On January 31, Beijing time, the Japanese Winter Olympics sports delegation will send 124 athletes, the largest team in history (overseas Winter Olympics), to participate in the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics.
The Japan Olympic Committee (JOC) has confirmed that 49 male athletes and 75 female athletes will make up the Japanese team, breaking the previous record of 123 overseas teams sent to the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics.
At the swearing-in ceremony held in Japan, the Japanese delegation consisted of 262 members. The Japanese team won 13 medals at the PyeongChang Winter Olympics four years ago, including four golds, five silvers and four bronzes. At present, the Japanese sports delegation has not set a goal for the number of medals, but the head of the Japanese delegation, Hidehito Ito, admitted that the hope is that the team can surpass the total medals they won at the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang.
“Hopefully we can do better than we did four years ago,” Ito said. “Our goal is to win more gold medals than we did at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics.”
Three-time Winter Olympics Miho Takagi has been named Japan’s team captain for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, while fellow speed skater Goya Risa and Nordic biathlon skier Akito Watanabe have been named for the Beijing Winter Olympics opening ceremony. flag bearer.
“It has been difficult for us due to the COVID-19 pandemic over the past two years,” Takagi said. “But thanks to the efforts of society and those around us, we were able to celebrate this moment today. We will do our best to ensure that every Every athlete can reach their full potential.”
The Japanese team includes double figure skating champion Yuzuru Hanyu and speed skater Nana Takagi, who won gold in both the women’s group start and women’s team pursuit at the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics. Others worthy of the medals include Akto Watanabe, ski jumper Ryotama Kobayashi, speed skater Nao Kodaira, figure skater Masama Uno and snowboarder Ayumi Hirano.
The Japanese team has participated in every Winter Olympics since its debut at St. Mortiz in 1928, having hosted the Games in Sapporo in 1972 and Nagano in 1998. Japan’s most successful Winter Olympics in history was in Nagano in 1998, when they won five golds, one silver and four bronzes, finishing seventh in the medal standings.
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