Forty-six people including Beijing Olympics Ayumu Hirano have been appointed as representatives Ski / Snowboard | NHK Sports

Ayumu Hirano, a snowboard halfpipe who participated in the summer Tokyo Olympics on a skateboard, and Watanabe, who will be participating in five consecutive ski Nordic combined competitions Forty-six people, including Akito, were selected. Tomoka Takeuchi, a snowboard parallel giant slalom, has participated in six consecutive tournaments, which is the largest number of Japanese women in the Winter Olympics.

The Ski Association of Japan has announced 46 unofficial athletes from the Beijing Olympics Japan from skiing and snowboarding based on the results of the World Cup up to this month and last year’s World Championships.

Of these, skiing is an event other than the jumps that have already been announced.

▼ Nordic Combined has won silver medals in two consecutive Olympic Games, and five people including Akito Watabe, who will participate in five consecutive Games.
・ Akito Watabe (5th participation. Silver medal at 2014 Sochi Tournament Individual Normal Hill, 2018 Pyeongchang Tournament Individual Normal Hill)
・ Ryota Yamamoto (first appearance)
・ Yoshito Watabe (3rd participation. 2014 Sochi Games group 5th place, 2018 Pyeongchang Games group 4th place)
・ Hideaki Nagai (3rd participation. 2014 Sochi Games group 5th place, 2018 Pyeongchang Games group 4th place)
・ Sora Taniji (first appearance)
(* Individual players and team members will be decided locally)

▼ Freestyle

▽ There are 8 moguls in total for men and women.
The boys won three wins in this season’s World Cup and won the bronze medal, the first medal for a Japanese boy at the last Pyeongchang tournament, with Ikuma Horishima, who has been on the podium for nine consecutive races since the opening. Daichi Hara and others were selected.
The girls will be Anri Kawamura, a 17-year-old second-year high school student who won the World Cup championship for the first time in 11 years.
・ Ikuma Horishima (2nd time, 11th place in 2018 Pyeongchang Tournament)
・ Kosuke Sugimoto (first appearance)
・ Daichi Hara (2nd time, 2018 Pyeongchang Tournament Bronze Medal)
・ Satsumi Matsuda (first appearance)
・ Anri Kawamura (first appearance)
・ Hinako Tomitaka (first appearance)
・ Kisara Sumiyoshi (first appearance)
・ Junko Hoshino (2nd time)

Anri Kawamura, who was appointed as the representative of the women’s moguls, said with a smile, “I’ve been longing for this tournament since I started skiing, and I’m really looking forward to it because it’s a course I’ve never skied.”
Regarding the factors behind the strong performance, such as having already won three World Cup wins this season, he said, “I am able to demonstrate my strength in stable turns and speed, and I have been able to demonstrate my strengths that do not collapse significantly. I have skated on various courses since I was little. So, I think it leads to stable sliding on any course. “
On top of that, he said, “I’m excited and excited about going to the Olympics for the first time as the overall top of the World Cup. Now I have the feeling of moving from body to board as I think, and I can slide with confidence. I want to win a gold medal by putting out everything I have, “he said with enthusiasm.
Kawamura, who attends a high school in Tokyo, was asked about Yuzawa Town, Niigata Prefecture, where he spent nine years until junior high school and practiced. The home that raised me. I want to report firmly. “

Kisara Sumiyoshi said with a smile, “I couldn’t represent the last Pyeongchang Games, and I haven’t had a hard day for four years. I’m really happy to be able to go to the Olympic stage, which I’ve always dreamed of.” did. For the first Olympics, he said, “I’m not thinking about the next Olympics, so I think I can only experience this stage once. I hope I can enjoy the turn and skate.” rice field.

Hinako Tomitaka, who is attending the first Olympics, said, “I’m glad that I can be on the stage I’ve been longing for since I was little. To be honest, I don’t really feel it.” For the Beijing tournament, “I’ve become able to make the best slips I can do on the turn for the Olympics. I want to get the best slips I can do now. I want to go, “he said with enthusiasm.

Junko Hoshino said, “I didn’t like it because I made a lot of mistakes in the early stages of this season, but I’m feeling better after the beginning of the year. I’m relieved to be able to make an offer at the last minute.” ..
Hoshino got a job offer by leaving a result such as finishing 4th in the 8th round of the World Cup this month, but he said, “I was able to concentrate on what I should do without thinking about wasteful things. I looked back.
For the second Olympics for the first time in two tournaments, he was enthusiastic, “I think it will be my last chance, so I want to take the plunge without regrets. I want to give 120% of the practice I have done.” ..

