Yusuke Suzuki, who walks to the best player of the year Japan Land Federation December 16, 18:43
Yusuke Suzuki, who won the gold medal in the 50km race for men in the World Championship, was selected as the most active player in Japan.
The Japan Athletics Federation held an annual award ceremony in Tokyo on the 16th, and 54 athletes who participated in the event participated.
Among them, 31-year-old Suzuki, who won the gold medal at the World Championship Men ’s 50 km walk in Qatar, was selected for “Athlete of the Year”, the best player of the year. .
It was the first time that a Japanese player won a gold medal in the racewalking through the Olympics and the World Championships.
Suzuki said, “I had suffered injuries for two and a half years until the middle of last year, but thanks to the people around me who believed in the return, I was able to get out of the darkness. I want to do my best to be able to become. "
In addition, for the Excellent Player Award, Toshikazu Yamanishi, who won the gold medal at the World Championship Men ’s 20km race, Naoto Tojo, who marked the new record of 2 meters 35cm in the boy ’s high jump, won the bronze medal at the World Championship. The 400-meter relay Shuhei Tada, Kurayoshi Shiraishi, Yoshihide Kiryu, Sani Brown Abdel Hakim, and Yuki Koike were selected.
A special award was given to Yoshio Koide, who grew up many medalists as marathon leaders and died in April.