The race data confirmed that Ryota Yamagata's new record of 9 seconds 95 in Japan was due to the smooth acceleration from the start to the middle stage, which had been refined.
Maximum speed over 41.76km / h
The Japan Association of Athletics Federations has released the data analyzed by Yamagata in the race that marked 9 seconds 95 seconds.
According to it, the maximum speed of Yamagata is 11.62 meters per second, which is slightly lower than the maximum speed of 11.7 meters per second when Yoshihide Kiryu marked 9 seconds 98 in 2017.
Even so, it can be seen that the speed was about 11.6 meters per second and 41.76 km / h, which is one of the guidelines for achieving the 9-second range.
Top speed arrival point
Even more noteworthy is the point at which the maximum speed was reached.
Again, compared to Kiryu in the race that gave 9 seconds 98, Kiryu was 65 meters from the start, while Yamagata was 55 meters and 10 meters before reaching the top speed. I did.
Furthermore, this data shows that Yamagata, who has a characteristic of smooth acceleration from the start, ran to the finish while suppressing deceleration in the second half and maintaining high speed while fully demonstrating that style.
Yamagata himself, while being preceded by Shuhei Tada from the start, looked back on the race that was caught in the middle stage and separated in the second half, "My strength is to make my own race from the start. There was. I think that running without disturbing the pace led to a good record today. "