Matsuda, winner of the women's marathon, interviews "Once the representative is decided, preparations for the Olympics" January 27 10:46
At the Osaka International Women's Marathon, one of the selection races for the women's marathon of the Tokyo Olympics, Mizio Matsuda from Osaka, who came closer to the Olympics, won the race with a good time exceeding the selection conditions of the national team. "I would like to prepare for the Tokyo Olympics if I decided to become a representative," he said in an interview.
Two women marathon representatives have already been offered for the Tokyo Olympics, and Matsuda has set his personal best in the Osaka International Women's Marathon on the 26th for more than 30 seconds, setting a record for 2 hours 21 If he won in 47 minutes in the Nagoya Women's Marathon in March, he would be nominated as a representative if no player had a faster time than Matsuda.
Matsuda held a press conference on the 27th that dawned, saying, `` I have no real feeling yet, but I have enough muscle pain to understand that I worked hard yesterday, '' he said, `` The feeling of running is different from before. The best harvest was the one I was able to run easily. I want to remember this feeling while aiming for a Japanese record in the future. "
For the future, he said, "I'm going to take a break for the time being, because I can't go to the next unless I can take a rest physically and mentally. I'd like to prepare for the Tokyo Olympics once I decided to become a representative."
After that, Matsuda was presented with a list of incentives of 10 million yen by the Japan Business Federation Athletics Association for his good time, and when asked how to use it, he answered `` I will save you '' and laughed Was invited.