MGC pistol is abnormal Men's race start time 2 minutes delayed September 15 17:56
There was a problem that the start time of the men's race was delayed by 2 minutes from the original schedule at the MGC Marathon Grand Championship, which was held as a test competition for the Tokyo Olympics. The organizing committee of the Tokyo Games announced that there was something wrong with the starter's pistol and said, “I want to investigate the cause and prepare for the production.”
The MGC men's race that was held in Tokyo on the 15th is scheduled to start at 8:50 am, and on-site calls were made 30 seconds ago, but there was no start signal at the scheduled time, about 2 minutes It was a late start.
The Tokyo Games Organizing Committee announced that the starter pistol lamp had anomalies after the race.
According to the Organizing Committee, there was no abnormality 10 minutes before the start, but there was a problem with the pistol lamp just before the start and it was delayed by about 2 minutes because it was replaced with a spare pistol.
There was also a trouble that the passing time at the 25km point was not announced in the men's race, but the time was announced after that because the data transfer was not successful.
The Organizing Committee said, “I am very sorry for the inconvenience of an important race that will determine the Olympic representative. I want to investigate the cause and prepare well for the production”.