Sports Japan - 2013/03/03

Mar. 3, Sun.

The University Rugby Championships&Rugby Sevens
[Focus]
1. The All-Japan University Rugby Football Championship
The championship final to decide the number one university in Japan pitted the power and organization of Teikyo University, aiming for their record fourth title in a row, against the speed and individual skills of the University of Tsukuba. Teikyo attacked from the outset with their formidable forwards to score the first try from the wing. It wasn't only about power. They showed they could play as well, next passing beautifully to slice through swiftly on the break from a scrum in front of their own goal and score the second without losing the ball once. Tsukuba responded with their trademark quickness and skill to pull a try back but Teikyo were 22-10 up at half time. Teikyo then made their superiority count with further tries in the second half, both extending their lead and defending with rugged tackling to maintain a secure grip on the game and their fourth straight championship.
2. The Growing Popularity of Women's Sevens Rugby
Women's rugby is now said to have a playing population of over 200,000 people in more than 100 countries of the world. There were only about 1,000 players in Japan in 2009 but its inclusion as an official event at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics has encouraged players to move across from other sports and today that has already risen about threefold. The Japan Rugby Football Union now has 37 women's teams on its books but the very first, Setagaya Ladies, was founded back in 1983. Based on mothers who were taking their sons to rugby school, it has grown to become a powerhouse that provided 5 players for the Japan team at the Women's Sevens World Series Today, 40 players from senior high school age to women in their fifties practice there. Women's rugby in Japan has even developed to the point of holding women-only rugby schools. We introduce the world of women's rugger and those dreams of representing Japan.
[Science Lens]
Alpen Downhill - The Amazing World at 160km/h
The downhill is the most celebrated event in Alpen skiing. The skiers speed down an altitude gap of nearly 1,000m at speeds of up to 160km/h. It's a dangerous world where the slightest error could be fatal. What terrors must the skiers overcome? We watch through the lens of a miniature camera attached to a downhill skier. A super camera follows the fastest race of all on snow.
[Guest]
Tanaka Oulevey Miyako

Won bronze with Mikako Kotani in the synchronized swimming duet at the 1988 Seoul Olympics. Has coached in the U.S.A., France etc. and is now a mental trainer. Guest Professor of Sports Psychology at the National Institute of Fitness and Sports in Kanoya.

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