There are only 12 days left until the opening of the Paris Olympics. Soccer and volleyball players have left Japan for the Olympics. The departure ceremony for the national team was held at Haneda Airport. The men’s volleyball team, women’s soccer team, and some of the men’s players departed. Captain of the men’s volleyball team, Yuki Ishikawa (28): We will turn your support into strength and bring back the gold medal. Japan’s men’s soccer team, Ryotaro Araki (22): We will work hard as a team to win a medal. Nadeshiko Japan captain, Saki Kumagai (33): Thank you for all your support for Team Japan. And the world’s second-ranked volleyball team will make the final finishing touches in Poland before heading to Paris. One of the two aces, Ai Takahashi (22), spoke about her enthusiasm for winning a medal for the first time in 52 years. Men’s volleyball representative Takahashi Ai: Of course, the Japanese national team is aiming for the gold medal now, and I myself have been working for the Paris Olympics for three years, since the end of the Tokyo Olympics, so my feelings about it are different, and I’m only thinking about bringing the best medal back to Japan and really winning there, and winning there. Captain and ace Ishikawa Yuki said, “We will do our best to bring back the gold medal, and I think it will be a difficult challenge, but all the staff and players have the same will that ‘this team can do it,’ so I want to make it happen.” Meanwhile, Nadeshiko Japan is aiming for their first medal in three tournaments. In the final training match held on the 13th, 20-year-old Hamano Maika scored one goal and one assist, including a brilliant through pass, hinting at the birth of a new heroine. The Nadeshiko departed for Paris in high spirits, even though it was the day after the match. FNN Prime Online https://www.fnn.jp/
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