The fourth participation in the Paralympic Games in the sport of long jumping .. Nakanishi Maya, which approaches the dream of the six meters

The days of the Korona pandemic in which the efforts made so far have been used

- I jumped for a distance of 5.46 meters in the long jump sport at the Hugo Athletics Championship that was held on the eleventh of July, and it appears that preparing for Paralympic games is going well.

My condition is always good, but I feel it is necessary to always improve technically and from the artificial foot.This time I suffer from controlling the artificial foot.I am now setting the exact points.But the training itself is going well.

- The date of the Tokyo Games approached after passing through many things, so what is your feeling about the year and a half since 2020 until now and how did you spend this time?

The way I think is an old way as if I still live in the last century (she says that is laughing).I prefer sending and receiving handwritten messages in an era in which communication applications are spread everywhere.So I feel again the importance of the meeting face to face, and the importance of interacting with people after the Koruna pandemic began.

- I think that the decrease in communication opportunities face to face may change many things for athletes.

In summary and useful.And I believe that foreign players were in a difficult position because of the strict restrictions on the exit from the homes.But when I contacted them because I was concerned about them, everyone was very optimistic.I thought a lot about what Japan should do and how it should prepare as a place to receive them.

- It is not easy to train daily, while adapting to the surrounding environment under conditions that cannot be known in the future.

I had a lot of experiences, and I thought more than once to leave athletics, but I managed to continue in proportion to my own circumstances.And I think I benefit from this in this type of position as well.I also had an opportunity to review my life.I was continuously participating in sports missions, and I never spent a long time in my house in this way.It was easy to switch between Kony, a sports player and a human being, and after the start of the Corona's pandemic, I had more psychological comfort on the contrary..

Not rushing or anxiety, but rather more psychological comfort?

Looking at my previous competitive life, I thought about the training list in line with the Athletics Stadium schedule, and after knowing all the programs of the physical coach, consultant coach and employees, I had to know who and at what time it would be free, and to decide everything myself like any hour I will doTraining, coordination of interviews, greeting tours, and the party that will take care of my dog when participating in sports missions, and so on.There were many linedness bags in the room, and even sleeping on the bed at home was only a few times a year.So it was not possible to have time to cook at home as I do now.

It must be won in the end

- I was moving away from the province.Changing the living environment is concerned and exhausting the athletes, and I think it was very courageous to take this decision in the previous year of the Tokyo Games..

Indeed, it was difficult.Where I moved to Osaka immediately before the declaration of the state.There is no place I go to cry, nor do I come to the neighborhood to listen to me.There were times when I believed this is terrible.Besides, even if the Paralympic Games are successfully established, it seems that it will take some time until the new Corona virus ends, and until then it will be difficult to return to Awaya.But I still want to return to my head as soon as possible.

- In the past, I tried to live in America, and you often travel abroad in sporting missions, so I think you have sufficient experience regarding adapting to the environment, but do you feel that this transition had difficulty different from previous experiences?

Until now everyone has bid farewell, saying, “Do what you can!” And I was leaving and I was inspired, and I am proud of myself.But the transition this time was surprising, and it was a necessary decision in order to protect the elderly in my family who live with me in Iwita, so it was difficult.Where I felt as if I had treason when I went out without being able to express my thanks to the local residents who took care of me.But regardless of how much I think about it, it is necessary to win at the end.I have no choice but to show everyone that I live a good life.

- After moving to Osaka, you had to set new goals and focus on training, right?

It does not matter those who get the advice, because the final decision is mine, and as soon as this decision is taken, his responsibility must be assumed, whatever the reason.I was ready to do this challenge when I left Aweeta, and I have a feeling that he said was supposed to be interesting to the relationship with the people I will meet in the new place, will lead to other good things as well as.In comparison with foreign players, I have not been deprived of the training opportunity.And when I was training, I was always thinking that I had to train and do my best instead of these players as well.

