Athletics Women's 5000m Shintani is second in Japan's history Hironaka is third in history

Athletics Women's 5000m Shintani is second in Japan's history Hironaka is third in history September 20th 19:50

On the final day of the all-Japan business team championship on land, on the 29th of the final day, Hitomi Niiya and 19-year-old Rika Hironaka both set a good time in the 14-minute range, approaching the Japanese record at the women's 5000 meters. did.

In the women's 5000 meters of the All Japan Business Team Championship held in Kumagaya City, Saitama Prefecture, Hironaka pulled the lead from the beginning, and Shintani and others followed behind.

Shintani came forward at around 2500 meters, but Hironaka also ran without leaving and reached the end at a pace that could aim for a Japanese record.

In the last lap, a foreign player set up and took the lead and won the championship as it was, with Shintani finishing in 2nd place and Hironaka in 3rd place.

The time was 14 minutes 55 seconds 83 for Shintani and 14 minutes 59 seconds 37 for Hironaka, which did not break the Japanese record of 14 minutes 53 seconds 22 marked by Kayoko Fukushi 15 years ago. It was a good record for 2nd and 3rd place.

Shintani

praised the 19-year-old's hard work, saying, "

Hironaka pulled me in the first half, so I decided to pull it in the second half.

I think it was the time I was able to

put out because

Hironaka was there

.

"

On top of that, he expressed his intention to give priority to 10,000 meters at the Japan Championship, a long-distance event to be held in December, which also serves as the representative selection for the Olympic Games.

On the other hand, Hironaka said, "I ran to keep up with Shintani's big back.

I positively see the one-year postponement of the Olympics as an opportunity to compete with other athletes," he said at 5000 meters at the Japan Championships. Showed motivation for the representative offer of.