5000 meters onshore women Ichiyama and Maeda face off with their best update July 18 21:50

Honan Maeda and Mao Ichiyama, who have been nominated as representatives of the women's marathon at the Tokyo Olympics, participated in a 5000-meter race at a medium- to long-distance track and field event held in Hokkaido, and both set their personal bests. ..

Onshore entered this month, and after taking measures to prevent the infection of the new coronavirus in Hokkaido, a medium- to long-distance tournament was held, and the final race of the series of tournaments was held in Chitose City on the 18th. It was.

The tournament was admitted to the audience with a maximum of 300 people living in Hokkaido, and those who visited were cheering at a distance from the audience.

Maeda and Ichiyama, who have been nominated as women's marathon representatives for the Olympics, participated in 5000 meters, following the 10000 meters in the second race 10 days ago.

Maeda, who had marked the best time last time and finished at the top, was followed by Ichiyama, who was second in the lead group on the 18th and led Maeda from beginning to end.

Ichiyama increased the pace in the final stage and marked a good time of 15 minutes 6 seconds 66 which updated his personal best for nearly 18 seconds and finished at the top.

On the other hand, Maeda was in 10th place, but the time was 15 minutes 31.51, and his personal best was updated for nearly 3 seconds.

Ichiyama's personal best significant update "I was able to run more than I expected"

Ichiyama, who has greatly updated his personal best with the women's 5000 meters, said, “I was hoping that I could have finished in 15 minutes and 20 seconds, so I was able to run more than I expected.”

He smiled, saying, "I want to experience various races and become stronger. I want to do my best to connect to the marathon."

On the other hand, Maeda, who also updated his personal best, said, "I'm glad I was able to update my personal best, but I was disappointed because I could not finish my goal of 15 minutes and 30 seconds."

Maeda's birthday was on the 17th, and about the race on the 18th, which he first reached at the age of 24, he said, ``I ran without thinking so much, but at the age of 24 I can update my personal best I think it would be good. I would like to increase speed and polish it well over the past year."