On October 12, the Japan Olympic Committee held a ceremony to recognize the Tokyo Olympic Games Special Awards in Tokyo. Olympic medalists will receive prize money of 5 million yen (about 284,100 yuan) for gold medalists, 2 million yen for silver medalists, and 1 million yen for bronze medalists. Japanese table tennis Olympic champion Mimachi Ito and judo champions Ichigo Abe Ichijizo and Abe Shigeru appeared as representatives.
The host, the Japanese delegation, won 27 gold medals at the Tokyo Olympics, bringing the total number of medals to 58, all of which set a new record.
20-year-old Ito received 1 gold, 1 silver and 1 bronze at the Tokyo Olympics and will receive a prize of 8 million yen, or about 454,600 yuan.
Ito revealed that he bought new shoes immediately after the Olympics, and would make food for himself who worked hard every day, and would shop to motivate himself to continue to refuel.
Ito said his next goal is the Houston World Table Tennis Championships in November. She said energetically: "We set a goal that both women's singles and women's doubles can win the championship. Now we are training with great motivation. ”
In addition, ito mimachi recently appeared in the Japanese beauty magazine Voce, showing a feminine little woman's side, which is completely different from the murderous style on the table tennis court.
Ito appeared in fresh makeup, which was her first makeup shoot, but she did not see any nervous feelings: "Whether it is a table tennis game or a photogenic, I will not be nervous, but I will be very excited, enjoy the kind of person." 」 ”
The 2021 Houston World Table Tennis Championships will be held from November 23 to 29. At present, Fan Zhendong, Chen Meng, Sun Yingsha and Liang Jingkun of the Chinese table tennis team have qualified for singles.