The Japan mogul team, which is said to be "the strongest in history", is challenging the Beijing Olympics. What kind of slip will you show on the stage of the Olympics? Let's take a look at the Japanese men's and women's moguls who are highly promising gold medalists. Check out the 2021-2022 World Cup competition video that predicts the fate of the Olympics!
HOSHINO Junko
After participating in the Sochi Olympics in 2014, he was injured and did not reach the national team, but decided to participate in the Beijing Olympics for the first time in two years. She has represented the world championship five times so far, and she is a veteran of the Japanese women's team, which has a strong track record in recent years. She finished 4th at the Deer Valley Games in the eighth round of the World Cup this season, and is in great shape to challenge herself for her 'final Olympics'.
☟By the way, this is Junko Hoshino's own Instagram.
Posted her joyful feelings and her determination when the Beijing Olympics representative was decided. @junkohoshino0
■ Profile
| Date of birth | Born September 25, 1989 |
| where one is from | Nagaoka City, Niigata Prefecture |
| Affiliation | team listel |
| Major history in recent years | '21-22 World Cup Deer Valley Tournament Moguls 4th Place 5 World Championships until '21 '20 World Cup Tazawako Tournament Moguls 2nd / All Japan Championship Dual Moguls Champion '19 All Japan Championship Moguls, Dual Moguls 2 titles |
| used gear | Skis : ID one |
| @junkohoshino0 |
■ Junko Hoshino, slip video
Introduction video distributed by UX Niigata Television (2022/01/12)
■ Comment on the “online press conference to decide representatives” just before the Beijing Olympics
With the Beijing Olympics just around the corner, an online press conference was held by the All Japan Ski Federation to determine who will represent Japan. Let's extract and deliver the comment video of Junko Hoshino. "Q" is a question by a media reporter.
January 23 (Sun) 19: 00-19: 30 Representative decision online press conference
Q.
How do you feel now that you have been selected for the Olympic team? ― This season, I made a lot of mistakes in the beginning of the season, so I wasn't able to skate as I expected. .
Q. What kind of image do you want to show at the Olympics?
― I want to skate without regrets, so I would be happy if I could show you how I skate.
Q. Please tell us about your goals for this Olympics
- My goal is to aim for the podium, but if I just aim for numbers, I will inevitably become stiff and will not be able to do what I want to do. So, first of all, I want to skate well so that I can show 120% of what I have practiced.
Q. From the beginning of the year, you were 4th and 5th, and I think you were skating at the very last minute
. I was at the last minute without thinking about it. I didn't want to do that myself, and I thought it would be lame, so I concentrated on making sure I could perform the exercises I had been doing up until that point.
Q. Was that a big change in your awareness that your condition has improved since the beginning of the year?
- Well, it's not a bad idea, but I think I was able to concentrate on what I should do without thinking about useless things.
Q. Please tell us about your skating characteristics
- This year, I've been working hard on my turns, so I'd like to improve my stability and skating down vertically.
Q. You are the oldest member of the women's moguls team, do you have any thoughts about that? I do
n't think it is because I am the oldest, but I think it will be my last chance. So, I hope I can skate without regrets.
you missed the previous Pyeongchang Olympics and got injured, but how was the eight years? It was a road with many twists and turns, partly because it was quite an upward trajectory.
Q. Were there more things that you regretted?
― Well, there were many frustrating and painful things, but I still liked moguls, so I think I've been able to keep going.