▽ There are two ski crosses, including Ryu Sugai, who made his first appearance in the ski alpine skiing season in 2018.
・Subeiron (first appearance)
・ Kei Furuno (first appearance)

▽ For slopestyle and big air, 18-year-old Shinon Kondo decided to participate for the first time.
・ Kondo Shinon (first appearance)

▽ Halfpipe is Saori Suzuki’s participation in the Pyeongchang tournament for the second time in a row.
・ Saori Suzuki (2nd time, 14th place in 2018 Pyeongchang Tournament)

▽ Alpine was the men’s turn of the World Cup last season, and two men and women, including Yohei Koyama, who made his first appearance in 8th place, which is the single-digit ranking since 2017, have been unofficially decided.
・ Yohei Koyama (first appearance)
・ Asa Ando (2nd time)
(* Each player’s participation event is decided locally)

▽ Cross-country skiing is 7 people, 5 more than the previous Pyeongchang tournament, such as 41-year-old Masako Ishida deciding to participate in the 5th tournament for the 5th time in a row.
・ Naoto Baba (first appearance)
・ Hiroyuki Miyazawa (2nd time)
・Yanghui Yamashita (first appearance)
・ Masako Ishida (5th participation. 2010 Vancouver Games individual 30km classical mass start 5th place)
・ Masae Tsuchiya (first appearance)
・ Miki Kodama (first appearance)
・ Chika Kobayashi (first appearance)
(* Each player’s participation event is decided locally)

It’s a snowboard.

▽ A total of eight men and women were selected for the half pipe.
Of these, Ayumu Hirano participated in the Tokyo Games on a skateboard and was the fifth Japanese athlete to participate in the Summer and Winter Olympics. In the Winter Olympics Halfpipe, he has won silver medals for two consecutive tournaments.
・ Ayumu Hirano (3rd time. 2014 Sochi Games silver medal, 2018 Pyeongchang Games silver medal)
・ Yuto Totsuka (2nd time, 11th place in 2018 Pyeongchang Tournament)
・ Ruka Hirano (first appearance)
・ Hirano Kaisai (first appearance)
・ Ruki Tomita (first appearance)
・ Mitsuki Ono (first appearance)
・ Sena Tomita (first appearance)
・ Kurumi Imai (2nd time)

▽ Parallel Giant Slalom is two players including Takeuchi who won the silver medal at the Sochi tournament.
Takeuchi has participated in six consecutive tournaments, which is the largest number of Japanese women in the Winter Olympics.
・ Tsubasa Miki (first appearance)
・ Tomoka Takeuchi (6th. 2014 Sochi Games Parallel Giant Slalom Silver Medal, 2018 Pyeongchang Games, Parallel Giant Slalom 5th)
・ Yoshiki Takahara (first appearance)
・ Yuka Nakamura (first appearance)

▽ Snowboard Cross has been unofficially decided by two men and women, including Yoshiki Takahara, who has marked a single-digit ranking multiple times, such as finishing 5th in the World Cup this season.

▽ Big air and slopestyle are 8 people in total for men and women.
For the girls, 17-year-old high school second grader Kokomo Murase and Reira Iwabuchi, who won the first victory of the World Cup in Big Air this season and are expected to win medals along with slopestyle, were selected.
・ Ruki Tobita (first appearance)
・ Kaito Hamada (first appearance)
・ Ken Otsuka (first appearance)
・Kuni Wu Dako (2 episodes)
・ Miyabi Onitsuka (2nd. 2018 Pyeongchang Tournament Big Air 8th)
・ Reira Iwabuchi (2nd. 2018 Pyeongchang Tournament Big Air 4th)
・ Kokomo Murase (first appearance)
・Fangjia cuisine (first appearance)

With this, 55 people have been selected, including the jump players that have already been announced, and there are almost all the Japanese national team players for skiing and snowboarding, far exceeding the previous Pyeongchang tournament, which was 47 people.

The Beijing Olympics, which will start on February 4, will be held for 17 days as the first Olympics to be held at the same venue as the summer.