Influential athletes such as Yoshihide Kiryu, who is 100 meters long, talked about his enthusiasm before the "Mikio Oda Memorial International Tournament", where top athletes from Japan on land gather, will be held in Hiroshima City on the 29th.
"Outpost Battle" of the Japan Championships
Top athletes from Japan participate in this tournament, which is held less than three months before the opening of the Tokyo Olympics, and is positioned as the "outpost of the Japan Championships" in June, which also serves as the representative selection for the Olympics.
Among them, in the men's 100 meters, Kiryu and Yuki Koike, whose personal bests line up at 9:98, which is the second highest in Japan, and Ryota Yamagata, who is from Hiroshima City, who is the fourth in the history at 10:00, and 9th in the history Players competing for the three representative slots of the Olympics, such as Shuhei Tada at 10:07, will participate.
The players made final adjustments at the stadium in Hiroshima City, which will be the venue, and were improving their concentration for the race on the 29th.
Kiryu said that the 29th was the first 100-meter dash of this season, and after finishing the practice, he said, "The condition is improving so I want to make a firm decision from the start. If this member wins, the time will follow. I think. I want to run in a way that can create a good flow for the future. "
NHK will broadcast the tournament on BS1 from 3:00 pm.
Yuki Koike "I can expect it myself"
Yuki Koike, who has a personal best of 9.98 seconds, which is the second place in Japan's history, set a good time of 10 seconds 04 in the race on the 11th of this month while making a wind assistance record.
Before the race since then, he said, "I've been able to correct the content of the run since the last time, so I think I can expect a fair amount of it."
On top of that, he said, "I have a stronger desire to win than time. I have little experience of winning in previous tournaments, so I want to develop a winning habit. I want to finish my run at the beginning." I was there.
Ryota Yamagata "Local power boosts"
Ryota Yamagata, a native of Hiroshima City, was practicing the start at the stadium before the race on the 29th.
At a press conference after this, Yamagata said at the beginning, "Because a big race leading to the Olympics will be held in Hiroshima for the first time in a long time, I am excited, a little pressure, and various feelings."
When asked about the goal, "either winning or time," he answered "both," and decided to break the Olympic participation standard record of 10 seconds 05.
Yamagata has been training without a coach so far, but revealed that he has been receiving guidance from his own coach since February.
Regarding the aim and effect, "I have been injured for the past two years and I thought I had to break my shell and change it. I can practice very well because I can get feedback in practice and games while continuing to think for myself. I'm doing it. "
On top of that, based on the fact that the year in which he won this tournament in the early part of the season has been strong throughout the season, he said, "In the year when there was an international match, I got on the wave with this tournament. I think the local power will support us if we do our best. "
Shuhei Tada "Aiming to win"
Shuhei Tada, who holds the record of 10 seconds 07, which is the 9th place in Japan's history, said, "I'm getting better. I haven't broken the standard record of 10 seconds 05 for participation in the Olympics, so I want to run to break that. "He said his enthusiasm.
Regarding competing with top players in Japan such as Yoshihide Kiryu, "I have strong players, but I want to concentrate on my race. My characteristic is from the start to the middle stage, so I got out of there and kept the difference. I want to finish as it is. "
He strongly said, "I want to win the Oda Memorial and head for the Japan Championships in June and the Olympics ahead."
Yuka Sato "Aiming for the standard record for participating in the Olympics"
Yuka Sato from Fukuyama City, Hiroshima Prefecture, who won the Japan Championship last year for the first time with a women's javelin throw, set a goal of 64 meters, which is the standard record for participation in the Olympics, at a press conference.
Sato said that he had held training camps in Finland and South Africa from November to March last year and worked to improve shoulder strength and flexibility, saying that "the flight distance of the spear is improving". I made it.
After that, he said, "This tournament has spectators, so it pushes my back and encourages me. It's the year of the Olympics, so I want to make one flower bloom. I want to aim for a record and stick to winning."
Ayako Kimura "I'm looking forward to the local race"
Women's 100-meter hurdles, Ayako Kimura from Hiroshima City will be racing outdoors for the first time in about a year and a half on the 29th.
At the press conference, "I'm really looking forward to the race that runs locally. Tomorrow, it will be held in the presence of the spectators, so I want to run so that the viewers will be energized. I still do not know how much time will be available. I don't have it, but I hope I can finish the season in a good way. First of all, I want to finish the two tomorrow firmly. "