Track and field women 1500 meters Nozomi Tanaka wins new Japanese record August 23 19:51
The "Golden Grand Prix" on track was held at the National Stadium, and Nozomi Tanaka won the championship with a time of 4:5:27 at 1500 meters for a girl, setting a record in Japan for the first time in 14 years.
Tanaka, a 20-year-old, last year marked the second fastest time in Japan with 5000 meters for women, and set a new record for 3000 years last month for the first time in 18 years.
On the 23rd, at the "Golden Grand Prix" held at the National Stadium, he participated in 1500 meters and showed an aggressive race leading from the beginning.
On the final lap, he won the race by pulling away from other players. The time was 4 minutes 5 seconds 27, and the Japanese record marked by Yuko Kobayashi in 2006 was set to 2 seconds 59 for the first time in 14 years.
Nozomi Tanaka “I want to work hard with a fighting spirit”
Tanaka said, “I was convinced that the Japanese record was set to be 100 meters at the last, and I ran to the end in a hurry. I was ready to set the record, so I think I was able to achieve the results of my practice. Yurika Kobayashi, from the same Hyogo prefecture. I was really moved by the record, and looked back on the race.
In addition, he said, "I was able to see the faces of the people who have supported me while I was running. I'm happy that I was able to express my gratitude to those people."
For the future, I was enthusiastic about "I would like to continue to devote myself to the fight so that I can continue to update the records I have been keeping up."