The Japan Skateboard Championships were held in Niigata Prefecture, and 15-year-old junior high school student Miyu Ito won the women's street for the first time.
The Japan Skateboarding Championships opened in Murakami City, Niigata Prefecture on the 24th, and on the 26th, the third day of the tournament, the men's and women's "street" finals were held on a course with stairs and handrails. rice field.
In the final, two “runs,” where you skate for 45 seconds and perform tricks over and over again, and five “best tricks,” where you win with one trick. ” will compete with the total score of 3 times, 2 times with the highest score.
Among the girls, Ito, a 15-year-old third-year junior high school student, scored 6 points and finished in 3rd place after completing the first "run" without making any mistakes.
And in the "Best Trick", on the third try, he performed a "Hard Flip" that turned the board vertically and horizontally, jumping over 8 steps, scoring a high score of 6.87 and winning for the first time with a total of 18.24. rice field.
2nd place went to 16-year-old Yumei Oda, and 3rd place went to Tokyo Olympic gold medalist in this event, 15-year-old Toshiya Nishiya.
At this year's Japan Championships, the top five athletes in each event will be selected as next year's designated athletes, and will be used as a reference for selection competitions for the Paris Olympics and for dispatch to next year's Asian Games.
Miyu Ito "I definitely wanted to win"
Miyu Ito, who won the women's street, is a third-year junior high school student from Kaminoyama City, Yamagata Prefecture.
She has been familiar with snowboarding since she was a child, but when she was in the third grade of elementary school, she got a skateboard as a gift for her birthday, which is why she started competing.
Last year, she was third in the women's street at the Japan Championships, but this year she won her first victory, and Ito said, "I'm happy to win. I often come to the park in Murakami City, so I definitely wanted to win." I was talking with a smile.
He is good at turning the board, and about the "Hard Flip" that he landed on the third best trick, he said, "I was definitely going to do it. I've practiced many times so that I can remember, and my success rate has increased," he said confidently.
As for the future, she said, "I want to do my best to get good results in overseas competitions. I don't have many techniques, so I want to increase them in the future."
2nd place Yumei Oda "On the podium at next year's World Championships"
Yumei Oda, who finished second in the women's street event, said, "I'm glad I was able to score the first two tricks with the best trick, but it's frustrating because all I could see was the win. I hope to stand on the podium at next year's world championships." I want to do my best," he said.
3rd place player Toshi Nishiya said, "I'm glad I wanted to be in the top 5 as a designated player to strengthen. My strength is that I don't miss runs, so I'm glad I was able to do both runs without mistakes. This year will be a fulfilling and fun year. It happened."