The Japan Championships in Athletics, an indoor competition, opened in Osaka City, and it became a high-level race that set Japanese records one after another with the 60-meter hurdles for men and women.
The Japan Championships in Athletics was postponed for more than a month due to the influence of the new coronavirus, and began on the 17th at the Osaka-jo Hall in Osaka City with no spectators.
For many athletes, this tournament was the first match to confirm the results of winter practice, and in addition to the 60-meter hurdles for men and women, which is an indoor competition, the women's pole vault was held.
Among them, Masumi Aoki, who won the Japan Championship last year in the 100-meter hurdles held outdoors, and Asuka Terada, the Japanese record holder, participated in the women's 60-meter hurdles.
Aoki performed well on the 17th, and when he marked 8 seconds 06, which set his own Japanese record at 0 seconds 05 in the qualifying, he jumped out of the start in the final and finished with momentum, setting the qualifying time to 0 seconds 01. I won the new record of 8 seconds 05 in Japan.
Terada was fifth with a time of 8 seconds 27.
On the other hand, in the men's 60-meter hurdles, in addition to Shunya Takayama, who holds the 110-meter hurdles in Japan, Taio Kanai, who is second in Japan's history, and Shunsuke Izumiya, who is third in Japan's history, are top players aiming for the Tokyo Olympics. Are all in line.
In the qualifying, both Kanai and Izumitani set a new record in Japan at 7:56, breaking the previous record at 0:05.
In the following final, Izumitani showed a long run after the middle stage and won the new Japanese record of 7 seconds 50, which further shortened the qualifying record by 0.06 seconds.
Kanai was disqualified in 3rd place at 7:60 and Takayama was disqualified for flying.