18-year-old Anri Kawamura, who is aiming to win a gold medal in two moguls events at the World Ski Freestyle Championships in Georgia, said in an interview with NHK, "I'm skiing well, so I'm aiming for a double crown. I want to do my best," he said enthusiastically.
Kawamura, who finished 5th at last year's Beijing Olympics, has continued to perform well at this season's World Cup, winning 3 out of 10 races in moguls and dual moguls, in which two skaters skate at the same time. increase.
Before participating in the World Championships held in Georgia, Kawamura responded to an online interview with NHK, saying, "After gaining experience, I can now skate with confidence that I can handle any situation. I look back on this season, which continues to be strong.
As for the reason for this, he analyzed, ``By changing the position to a slightly forward leaning position, the movement of the board became smoother and the number of small mistakes decreased.''
Regarding dual moguls, which he was not good at until last season, he showed confidence, saying, "By overcoming small issues, I'm getting faster and faster and I'm able to skate."
As for the World Championships, he said, "So far, I've been able to skate well, so I want to do my best to aim for two crowns. I want to produce solid results and connect them to the Olympics in three years' time." I talked about my enthusiasm for winning the gold medal.
The men's and women's finals of the world championship moguls will be held on the 25th of this month and the dual moguls on the 26th, and NHK will broadcast them live on BS1.