand, Wataru Tanigawa, who is good at vaulting, challenged the highly difficult "brahnik", but his final landing was disturbed and the score was only 14.233.
In the 5th event, she used her powerful performance on the parallel bars to score a high score of 15,000, but she fell on the horizontal bar at the end. I left the challenge for the championship.
In addition, Shoko Miyata, who won the NHK Trophy this year and decided to participate in the world championship for the first time, competed in four individual all-around events.
In her first event, "Yuka", she showed a dynamic performance that made use of her characteristic expressiveness to a song that was changed a month ago for the world championships, and she marked 13.533. did.
In his second event, vaulting, which he is good at, he made use of his strong leg strength to perform a high performance, and although he moved slightly when he landed, he scored a high score of 14.166, scoring 13 points or more in all events and topping in three events. became.
Miyata scored a total of 55.265 in all four events to win his second consecutive victory.
Sugino, who won the men's individual all-around, "For a step up to the Paris Olympics"
Masataka Sugino, who won the men's individual all-around at the All Japan Senior Championships, said, "This victory is a step up to the Paris Olympics the year after next, and I think it's a necessary title to win the national team at next year's world championships. I was able to show the evolution of my gymnastics at this competition."
On top of that, he said, "I have always practiced with the tension of the game, and today I was able to perform with my own dynamic and momentum. I will continue to build my own performance and become a world-class player. I want to keep going,” he said enthusiastically.
Miyata, who won the women's individual all-around for the second time in a row, "I have more regrets than winning"
17-year-old Shoko Miyata, who won the women's individual all-around for the second time in a row, said, "Rather than winning the championship, I still have regrets that things didn't go well. In the vault, I had too much of a desire to stop the landing, so I leaned forward. It's gone. I'm glad I was able to bounce back on the balance beam and finally get back on my feet."
On top of that, she said, "I want to practice using what I learned this time. My current goal is to do what I have to do and aim for the top ranks." she was talking
Men's individual all-around 4th place Tanigawa "By the world championship"
Wataru Tanigawa, who finished 4th in the men's individual all-around at the All Japan Senior Championships, said, ``Overall, it was good that I was able to aim for the landing, which was the theme, but I felt like I couldn't control the vault at the end. I also fell on the horizontal bar, so I want to complete it before the World Championships.”