The final of the All Japan Championships, the first time since the name of the competition was changed from "rowing" to "rowing", was held at the Sea Forest Water Stadium in Koto-ku, Tokyo, and Toyota Boshoku won the men's eight for the first time.
The All Japan Championships, which were held for the first time since the name of the sport was changed from "rowing" to "rowing" in January, were held over a four-day schedule at the Sea Forest Water Stadium in Koto-ku, Tokyo, the venue for the Tokyo Olympics, and the finals of each event were held on the final day, the 1st.
In the men's eights, Toyota Boshoku, which is aiming to win its first title, was joined by New Zealand's Sean Kirkham and Thomas Mackintosh, two members of the winning team in this event at the Tokyo Games.
NTT East Japan, aiming for its eighth consecutive victory, jumped out at the start of the race, but Toyota Boshoku showed great speed and took the lead in the 4 meters.
After that, he gradually increased his lead and won his first race with a good time of 21:8.500, just over two seconds behind second place.
In addition, ▽ Chiai Tomita, a member of the Japan national team who also participated in the Tokyo Olympics, won the women's single sculls for the first time
▽ In the men's single sculls, Mitsuo
Nishimura, who was a member of the Japan national team last year and recovered from being out of the national team due to ill health in early spring,
won the title for the first time.
In addition, in order to gain experience in official races that are not held in Japan, the pararowing race was held for the first time at the All Japan Championships, and four rowers with different disabilities competed in the helmsman's fore and showed a strong rowing in front of a large crowd, which was cheered on by the crowd.
Toyota Boshoku Kimura: "We were able to race in an ideal way"
Toyota Boshoku crew captain Ryotaro Kimura, who won the men's eights for the first time, said, "I thought that if I could win the first 500 meters by less than two seconds, I could win in the second half. I'm glad we were able to focus on our race and win the race."
Regarding the two players who joined from New Zealand, he said, "The two of them came and honed their catching and body swing skills to put the oar in the water as a team, and by multiplying what we have done so far, we were able to lead to the length of one run."
He added, "Of course, the technical aspects, but also the fun of the boat, the speed and the victory ahead, and the biggest thing is the change of mindset."