Ryoka Enomoto placed 11th in the women's diving board at the World Swimming Championships being held in Qatar, Middle East, and was selected to represent the team at the Paris Olympics. This will be her second consecutive Olympic appearance.

The women's board diving final was held on the 9th day of the 8th day of the World Swimming Championships being held in Doha, Qatar.



This tournament also serves as a selection for the Paris Olympics, and in the individual events, spots are given to the countries and regions of athletes who place in the top 12, and the athletes who earn spots are selected to represent the country.



From Japan, 27-year-old Enomoto was the only player to advance to the finals, and in the first attempt, he took off forward, made two and a half rotations, and twisted once. He landed the "5152B" with a clean water entry, and took 4th place with a score of 63.00. .



After this, he continued to make mistakes and fell down in the rankings, but on the fifth and final attempt, he decided to step backwards and perform two and a half turns backwards, finishing in 11th place with a total of 265.20, earning him a spot on the representative team for the Paris Olympics. .

This will be Enomoto's second consecutive Olympic appearance following the Tokyo Games. The gold medal went to Changya*shi from China.



In this event, Sayaka Mikami, who competed at last year's world championships, has also been selected to represent the Paris Games.



*Shi means “womanly nun”

Enomoto: “I want you to see me flying at the Olympics.”

Ryoka Enomoto, who has been chosen to represent the women's board diving team at the Paris Olympics, said, ``I haven't really felt it yet, but I'm glad that I was finally able to repay the people who supported me.If I hadn't made any mistakes, I would have been even better.'' I thought I could make it, so I want to improve my accuracy even further in preparation for the Paris Olympics."



She continued, ``I had a strong desire for the people who cheered me on to see me flying on stage at the Paris Olympics from the audience seats.'' That was the motivation alone, so I was able to stand on the starting line. I'm so happy," she said with tears in her eyes.

Tochigi Prefecture native to participate in second consecutive Olympics

Ryoka Enomoto, a female board diver, is a 27-year-old from Tochigi Prefecture. She started competing seriously when she was in middle school. When she was a senior in high school she was found to have a tumor in her lung and she underwent surgery, but she has continued her sport with the goal of competing in the Olympics.



She is 1 meter and 65 cm tall, and her specialty is dynamic performance that makes use of her entire body.At the Tokyo Olympics, which was her first appearance, she placed 5th in the women's synchronized board diving with Hazuki Miyamoto. I won a prize.



In preparation for the Paris Olympics, she worked hard to improve her level by practicing water entry with less splash, and she secured a ticket to her second consecutive Olympics.