Sakura Hayakawa

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Sakura Hayakawa
Nickname(s)Sakura
Country represented Japan
Born (1997-03-17) 17 March 1997 (age 27)
Osaka, Japan
ResidenceChiba Prefecture, Japan
Height171 cm (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Weight54 kg (119 lb)[1]
DisciplineRhythmic gymnastics
LevelSenior International Elite
Years on national team2009 - present
ClubAeon
Head coach(es)Oka Kurumi
Assistant coach(es)Elena Nefedova, Haruyo Amano
Eponymous skillsSakura: Penché: body bent at the horizontal or below, rotation on flat foot with ring
World ranking27 (2016 Season)[2]
19 (2015 Season)[3]
22 (2014 Season)[4]
52 (2013 Season)[5]
Medal record
Rhythmic gymnastics
Representing  Japan
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place 2015 Jecheon Ribbon
Silver medal – second place 2015 Jecheon Clubs
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Jecheon All-around
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Jecheon Hoop

Sakura Hayakawa (早川さくら, Hayakawa Sakura, born 17 March 1997 in Osaka, Japan) is a Japanese former individual rhythmic gymnast.[1] She is the 2015 Asian Championships all-around bronze medalist. After retiring, she has worked as a coach.[6]

Career[edit]

Hayakawa appeared in international junior competitions in 2010. Hayakawa has competed at the World Club Cup, the Aeon Cup in Tokyo, Japan. She has also competed in the Grand Prix and World Cup series.

Hayakawa appeared in Senior competitions in the 2013 season. She competed in the Grand Prix and World Cup Rhythmic Gymnastics Series. On June 5–8, Hayakawa competed with the Japanese Team at the 2013 Asian Championships. At the 2013 World Cup Final in St.Petersburg, she placed 16th in the all-around ahead of American Jasmine Kerber. Hayakawa then competed at the 2013 World Championships in Kyiv, Ukraine finishing 40th in the qualifications. She did not advance into the finals.

In 2014, Hayakawa competed in the 2014 Grand and 2014 World Cup series. Her highest placement was 14th in all-around at the 2014 World Cup in Pesaro. Italy. On September 22–28, Hayakawa competed at the 2014 World Championships in Izmir, Turkey, where she qualified for the all-around finals after finishing in 16th position behind Elizaveta Nazarenkova of Uzbekistan. She then competed at the 2014 Asian Games and finished 6th in all-around behind of teammate Kaho Minagawa. On October 17–19, Hayakawa competed in Tokyo at the 2014 Aeon Cup, where she finished 7th in the all-around finals.

In 2015, Hayakawa began the season competing at the 2015 Moscow Grand Prix, finishing 12th in the all-around and qualifying to three event finals. On March 27–29, Hayakawa competed at the 2015 Lisboa World Cup, where she was 20th in the all-around and qualified to one event final. She then competed at the 2015 Bucharest World Cup and finished 9th in the all-around behind Nazarenkova. On April 10–12, Hayakawa finished 21st in the all-around at the 2015 Pesaro World Cup. On May 22–24, Hayakawa competed at the 2015 Tashkent World Cup, finishing 12th in the all-around.

Hayakawa won the all-around bronze at the 2015 Asian Championships behind Uzbek gymnast Elizaveta Nazarenkova. In the apparatus finals, she won gold in hoop, silver in clubs, and bronze in hoop, and she finished 6th in ball. Hayakawa then finished 7th in all-around at the 2015 Summer Universiade and qualified to three event finals. In August, Hayakawa finished 16th in the all-around at the 2015 Sofia World Cup behind American Laura Zeng. At the 2015 World Cup Final in Kazan, Hayakawa finished 23rd in the all-around. On September 9–13, Hayakawa (together with teammates Kaho Minagawa and Uzume Kawasaki) competed at the 2015 World Championships in Stuttgart, where Team Japan finished 6th. Hayakwa qualified for the all-around finals and ended in 17th place with a total of 69.065 points.[7] On October 2–4, Hayakawa, together with teammates Kaho Minagawa and junior Ruriko Shibayama, represented Aeon at the 2015 Aeon Cup in Tokyo Japan. Hayakawa finished 6th in the all-around finals with a total of 69.466 points and Team Japan was 4th in the overall standings.

