Xinhua News Agency, Tokyo, January 17 (Reporter Prince Jiang) Japanese Olympic Minister Yamamoto said in Tokyo on the 17th that if the Tokyo Olympics is to be successful, Japanese athletes will win more gold medals, which is a very important part.
Son Hashimoto made the above statement at the ventilation meeting on the Olympic Games held by the Tokyo association of foreign journalists. She said: “It is of course very important for Japanese athletes to win gold medals in the Olympic Games held in their own country, because all Japanese are looking at the performance of their athletes and hope they can achieve good results in Tokyo. If you win the gold medal, everyone will be very excited.”
She also said that the Japanese team advanced to the top eight in the Rugby World Cup held at home last year, which “encouraged the whole country” and fully demonstrated the importance of achieving good results.
Japanese Olympic Committee officials have said many times that the host’s goal in Tokyo Olympic Games is 30 gold medals, which will surpass the previous 16 gold medals in the best Olympic record. The Japanese delegation won 16 gold medals at the Tokyo Olympics in 1964and the Athens Olympics in 2004 respectively. In the last Rio Olympics, they won 12 gold medals.
The 55-year-old son of Hashimoto was a speed skater and cyclist. He has participated in four Winter Olympics and three Summer Olympics successively, and is the Japanese female athlete who participated in the Olympic Games most frequently. Last year, she was appointed as Olympic Minister and female active minister by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
The son of Hashimoto also refuted the statement that the budget of Tokyo Olympic Games exceeded the standard. She said that after the successful bid of Tokyo, she originally planned to hold an Olympic Games with concentrated venues and make full use of the existing venues. However, after careful investigation of the existing venues, it was found that many of them did not meet the standards in terms of safety and could not become the venues for the Olympic Games.
“You should know that Japan is an earthquake-prone country, and some existing venues are very weak in earthquake resistance. We have to focus on the qualified venues around Tokyo, this is why many competitions are held outside Tokyo. There are necessary expenses, but it cannot be said that the budget has exceeded the standard.”
Yamamoto also introduced the importance of Tokyo Olympic Games and Paralympic Games to Japan based on his growth experience as an athlete. The son of Hashimoto was born five days before the opening of the Tokyo Olympic Games in 1964. the “holy” in her name refers to the Olympic flame.