Office for Sports Promotion

Tuesday, March XNUMX, XNUMX
“XNUMXth grade student completion ceremony/XNUMXth grade student certification ceremony”
Venue: Metropolitan Hall, XNUMXst floor, Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly Building

Recently, XNUMX students from the XNUMXth generation of the Top Athlete Discovery and Development Project have completed the one-year program, and XNUMX new students have been certified as the XNUMXth generation.
　At the ceremony, each 7th and XNUMXth year student was handed a certificate/certificate by the Director of Sports Promotion of the Olympic and Paralympic Preparation Bureau Komuro, and the four XNUMXth year students who received last year's certificate of completion were given a certificate of completion for the year. He attended the ceremony because he had completed the second program.

XNUMXth grade students (completed)

XNUMXth generation (certified)

XNUMXth grade student Hiroto Takeshita’s determination

XNUMXth grade student Risa Iida’s determination statement

After the ceremony, Kenichi Yumoto, who won a silver medal at the Beijing Olympics in the wrestling competition, gave encouragement to the graduates and certified students based on his own experience, and also gave encouragement to the 7th, 8th, 9th, and XNUMXth year students. An exchange program was held.
　Both the XNUMXth and XNUMXth year students were greatly inspired by the encouragement from the Olympians, and their active participation in the exchange program was impressive.

Exchange program

From now on, the XNUMXth generation students will work to strengthen their competitive abilities in earnest, with the aim of becoming top athletes who can participate in international competitions such as the Olympics in the future, under the guidance of the high schools they attended and competitive organizations.
　In addition, the newly certified 9th generation students will acquire the qualities necessary to become top athletes through a one-year program that will begin from now on.
　I'm really looking forward to their growth and success in the future.