Racewalk Yusuke Suzuki “Chronic fatigue” Influence of last year's intense heat? August 28, 18:06
Yusuke Suzuki, who is expected to win a gold medal in the 50-km track race for the Tokyo Olympics, responded to the interview and suffered from chronic fatigue since the World Championship in September last year, and for almost a year now. Revealed that we are not doing satisfactory training.
Suzuki, aged 32, won the first gold medal at the Olympic and World Championships as a Japanese athlete in the race at the World Championships men's 50km race in Qatar last September, and was nominated as a representative of the Tokyo Olympics. I am.
For the first time after the postponement of the Olympics was decided, Suzuki responded to a press interview online on the 28th. Among them, Suzuki participated in the race in the world championship last September in the middle of the night when the temperature was over 30 degrees Celsius and the humidity was high. I've revealed that I'm still not satisfied with the training.
Suzuki was examined at the hospital and was waiting for the result, "I think the race in the heat was a strain on my body," he said.
In addition, based on the postponement of the Olympics for one year, "I think I was not able to fight if it was a bad thing, so I personally feel that it was saved because it was postponed. I can improve by extending the preparation period I think that if I try to recover and get the training I want from the winter of this year, I will win a gold medal," he said.
Taking into consideration the health of athletes, it has been decided that the 50-kilometer race, which will continue for about 4 hours, will not be held at the end of the Tokyo Games at the Olympic Games.
At the Tokyo Games, it has been decided to move the venue to Sapporo City while avoiding the heat, but in the situation where the gold medalist at the world championship suffers a great damage to his health, it is possible to do the competition originally held in winter in the extreme heat. Safety is being questioned again.
Coach "Damage at the World Championship is immeasurable"
Regarding Yusuke Suzuki, who revealed that he is feeling tired chronically, coach Fumio Imamura, who is coaching his affiliation and the Japanese national team, said, "The body heat reaction to "heat fatigue" due to heat varies from individual to individual. "I witnessed the damage at the World Championships, which took place in severe weather and conditions compared to other international competitions, is immeasurable."
Also, for the future, "the future in terms of was proceeding based on the results, such as blood tests, it is important to continue to prepare to refresh the mind and body while confirming the strength of the appropriate training. By the end of the year standing is prospect I think we can make good preparations."
20-kilometer walk Takahashi "Olympus medal acquisition target"
Hideki Takahashi, who has been nominated as a representative of the Tokyo Olympics for a 20-kilometer trackwalking men's race, responded to an online interview about his way of spending while an emergency was being declared. ``April and May are people in the morning I was training in a time when there was no time. It was a meaningful time because the Olympics were postponed and I had time to look back at myself,” he recalled.
In addition, he revealed that he was positively thinking that it would lead to the improvement of the "walking pattern" that had been a problem regarding the postponement of the one-year postponement of the Olympics. I think that he has the ability to do so," he said.
Takahashi stated that his goal until the Olympics would be to become the best in Japan at the Japan Championship of 20km walking in February next year.