Land World Championship Men's Marathon Kawauchi "Aiming for 8th Place" Oct. 4: 9:42
At the world championship on land in Doha, Qatar, Yuuki Kawauchi, who participates in the men's marathon, held a conference for the race on the 3rd and expressed his enthusiasm for "Aiming for 8th place".
The World Championship Men's Marathon is scheduled to start at 11:59 pm on the 5th, taking into account heat and humidity. From Japan, three players will participate, including Kawauchi, the fourth World Championship.
Mr. Kawauchi held a conference in Doha city on the 3rd, and revealed the adjustment method for the late-night race, saying, “We have breakfast at around 9pm, and we have been practicing and reversing life from day to night.” It was.
On top of that, with regard to measures against the heat that the athletes who abstained from women's marathons and racewalks successively, “I have learned the approach of advancing racewalking, so I think I should take the same approach,” talk head, neck, palm, etc. The idea of referring to the measures of racewalking that effectively cooled and won the gold medal was shown.
And, “I'm determined when I previewed in June. I have overwhelming experience of 98 full marathons. To run as a representative of Japan, I won 8th place for not only myself but also Japan. “I want to achieve it,” he said.