Saitama Marathon Japan athletes Olympic Women's National Team dispatch settings record

Saitama Marathon Japanese athlete Olympics women's team dispatch setting record is not complete December 8th 13:21

Saitama International Marathon was held as one of the selection races for the women's marathon representatives of the Tokyo Olympics. Kaori Yoshida was in 6th place but the time was 2 hours 35 minutes 15 seconds. "Record" could not be cut.

The representatives of the Tokyo Olympic marathon were selected by two men and women at the MGC = Marathon Grand Championship in the selection race held in September.

In the remaining one frame, if there is a player who cuts the “dispatch setting record” in each of the three races for men and women in the country, the player with the best record is selected, and if there is no player who cuts the record, the player who is ranked third in MGC is selected.

The Saitama International Marathon on the 8th was the first selection race for girls, and the focus was on getting the time within 2 hours 22 minutes 22 seconds of the dispatch setting record.

Among the Japanese players, the fastest personal best time was 38 hours at the time of 2 hours and 28 minutes. Yoshida was expected to have a tough fight, but Yoshida was separated from the top group of African players right after the start. It was.
After that, Yoshida was far behind and was 6th in the top of the Japanese players, but the time was 2 hours 35 minutes 15 seconds, and the dispatch setting record could not be cut, and no players could be represented in this race.

Winning was the first marathon challenge by Kenya Perez Jeptirchill, who took 2 hours 23 minutes 50 seconds.

Hurdle high "dispatch setting record"

Of the three representatives of the Tokyo Olympic marathon, two men and women will be selected in the representative selection race MGC = marathon grand championship held in September, and the last one will be held by March next year. It depends on the result of the race.

MGC demanded a high “adjustment ability” that can demonstrate its power in production, but the last one frame cut the “dispatch setting record” in each of the three races held in Japan with emphasis on “speed” The player with the best record is selected from the players.

The “temporary setting record” is a time of high hurdles, with boys updating Japan records 2 hours 5 minutes 49 seconds and girls 2 hours 22 minutes 22 seconds.

The target race is called “MGC Final Challenge”. In addition to the Fukuoka International Marathon, which was held on the 1st of this month, the Tokyo Marathon and Lake Biwa Mainichi Marathon in March next year, the Saitama International Marathon in which the girl was held on the 8th. The Osaka International Women's Marathon next month and the Nagoya Women's Marathon in March.

In Fukuoka International Marathon and Saitama International Marathon, there was no player who cut the dispatch setting record.

In the future, if there are no players out of the record of “dispatch setting”, MGC will be ranked 3rd.

As a result of MGC, the Tokyo Olympic marathon representatives are Takumi Nakamura and Yuma Hattori for boys and Honma Maeda and Ayuko Suzuki for girls.