Ahead of the World Track and Field Championships, which also serve as selection for the Paris Paralympics, to be held in Kobe next month, the Japanese national team's athletes will be showing off their training camp, and Ryota Fukunaga, who is aiming for a consecutive victory in the 400 meters in the visually impaired class, He expressed his enthusiasm.
The Para Athletics World Championships to be held in Kobe next month is an event in which Japanese athletes can earn a spot at the Paris Paralympic Games by placing in the top two in each event, and is a prelude to the Paris Paralympic Games, which will begin in August this year. It is positioned.
Ahead of the tournament, the 45 players representing Japan have been holding a training camp at a stadium in Takamatsu City since the 4th, and their training camp was shown to the press on the 6th.
Of these, Fukunaga, who won a gold medal in the 400 meters and a silver medal in the long jump in the visually impaired class at last year's World Championships, and is aiming for a second title at the Paris Games, does weight training indoors and does squats while carrying a barbell. I worked on strengthening my core while being aware of the link between the upper and lower body, which leads to increased speed.
Fukunaga said, ``In order to perform to the best of my ability at the Paralympics, which has been my goal since I started competing, I want the results and content of this World Championship to lead to that goal.''
In addition, Sae Tsuji, a bronze medalist in the 400m arm disability class at the Rio de Janeiro Games and who has indicated her intention to retire after the Paris Games, is working on improving her speed in the first half of her favorite event, the 400m. It was showing light movements because it was there.
Tsuji said, ``I want to achieve the best result at the World Championships to be held in Japan so that I can convey the appeal of para sports.''