Ryota Yamagata, who set a new Japanese record for the men's 100 meters.


That time, 9 seconds 95, is equivalent to 5th place in the 2019 World Championship finals.


The wind speed at the time of the race is "2 meters of tailwind", which is not a reference record.

A man who has continued to make efforts even in difficult situations has finally put "wind" on his side.

"10-second barrier" and "wind"

Yamagata who came without being able to overcome the "10-second barrier" for many years.


To tell the truth, I haven't been blessed with the "wind" that greatly affects the result of 100 meters.



Since the wind direction is not always constant, it is difficult to accurately measure the effect of the tail wind on the time, but in the past, when running at 10:00 on flat ground under no wind conditions, when the tail wind was 1 meter It has been estimated that is 0 seconds 085 faster than when there is no wind.

Yamagata has marked his personal best of 10 seconds 00 twice.


The first was the 2017 Business Group Tournament.


At this time, although there was a tailwind, it was only 0.2 meters.



The second 10:00 is the popular Jakarta Asian Games.

In the final, the 2nd place player was also the same 10 seconds 00, so at this time the time of 1/1000 second unit was announced and the official time was 9 seconds 997.


There was a tailwind at this time as well, but it was only 0.8 meters.

Not blessed with "wind"

In the Olympic season, I had participated in four tournaments so far, aiming to break the standard participation record of 10 seconds 05, but I was not blessed with the "wind" here either.



At the "Oda Memorial" in April, which won the championship at 10:14, there were a series of good records under favorable conditions in the previous race.


The men's 110-meter hurdles had a tailwind of 1.7 meters, and the women's 100-meter hurdles had a tailwind of 1.6 meters, both of which set new Japanese records and were seen as a great opportunity for Yamagata to break the standard participation record.


However, when it came to Yamagata's race, the tailwind weakened to 0.1 meters.


The result was 10 seconds 14 and did not reach the participation standard record for 9/100 seconds.

Six days later, the race in Mito was a strong headwind.


In the qualifying, Yamagata himself said that he had no experience, with a headwind of 8.3 meters and 10 seconds 95, and the final was 4.7 meters with a head wind of 10 seconds 71.



Yamagata talked about "wind" with a laugh, "I don't really care about it, but I'm starting to worry about it," and he seemed to expect that the "wind direction" surrounding him would change.

"Tailwind" to the Tokyo Olympics

In the tournament on the 6th, which was the last race before the Japan Championships, which is the representative selection of the Olympic Games, the qualifying was a tailwind of 1.7 meters, and the final was a tailwind of just 2 meters, which is not a reference record. It was a race at.



Yamagata, who has continued to make unremitting efforts in the face of difficult situations due to a series of injuries, finally received the "wind" from his back and broke through the 10-second barrier. "became.