The Japan Women’s Handball National Team has released a training camp in Fukuoka City. Three local players showed ambitious play to participate in the Paris Olympics. ◆ Japan’s women’s handball team = Orihime Japan, which aims to participate in the Olympics for the second time in a row following the young team Tokyo with an average age of 24.9 years old. The team aims to win the right to participate in the Asian qualifiers for the Paris Olympics, which will be held in Hiroshima in August this year. The average age of the 20 people who were invited to this training camp was 24.9. Compared to the representative members of the Tokyo Olympics, they have rejuvenated considerably. Kondo, who overcame a serious injury and returned to the national team Among them, Manharu Kondo, from Fukuoka City, was the only one to participate in the Tokyo Olympics. Although he suffered a severe injury to his left knee anterior cruciate ligament in January last year, he overcame it and made a comeback to the national team. In addition to the versatility of being able to play multiple positions, expectations are high for her bright personality and mood maker. Kondo: “I had the first serious injury in my life, and during the nine months of rehabilitation, I kept thinking about the national team, and I thought that I would definitely come back here. I want to prepare so that I can bring in Max.” ◆From 20 to 16 players from Fukuoka City, two other players from Fukuoka participated in the training camp in addition to Kondo. ▽Ri Kasazumi, who was selected for the Japanese national team for the first time in April this year, ▽Kana Ozaki, who is from Sawara-ku, Fukuoka City and currently plays in Kumamoto, practiced with local high school boys. Orihime Japan will hold a training camp in Fukuoka until the 28th of this month, and then move to Oita. The current 20 players will be narrowed down to 16 players, and they will face the Asian qualifiers for the Paris Olympics in August.
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