岸田首相「寝不足吹き飛んだ」　五輪メダリストの健闘たたえる

　岸田文雄首相は１３日、パリ五輪日本代表のメダリストと首相官邸で面会した。柔道男子６６キロ級で連覇を果たした阿部一二三選手ら６６人が参加。首相は「寝不足の悩みを吹き飛ばすくらい元気と勇気を全国民に与えてくれた」と健闘をたたえ、一人ひとりと握手を交わした。
　首相は卓球女子団体で銀メダルの早田ひな選手に今後の抱負などを質問。早田選手は「４年後に心技体の全てをそろえ、リベンジしたい」と決意を口にした。
　面会後、阿部選手は記者団に「東京五輪よりも大きい反響があり、多くの人に応援されていると実感した」と振り返り、レスリング女子５３キロ級で金メダルを獲得した藤波朱理選手は「帰国したばかりだが、メッセージを想像以上にもらった。やっぱり五輪はすごい」と語った。（2024/08/13-21:33）

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Tuesday met with 66 Japanese medalists in the Paris Summer Olympics who had returned home.
   The Japanese delegation "gave the entire nation energy and courage that blew away any worries about sleep deprivation," Kishida said, shaking hands with athletes one by one at the meeting in the prime minister's office in Tokyo.
   Kishida asked Hina Hayata, a silver medalist in the women's table tennis team event, what her aspirations for the future are. She replied, "I hope to get all of my spirit, techniques and physical strength in place for revenge in four years' time."
   Speaking to reporters after meeting the prime minister, Hifumi Abe, who clinched back-to-back gold medals in the men's 66-kilogram judo category, said there was a bigger response from the public to his victory at the Paris Olympics than at the previous Tokyo Summer Olympics.
   "I strongly feel that I am supported by so many people," he said.