Tokyo Marathon Osako Shitara Inoue is enthusiastic Olympic team 1 frame over February 28 17:06
The Tokyo Marathon will take place on the 1st of next month with the last one frame of the men's marathon representative of the Tokyo Olympics. Three players who have a track record of Joo Osako, Yuta Shitara and Daihi Inoue have expressed enthusiasm at a press conference.
Due to the spread of the new coronavirus, the Tokyo Marathon will not be attended by general runners, and will be focused on top athletes, including invited athletes involved in the selection of Olympic men.
The top two men's marathons will be offered by the MGC last September, and the last one will be given the results of the Tokyo Marathon and the next week's Lake Biwa Main Marathon.
The condition of the job offer is that if there is a player who sets a Japanese record of 2 hours 5 minutes 50 seconds, the fastest time player, if there is no record of the Japanese record, the third place MGC player Osako.
A press conference was held in Tokyo on the 28th before the race, with two-hour, five-minute and six-minute records, and three athletes with sufficient performance attended.
Of these, Osako has trained for more than two months from the training base of the United States to Kenya, after MGC missed the job offer.
Osako said, "It's better to say that MGC is not regretful. I'm regretful and I'm going to move on and I'm energized. Now I can start to the start line with confidence. "
In this tournament for adults, Shitara, who set a Japanese record at the time, said, "First of all, I just want to be able to do my own race. I want to run like an overseas player. I want to enjoy the Tokyo Marathon and run. "
"As I have successfully practiced this time, it feels good. I want to challenge and attack. There is no. "
The Tokyo Marathon is scheduled to start at 9:10 a.m., and the organizers are calling on people to stop watching or cheering in crowded places to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus.
The target time is tripartite
The three athletes were asked by the moderator to write their target time and answered "Three-some-three."
Osako, who has a Japanese record, wrote "?" And explained the reason, "I will fight with myself as usual. One thing I want to say is that I was involved in the top fight as much as possible and made it"? "" Did.
The previous Japanese record holder, Shitara, wrote "2 hours, 6 minutes, 10 seconds", which is one second faster than his personal best but does not reach the Japanese record. I hope we can get faster than the time. "
Inoue wrote that his personal best was 2 hours, 6 minutes, and 54 seconds in the Tokyo Marathon, and his goal time was 2 hours, 4 minutes, 30 seconds, which would set the Japanese record for more than one minute. Inoue expressed his willingness to say, "I've been aiming for a time around here for now. I think it's still inferior to fighting the world."
"Time" is the biggest focus
Runners other than Takeshi Osako, who finished third in the MGC last year, must set a new Japanese record in order to be selected as the representative of the Tokyo Olympics, and "time" is the main focus.
The Tokyo Marathon Foundation, which is hosting the race, has two pacemakers, one that focuses on overseas players with a time of 2 hours, 2 minutes or 3 minutes, which is far higher than the Japanese record, and a pacemaker that focuses on updating the Japanese record. Different types of pacemakers are available.
Daiji Inoue said at the press conference on the 19th of the month that he was only thinking about keeping up with the pacemakers, indicating his intention to run in a leading group with the world's top players.
In addition, Yuta Shitara, who flew at a high pace from the beginning of last year's MGC, said that he wanted to run like a bit of an athlete overseas, and might lose out and develop a high-speed race.
On the other hand, Osako will be selected as the representative if his Japanese record is not broken in this race, so it is an advantage to be able to fight calmly while watching the pace of the entire race and the movement of other players.
The use of Nike platform shoes, which has been debated over the success of the players' record of success, has been acknowledged, and attention has been paid to whether the latest models with even greater rebound will be used.
Message to general runners
General Osako sent a message after the general runners could no longer participate in the Tokyo Marathon.
Mr. Osako said, "Our race is getting more attention. I think that running hot will give you energy and I want to do my best."
Yuta Shitara also swears, "I want to do my best for general runners because the marathon is also helping runners along the road and different runners."
"I'm sorry for the runners who have been training hard for the race, which is disappointing," said Shizuo Ito, chairman of the Tokyo Marathon Foundation. I said.
The Foundation will not refund the entry fee already paid due to the fact that it costs money to operate the koto, but if you pay a new entry fee next year as a remedy for general runners who can not participate this time, 2021 Has announced that it will be able to compete in the Tokyo Marathon.
11 out of 30 people scheduled to participate in the wheelchair department declined
According to the sponsoring Tokyo Marathon Foundation, initially 30 people, including men and women who met the criteria such as time, were expected to participate in wheelchairs, but due to the spread of the new coronavirus, the United States, the United Kingdom, Switzerland, etc. A total of 11 players, including nine players from overseas and two players from Japan, have declined.
In the United States, where the largest four have declined, the Para Athletics Federation has issued a notification to the athletes about the new coronavirus.
In addition, among Japanese athletes, Wakako Tsuchida, who is aiming for the Tokyo Paralympics in a wheelchair marathon together with triathlon, is included, and on his homepage, `` It is important to do my best under the situation placed, but the current situation in Japan And he decided to stop participating. "
Ethiopia's Birhanu Regese, who has the fastest time of 2 hours 2 minutes and 48 seconds among the marathon invites, said of the spread of the new coronavirus: "I can't help myself. You can do things that you can do, but you have to protect God. "