The canoe slalom NHK Trophy was held in Tokyo, and Takuya Haneda, a bronze medalist at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics and aspiring to participate in the Paris Games, came in second in the men's Canadian singles.
The canoe slalom NHK Cup was held at the Canoe Slalom Center in Edogawa-ku, Tokyo, where the Tokyo Olympics were held, and the final race was held on the 23rd.
35-year-old Haneda, a bronze medalist at the Rio de Janeiro Games who participated in the men's Canadian singles, finished 10th at last year's Tokyo Games and missed out on a medal. .
In the early stages of the race, he made a mistake in contacting the gate, and after that he showed skillful paddle handling, but in the final stage he hit the gate again and finished 2nd with a score of 100.60, missing out on his 14th victory.
The winner was 43-year-old Michal Martikan, an invited player from Slovakia who won gold medals at the Atlanta and Beijing Games.
After the race, Haneda said, "It didn't go as well as I thought, and I made a lot of mistakes in the final. I want to use this reflection for next year and finish this season. Next year, the qualifying rounds for the Paris Olympics will finally begin. , I want to concentrate there."
At the Japanese canoe slalom championship held on the 22nd, Haneda won the men's Canadian single, and Martikan was second.