25-year-old Taio Kanai won the men's 110-meter hurdles final at the Mikio Oda Memorial International Tournament in Hiroshima with a new record of 13.16 seconds in Japan.
Kanai broke the standard record for participation in the Tokyo Olympics by setting a new record in Japan, which shortened the previous record in Japan by 0.09 seconds, under favorable conditions with a tailwind of 1.7 meters.
Kanai "Records beyond imagination"
Kanai said, "I got a record that was beyond my imagination. It was unexpected. In the qualifying, I tried to fix it because I couldn't start. I'm glad, "he recalled the race.
He was enthusiastic, saying, "This is the last season of my competitive life, so I want to do my best toward the Tokyo Olympics so that I will not regret it."