World Athletics Championship Men's Marathon 25th Yamagishi 29th Kawauchi 29th October 9:50
The men's marathon was held at the world track and field championship. Hiroki Yamagishi was the best player in Japan, and Yuki Kawauchi was 29th in order to win the prize.
The men's marathon at the world championship in Doha, Qatar started at 11:59 pm on the fifth day of the tournament in consideration of heat and humidity.
Three players from Japan, Kawauchi, who was the fourth in the world championship, and Yamagishi and Kohei Nioka, both of whom participated for the first time, participated.
Paraguay players jumped out right after the race, followed by a large group of about 50 people.
The three Japanese players initially raced in this group, but started to delay 10 km ahead of the pace.
After 20 kilometers, the Africans caught Paraguay's players and took the lead and pulled the race, so the Japanese players were greatly separated.
The best Japanese player is 25th in Yamagishi, the time is 2 hours 16 minutes 43 seconds, Kawauchi who was aiming for 8th place is 29th in 2 hours 17 minutes 59 seconds, and 2 hours 19 minutes 23 seconds for Nioka It was 37th.
Winner was Ethiopia's Relisa Desissa, and the time was 2 hours 10 minutes 40 seconds.
Yamagishi “Goal is the best”
Mr. Yamagishi said, “I couldn't run well in the second half. I was planning to raise my rankings more, but I was full of goals.” I want to be a player who can continue to fight in the future. "