The Japan Cup, which competes for the best speed in sports climbing in Japan, was held in Chiba City, and 19-year-old Jun Yasukawa won his first victory in the men's event, breaking the Japanese record.
Karin Hayashi won the women's championship for the first time.
Sports climbing "speed" is an event that competes for the speed of climbing a wall of 15 meters in height.It was held as one of the "combined" at the Tokyo Olympics, but at next year's Paris Olympics it will be a single event. be carried out.
The Japan Cup, which determines Japan's fastest speed, was held in Mihama Ward, Chiba City, and in the men's race, university student Yasukawa marked a time of 5.38 seconds, breaking his own Japanese record of 0.02 seconds in the qualifying.
In the final, he improved his time even further and set a new Japanese record of 5.33 seconds to take his first victory.
Yasukawa said, ``I'm happy because I wanted to win and set a new national record at the same time at the event held in my hometown of Chiba. I am confident that I can improve my record in the future. My goal is to qualify for the Paris Olympics this year."
On the other hand, in the women's event, this spring, Hayashi, who graduated from high school in Tottori Prefecture, won the event for the first time with a time of 7.70 seconds.
Hayashi said, "I felt like I was moving well today. It's frustrating that I couldn't break the Japanese record, but I've been working hard for a year, so I'm happy that I was able to win."