Women's Marathon Olympics decision Maeda "I will no longer follow up" September 15, 18:10
Mr. Honami Maeda, who won the MGC women's race and was selected as the representative of the Tokyo Olympics, attended a press conference and looked back on the race with a long spurt around 20 km, saying, “There was no player in the meantime.” It was.
Maeda got out at around 20km and spread the lead as much as possible, winning the second place with a difference of nearly 4 minutes.
Maeda said about the long spurt: “I didn't plan to do it. I didn't really think about the device. There was no player behind me. I thought that someone would come. And invited the press to laugh.
After that, he expressed his enthusiasm, "I want to practice for gold medals so that I can fight well in the world."
In addition, Ayuko Suzuki, who was in second place, recalled, “I was relieved, but at last I managed to move forward one step at a time while my feet were still moving.”
As for Maeda's spurt from around 20 km, “It was judged that running at my own pace would leave my legs in the second half rather than keeping up. I said.
In addition, “It was a harvest that I was able to practice without injury this time, but I think that I can raise it in terms of quality. I want to do my best to run well and compete with the world at the Olympics” Said.
Maeda's coach, Takeshi “I'm working hard.”
Director Takeshi Maeda who supervises Honeda Maeda highly appreciated that “I'm focused on the competition. I have been in the business team for the fifth year, but I have been working hard.”
On top of that, “It ’s moving less, but it ’s getting less. If you make further improvements in the last year and you ’re up a notch, you can keep pace in the second half. I think that we can get good results by running in the opposite direction of using the hot Tokyo, ”he said.
Suzuki coach Takahashi “I put up well”
Director Masahiko Takahashi, who leads Ayuko Suzuki, said at the conference, “I think it was a difficult run, but I thought I was patient.” “The risk of breakdown increases, but we have to compete next year, so I ’m talking to myself to practice hard. I was rewinding the screws for the Tokyo Olympics.