Marathon racewalking in Sapporo Rikuren Seko “It's not a waste of heat” November 5, 19:35
After the Tokyo Olympic marathon and racewalking venue was decided to move to Sapporo, the person responsible for strengthening the athletes of the Japan Athletics Federation held a press conference, and the Toshihiko Seko Marathon Strengthening Strategy Project Leader criticized the decision. , The idea to advance the strengthening strategy based on the measures against heat so far.
The venue for the Tokyo Olympic marathon and racewalking was decided to be moved to Sapporo by the IOC = International Olympic Committee held on the 1st of this month, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, the Organizing Committee of the Games, and a four-party conference by the country.
In response to this, the Japan Land Federation held a press conference on the evening of the 5th with attendance of marathon and racer strengthening athletes.
In this, Mr. Kazunori Asaba, the chairman, said, “All players, coaches, and staff have been preparing for 4 or 5 years. It ’s extremely regrettable to cover here.” Criticized.
The leader Seko told Yuma Hattori, who is appointed as the representative, that he said, `` I am happy because we can run in Sapporo unlike the boycott of the Moscow Olympics that Mr. Seko experienced '' Now that 9 months have passed, I was thinking of the players who were forced to change the venue.
After that, regarding the strengthening strategy after moving to Sapporo, “I think that the measures against the heat that I have come up to now are in vain. "I want to do it", and showed the idea of proceeding with countermeasures based on heat countermeasures so far.
In addition, Fumio Imamura coach of racewalk where multiple gold medals are expected, “I want to take measures against the accumulated heat and measures in Sapporo so as not to waste the data. Consider the course such as not being exposed to direct sunlight "I want you to do it."