2023-08-20 10:14:59
Hatada takes over for Olympic frame competition
2023/08/20 19:22
The Japan Gymnastics Association announced on the 20th that Hazuki Watanabe (University of Tsukuba), who won the gold medal in gymnastics at the World Championships on the balance beam last year, will miss the World Championships (September-October, Belgium), where the right to participate in the Paris Olympics next year is at stake. . She was diagnosed with her anterior cruciate ligament injury on the 18th when she twisted her left knee in practice on the balance beam. Chiai Hatada (Central Sports) will take her place.
Watanabe won the gold medal at the world championships last year, the youngest Japanese woman to participate from the reserve. In April of this year, she won the All Japan Championship for the first time in her individual all-around competition.
Japanese women are aiming to qualify for the remaining 9 frames of the Paris Olympics in this year’s world championship group qualifying.
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