In 2016, the Japanese gymnastics federation used the 2016 World Cup series to decide whether Hayakawa or Minagawa should compete at the 2016 Summer Olympics, as Japan could only send one individual.[8] Hayakawa started her season competing at the Espoo World Cup, where she finished 10th in the all-around and qualified to the hoop, ball finals. On April 1–3, she competed at the Pesaro World Cup. She was 15th in the all-around and 5th in the clubs final. She missed the 2016 Asian Championships due to an arm injury.[9] Hayakawa then competed at the Sofia World Cup and finished 16th in the all-around. On June 3–5, Hayakawa finished 14th in the all-around at her last competition, the Guadalajara World Cup, with a total of 69.300 points. Minagawa placed over her at three of the four events and was thus chosen for the Olympics over Hayakawa.[8]

Eponymous skill[edit]

Hayakawa has one eponymous skill listed in the code of points, a turn on a flat foot in penché with a ring position (foot bent toward head).[10] Her skill was added to the code in 2015.[11]

Name Description Difficulty[a]
Sakura Penché: body bent at the horizontal or below, rotation on flat foot with ring 0.5 base value
  1. ^ Valid for the 2022-2024 Code of Points

Routine music information[edit]

Year Apparatus Music title [12]
2016 Hoop Love Story Theme by Arthur Fiedler
Ball Notte Stellata (The Swan) by Il Volo
Clubs La cumparsita by Danny Malando
Ribbon Monologue: Nurida, Schahriar's Variation, Orgy, Duet: Schahriar And Scheherazade, Mardshana's Dance by Fikret Amirov
2015 Hoop Dicitencello Vuje by Renzo Arbore
Ball And The Waltz Goes On by André Rieu
Clubs Historia de un Amor by Carlos Eleta Almarán
Ribbon La Bayadere by London Symphony Orchestra
2014 Hoop Dicitencello Vuje by Renzo Arbore
Ball Brindisi music by André Rieu
Clubs Primavera Tango by Gustavo Montesano & Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & Carlos Gomez
Ribbon La Bayadere by London Symphony Orchestra
2013 Hoop ?
Ball Brindisi music by André Rieu
Clubs Primavera Tango by Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Gustavo Montesanos Gonzales, Carlos Gome
Ribbon Volt by Ikegawa Brothers

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c "世界新体操2017". www.tv-asahi.co.jp. Retrieved 2024-03-06.
  2. ^ "FIG World standings for rhythmic gymnastics" (PDF). International Federation of Gymnastics. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
  3. ^ "FIG World standings for rhythmic gymnastics" (PDF). International Federation of Gymnastics. Retrieved 14 April 2015.
  4. ^ "FIG World standings for rhythmic gymnastics" (PDF). International Federation of Gymnastics. Retrieved 14 April 2014.
  5. ^ "FIG World standings for rhythmic gymnastics" (PDF). International Federation of Gymnastics. Retrieved 20 September 2013.
  6. ^ "早川 さくら (体操／新体操) - 第19回アジア競技大会（2022/杭州）" [Hayakawa Sakura (Gymnastics/Rhythmic Gymnastics) - 19th Asian Games (2022/Hangzhou)]. 日本オリンピック委員会（JOC） (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-03-06.
  7. ^ "2015 World Championships All-around results". Intlgymnast. 11 September 2015.
  8. ^ a b "新体操、皆川がリオ五輪代表決定 １８歳、Ｗ杯７位で" [Rhythmic gymnast Minagawa decided to be Rio Olympic representative: 18 years old, 7th at World Cup]. 日本オリンピック委員会（JOC） (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-03-06.
  9. ^ "五輪候補の早川さくらがアジア選手権欠場 左腕痛み" [Olympic contender Hayakawa Sakura withdraws from Asian Championships: Left arm pain]. nikkansports.com (in Japanese). 4 May 2016. Retrieved 2024-03-06.
  10. ^ "2022–2024 Code of Points Rhythmic Gymnastics" (PDF). International Gymnastics Federation. 25 April 2022. Retrieved 5 March 2024.
  11. ^ "New Body Difficulty Element" (PDF). International Gymnastics Federation. 30 September 2015.
  12. ^ "Hayakawa RG music list". rgforum.

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