Supreme Skills!

Making the Ultimate Athletic Equipment! (2017x12)

Air date: Dec 30, 2017

Less than 1,000 days remain until the Tokyo Olympics. Supreme Skills! gets deeply involved in the white-hot competition of sports equipment development! It's been more than 50 years since Japan was successful in the women's discus throw. Sports engineers and skilled craftsmen work together to support a young Japanese woman who hopes to win gold in 2020. Also, Japan failed to win a medal in archery in the 2016 Rio Olympics. An imaginative small-factory owner in Tokyo comes up with some fantastic innovations to revive Japanese bow manufacturing and give Japanese archers a shot at redemption. Guest hosts in this episode include hammer and discus throwing legend Yuka Murofushi, and hurdler Dai Tamesue, a veteran of 3 successive Olympic Games. Expect the unexpected, and enjoy behind-the-scenes Olympic stories!