- Even after the decision to postpone the Tokyo Games, you did not change your original plans to reach the peak performance in the summer of 2020, and I have already destroyed the Asian record that you own after jumping 5.7 meters in the Japan Championship, which was held in September 2020.How much did this result formed a motivation for you?

The postponement does not mean losing the goal, so I wanted to make sure that what I was trying to do at the beginning was true.Last year, the Japan Championship was a championship in which I was confident in myself, and I achieved good results.Although she was without an audience, her atmosphere was good, and she was able to show my strength in such a situation thanks to my victory in the gold medal in the 2019 World Championship, and I felt that this was evidence of the development of my level level.

The approach to "achieving" a distance of 6 meters

Did you not finally get close to achieving the goal of jumping "more than 6 meters", which was your goal for many years?

This goal has not changed since the competition began.I set a record in September last year, and I can work to increase strength to one degree higher prepared for the year 2021, so I feel that the stages of access to the peak performance and skills are the same compared to last year, but I can already feel that the degree of strength mayIt has already changed.

- Can you tell us once again about what represents the number “6 meters” for you, and how did you seek to achieve this goal in your competitiveness?

I set this number as my goal in the early twenties of my life, but at that time no one believed in my ability to achieve it.When I was 21 years old, I had an accident and turned into athletics, but the preparatory and secondary school in which I studied athletics did not have a athletics, and therefore there was no person who could get a consultation from him about athletics.So I was fighting alone for a long time.I continued to do so for a long time, even with no results, and when I was over thirty years old, it increased around me the number of people who encourage me and the coaches I feel reassured about..So say the burden on me, and the time increased that it can be allocated to competitions.

- Many fans have seen you trying to go ahead with your feeling of suffering for a long time.

When I was in my twenties, I was saying, “Paralympic Games?What is this? ”(She says that laughs).If you were able to get the current conditions when I was in my twenties, I think I may have been able to jump for a distance of 6 meters more early.However, I think that I will continue to this age, and my confidence in myself, is related to my feeling that I am able to jump for a distance of 6 meters..

- Two years ago, and after you record a number 5.7 meters.

The trainer always puts a mark at a distance of 6 meters when training.Previously, I thought it was a “far” distance when I was looking at that mark, but recently I feel it was “a very close distance”.I have seen a distance of 6 meters as if it was realistic.

- Immediately after the world championship, I said, "I want to become a sport that everyone can trust.".What is the true meaning of this sentence?

I am often criticized from different places because I say what I feel explicitly (she says that and she laughs).And in the period that followed my immediate disability, I had a feeling that people with special needs were weak, and they could get anything if they were sitting in their places, and I never liked that feeling..Even if my mother takes care of me, when you leave this life, I must take care of myself on my own.Whether you are a man or a woman, I must develop the ability to live alone.I was feeling that feeling, and my nature was very harsh, so I was ridiculed often, whatever the result I was achieving.

- They did not accept it easily?

Although the expectations were great, I could not win the important championships.I was unable to achieve anything although I was saying, "I want to jump 6 meters", and "I will get the gold medal!".There was a period when I started to feel that someone expected me to fail instead of success.So when I got the gold medal in the World Championship, I had a feeling that he should have become a player who is said to be in Japan, the player Nakaneshi Maya. ".And I think I may have been able to get such expectations and a sense of confidence in preparation for the Tokyo Games..

Is there a difference between winning a medal and breaking the record for you?

I want to make the gold medal for everyone, and break the records for me personally.

- I look forward to writing a new history in the Tokyo Games, as "the absolute lady" of this sport.

The Hugo Championship was two days ago as a numbers recording championship for healthy players, I participated in it after a long time.Always when I was participating in the numbers recording championship for healthy players, I had a tendency to distinguish between my number and the numbers of healthy players, by feeling that "I will do my best in my category", but this time I was standing with them in the same regard.I did not feel that I would lose, I was going to win.In the end, I could not achieve the expected result, but I managed to feel again that I have great confidence in what I have done so far.I will go to the Tokyo Games to win!

Photography = Ninjawa Mica Michaka and the text = Zochaitaya Centi