-I'm nervous. -Of course!
-Me too! -Me too!
The medal makes it scarier!
"The medal makes it scarier", he says.
You even sound scared.
For me, that's the most terrifying.
It's not as bad as last time, right?
I was so terrified.
You haven't been this scared for a long time?
How scared?
The same as when we got the medal?
Not that much.
Naoki Tsukahara, Shingo Suetsugu,
Shinji Takahira, Nobuharu Asahara.
There are cheats, there are athletes who doped.
They were stripped from their medals.
The medal reallocation for that fair sport,
for that clean sport.
This is focused on the athletes who haven't had
that opportunity to celebrate it.
In May 2018, the International Olympic Committee
approved a new Olympic Medal Reallocation Process.
Following disqualifications due to doping,
athletes would now be offered a range of ceremony options
in order to best recognize
and celebrate their achievements.
Sport is based on competition.
Someone wins and someone loses.
Track and field athletes are rivals
in individual competition.
We are all competitive with each other.
For that one moment, everyone has the same goal.
That harmony shows what sport is.
It is its symbol.
Relay is about the synergy of four individual athletes
coming together as a team.
Since the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta,
I've competed in the Olympic relay.
We were never able to medal, but we still pushed ourselves.
The last time Japan won an Olympic medal
in a track event was in 1928.
For me, 2008 was the last chance to win a medal.
It's been a long journey
to get here.
Even though we'd advance to the final heat,
we never managed to actually win a medal.
When we won the medal,
it was like a dream.
When I received the medal,
I couldn't believe it.
That's why I was overjoyed.
In 2017, after a re-analysis of samples from Beijing 2008,
the Japanese 4x100 men's relay team was upgraded
from a bronze to a silver medal.
Of course, I'm happy about our medals being upgraded
from bronze to silver.
But, it's not the result of our effort.
It turned out somebody was cheating.
To be honest, there is a dark side
of competition.
Even 10, 11 years later, cheating is still cheating
and it's important to make that clear.
4 x 100 meter
Olympic silver medalist, Japan!
Naoki Tsukahara, Shingo Suetsugu,
Shinji Takahira, Nobuharu Asahara.
I hope this ceremony inspires
good sportsmanship in the future.
We embrace this moment for all Japanese
Olympic representatives and world athletes.
And we hope this moment will be remembered
as a symbol of fairness and better competition.
We are grateful to share this wonderful moment.
From today, we will live as silver medalists.
As silver medalists, we will continue our legacy
as honorable athletes.
We are committed to promoting fair
and competitive track and field.
We hope you will continue supporting us.
Thank you very much!