My favorite scene of Olympics

LONDON, ENGLAND - AUGUST 09: Saori Yoshida of Japan celebrates winning the gold medal over Tonya Lynn Verbeek of Canada in the Women's Freestyle 55 kg Wrestling on Day 13 of the London 2012 Olympic Games at ExCeL on August 9, 2012 in London, England. (Image credit: Getty Images via @daylife)

My favorite scene of Olympics is the time when Saori Yoshida won the gold medal. She had never lost her game, but she started losing lately. Therefore, it was kind of my interest to see if she wins gold medal in the Olympics or not.

Unfortunately, I couldn’t see the game in real time. I saw her game in the morning TV news. Her rival was also very strong, but as far as I remember, she was better at 3 points or so, and won the gold medal. She shows her happiness with doing a backflip when she won. After that, she carries her coach on her shoulder and walked around on the ring. I can tell that her coach and she have strong bond and both of them have tried so hard to win the Olympic games together. I like her because she has a big smile.

I know another big smile fighter. Her name is Kaoru Matsumoto. Her eyes are very sharp before she has a match, but once it finishes, she gets back her soft look, and reply to interviewer calmly and charmingly. As usual, she showed her smile after she won gold medal. It was cute and interests me.

LONDON, ENGLAND - AUGUST 02: Silver medallist Ryosuke Irie of Japan poses on the podium during the medal ceremony for the Men's 200m Backstroke final on Day 6 of the London 2012 Olympic Games at the Aquatics Centre on August 2, 2012 in London, England. (Image credit: Getty Images via @daylife

“Interest” reminds me one of athletes. His name is Ryosuke Irie. He is a good looking guy and attracts me during Olympic. My favorite scene is the relay of male swimming. In the middle of the relay, Japan team almost fall the third or fourth, but each one of them tried to do their best, and finally won silver medal. One of the teammate said that they tried to get a medal because they would like to give it to Kosuke Kitazawa. It moved me, and that’s the reason why I like the game.

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My Olympic hero - Sayaka Sato

In this Olympics, Sayaka Sato (Badminton woman's singles player) inspired me. It was the first Olympics participation for her. And she advanced to the final tournament. 

The first round, she played a game with a Danish player, and in that time she led a point.
But suddenly an accident attacked her. When she did receiving, she was wounded in the left foot. She fell down by an acute pain, but she was going to continue playing the game.
However, unfortunately she had to renounce the game. 

Badminton snowballs (Photo credit: ijiwaru jimbo)

When she was going to leave the court, all spectators sent warm applause to her and her tears. I was impressed by her unyielding mind.
 
I hope she participate in the next Olympic and hope that we can watch her smile next time. 

Miyako

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My Olympic hero too! Kaori Matsumoto

London Olympics 2012 (Photo credit: Andrea Vascellari)

The judoka, Kaori Matsumoto who had become Japan's first gold medalist at the London Olympics inspired me. I was so astonished when I saw her for the first time just before her semifinals. She showed up with sharp game face. I 've never seen such a fierce look,though she is a young lady. She continued attacking her opponent aggresively throughout the semifinals and she won.

When she turned up at the finals, her eyes were full of fight and she gave her opponent a fierce look. She did'nt hide her strong desire to win and concentrated all her efforts on the finals. She was dying for the gold medal and then finally she became the gold medalist.

She has often been reffered to as the " beast " because of her fiece look. But she dropped her fierce game face and stood on the top of the medals podium. Her face broke out into a wide smile and there was'nt the beast there.

I heard she started judo at a dojo which was known for its strict training when she was 6 years old. Since then she must have been practcing judo desperately. An instructor Katsuyuki Maruta who practiced with Matsumoto at the same dojo said, "She was strong-willed. I never heard her complain or show any weakness." She deserves the gold medal.

                                                                                                Chisato

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Match report - Olympic football QF: Japan vs Egypt

MANCHESTER, ENGLAND - AUGUST 04: Hiroshi Kiyotake of Japan holds off Eslam Ramadan of Egypt during the Men's Football Quarter Final match between Japan and Egypt, on Day 8 of the London 2012 Olympic Games at Old Trafford on August 4, 2012 in Manchester, England. (Image credit: Getty Images via @daylife)

Japan beat Egypt in a quarter-final match in the Olympic football tournament. In the first half, Nagai, a fleet forward player for Japan, scored a goal with the best use of his quickness.

An Egyptian player committed a foul with dangerous play, and the referee gave him a red card and made him leave the pitch in the first half.

Later in the game, Japan scored another two goals and won three - nil.

They got a place in the semi-final stage for the first time in 44 years! Then, they are going to play Mexico to advance to the Olympic final.

Hirayasu