Cambridge Asuka wins 10 seconds 03 personal best update August 29 22:49

At the 100-meter men's track and field event held in Fukui City, Asuka Cambridge won the race with a good time of 10 seconds 03 to update his personal best.

At the Fukui prefectural athletics stadium where the tournament was held, Yoshihide Kiryu marked 9 seconds 98, which is the first 9 seconds for Japanese athletes to reach 100 seconds for men 100 meters.

After the spread of the new coronavirus, it was the first tournament for the top short-distance players to gather in the venue with about 2700 people gathering, and in addition to Kiryu, Yuki Koike with a record of 9 seconds 98. Players, top players such as Cambridge who are doing well this season, continue to practice in Japan.

Cambridge entered the same group as Kiryu in the qualifying, and in the favorable condition of a tailwind of 0.9 meters, he marked a time of 10 seconds 05 that shortened his personal best that could not be updated from three years ago by 0 seconds 03, and was the top overall. I went to the final.

The final was done in a tailwind of 1 meter, and when Cambridge player jumped out with a start that he was not good at, he won the competition with Kiryu at the end of his strong point, further updating his personal best 0 seconds 02, 10 seconds 03 I won the championship in good time. Kiryu was second with 10 seconds 06 and Koike was third with time 10 seconds 19.

Games that the audience put in

The tournament held in Fukui City was the first tournament in which short-distance top athletes participated after the spread of the new coronavirus, with about 2700 people watching the race.

At the venue, tape was used to keep the space between seats as a measure to prevent infection, and reminders were repeatedly issued to prevent loud voices when wearing masks and cheering.

In addition, in the unlikely event that an infected person came out, I entered the tournament with the utmost care, such as filling in the name and contact information on the ticket stub and submitting it.

However, when the competition started, loud support was refrained from, but the crowd was crowded on the main stand, and it was seen that the crowd was crowded at the seats that were supposed to be spaced apart, and the player's award ceremony At that time, spectators who were watching in the field gathered at the same place to take pictures.

About this, Yasuyuki Kihara, Executive Director of the Fukui Athletics Association, recalled, "I repeatedly asked the audience not to be crowded, but I couldn't stop it.

In addition, “This time there was a great conflict, but we decided to hold the audience with criticism and prepared for it. Although the tournament was over, I think that it can be said that it finally succeeded by not sending out infected people. I want to do it."