Land World Championship Men 200m Koike et al. Japan 3 Players Not Proceeding to Semi-Finals September 30 8:12
The world championship on land was qualifying for the men's 200 meters, and none of the three players from Japan such as Yuki Koike were able to advance to the semi-finals.
The World Championship held in Doha, Qatar, was held at the Asian Games last year because the 200m men ’s qualifying was held on the 29th of the third day of the tournament, and Sani Brown Abdel Hakim sent off from Japan. Including the gold medal Koike, Kurayoshi Shiraishi and Jun Yamashita, we met.
In the qualifying session, up to 3rd in each group and 4 or less in the top, and the top 3 players can advance to the semi-finals.
Koike, who has a personal best of 20 seconds 23, participated in 2 groups in the qualifying session and reached 4th place in 20 seconds 46 in a tailwind of 0.5 meters.
Koike missed the semi-finals with a difference of 2/100 seconds, not including the top three players in chronological order.
Five pairs of Yamashita players were in 5th place with a tailwind of 1 meter and a time of 20 seconds 62, and 6 pairs of Shiraishi players were also in a tailwind of 0.9 meters and were in the fifth place of 20 seconds 62.
All three players from Japan lost in qualifying.
Koike "I was able to run well now"
Yuki Koike, who missed the semi-final advancement, said, “I was able to run well now. I was able to go forward in the first half and run without losing the rhythm until the second half.”