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Gymnastics - 02. November 2018.

Japan’s Murakami speaks after she won women’s All-around silver



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 Comments from Japan’s Mai Murakami after she won silver in the women’s All-around final on Thursday.

On her performance:

“I just wanted to do a four-four (four clean routines) and I did and it brought the silver medal. And I wanted to finish with a smile.”

On whether she thought she could win gold when she saw Simone Biles make mistakes on vault and balance beam:

“Instead of thinking I could win, I was thinking ‘Oh, Biles can fall.’”

On the steps she and the Japanese team need to overtake Biles and the USA team:

“I will have to put lots more difficult stuff. I need to raise my (Difficulty) score and we need to as a team.”

On her role as a leading figure in Japanese gymnastics:

“Asuka (Teramoto) is actually the captain but I want to lead my teammates with my performances, and I want to make lots of young gymnasts in Japan feel ‘I want to be like Mai.’ That is my job – to show them the way by my performance.”

On whether this medal was particularly important for Japan, which will host the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games:

“I wanted to get a medal as a team but this silver will be good motivation for the next year. My goal is winning a team gold (at Tokyo 2020) and this medal is the first step in leading my team-mates to go for it.”

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