Leading athlete aspired to the Lake Biwa Mainichi Marathon for one Olympic team frame 19:29 on March 6
Leading athletes spoke at a press conference about their enthusiasm before the final selection race, the “Biwako Mainichi Marathon”, which took the remaining one frame of the Tokyo Olympics' men's marathon, to be held in Otsu City on the 8th.
"Biwako Mainichi Marathon" is the last selection race of the remaining one frame of the men's marathon representative of the Tokyo Olympics.
Two men were selected as the representatives of the men's marathon at the MGC last September, and the remaining one frame is approached by Takashi Osako, who set a new record of 2 hours, 5 minutes and 29 seconds in the Tokyo Marathon this month on the 1st of this month. Was.
In the last selection race, Lake Biwa Mainichi Marathon, if a player who updates Osako's record appears, he will be offered to the representative, and if there is no update, Osako will be offered.
On the 6th, a leading player came to a press conference in Otsu City, and Shohei Otsuka, fourth place in the MGC, said, "I thought that Osako's running at the Tokyo Marathon was truly expected and many players set a good time. So it's really exciting to be able to get a good time. "
Kengo Suzuki, seventh place in MGC, said, "I want to renew my personal best at least. I hope we can make an exciting race where the people watching goose bumps."
In addition, Yuki Kawauchi, a professional runner and second-place Japanese in this tournament last year, said, "I am grateful and grateful to be able to run a marathon in a difficult situation due to the influence of the new coronavirus. I want to show you a run that won't give up. "
The race started at 9:15 am, and the Games Secretariat has been requesting self-restraint along the road following the spread of the new coronavirus.
NHK will broadcast the race through E-Tele and FM broadcasts, and will also be able to watch it on NHK Plus, an Internet simultaneous service that has been trialed since January 1st.