The All Japan Team Championship, which decides the best group gymnastics team in Japan, is a women's competition, and Shoko Miyata, who won the bronze medal on the balance beam at the World Championships last month, showed a stable performance and led the team to the first victory. I was.

The women's competition was held on the 10th at the All Japan Team Championship held in Sabae City, Fukui Prefecture.

In the tournament, three players per team participate in each of the four events and compete for the total number of points.



Miyata, an 18-year-old third-year high school student who placed 8th overall in her first appearance at the World Championships last month, participated in all events as a member of her hometown "Sabae Gymnastics School."

Miyata, who won the bronze medal at the World Championships, showed a powerful performance on the balance beam that made the most of her unique leg strength. gave a high score.



In the end, she landed almost perfectly the high-difficulty “Stretching Yurchenko Double Twist” with her specialty vault and landed, marking 14.366.



Miyata was the top scorer in all three events and displayed a consistent performance as the team won her first victory at 159.431.



In addition, Hazuki Watanabe, who won the gold medal on the balance beam at the world championships, participated in the uneven bars and finished 5th in this event with a score of 13.566.



In addition, the gymnastics club of Asahi Life Insurance Co., Ltd. finished 6th in the last competition as a team to withdraw from the gymnastics business at the end of this year.

Shoko Miyata "Practice to get good results at the World Championships"

Miyata Shoko said with a smile, "Even though I made some mistakes, I practiced enough to get first place. At first, I was a little worried, but I'm glad I was able to take the win with ease. It was a good experience." talked.



On top of that, "It was very important that I was able to reach the 14-point range on the balance beam and the floor. I wanted to challenge the techniques that I couldn't do at the world championships, so I'm glad I was able to go all the way to the end. I'm glad I did my best until the end. I think." I was talking about the response.



And looking ahead to next year, she said, "She wants to practice more so she can do better at the World Championships this year."