On the 25th, the third day of the Tokyo Olympics, the women's individual road race final for bicycles was held, with Eri Yonamine, who participated in two consecutive tournaments, in 21st place, and Hiromi Kaneko, who participated for the first time, in 43rd place.

The women's individual road race final for bicycles started at Musashinonomori Park in Tokyo, and was contested on a course of about 147 km from Kanagawa and Yamanashi prefectures to the finish of Fuji Speedway in Shizuoka prefecture.



Yonamine, who participated following the Rio de Janeiro tournament, showed a stable run such as putting it in front of the first group in the middle of the race, but in the final stage, the first group on the uphill leaving about 5 km to the finish. He was separated from the top and finished 21st with a time of 3 hours 55 minutes 13 seconds, 2 minutes 28 seconds behind the top.



Kaneko was 43rd out of 67 participants, and the time was 4 hours 1 minute 8 seconds, 8 minutes 23 seconds behind the top.



The gold medal was Austrian Anna Kiesenhofer, who continued to fight for the lead from the beginning of the race and ran alone in the second half, with a time of 3 hours 52 minutes 45 seconds.


The silver medal was Annemiek van Vleuten of the Netherlands, and the bronze medal was Elisa Longo Borghini of Italy.

Yonamine "I was able to run well"

Eri Yonamine said, "I was able to run well. I was left in the group at the very end, but it wasn't that I wasn't feeling well, I was simply losing power. I wanted to see him race according to the development, such as positioning, so I was relieved to be able to do that. "



Also, regarding the event held in Japan, "It may not be really good, but it was very helpful because many people came to support us from the start. I am really grateful to the audience." I was talking.

Kaneko "I feel refreshed because I'm out of power"

Hiromi Kaneko said, "I've been practicing hard since the Olympics were decided. It was hot and hard, but today I feel refreshed because I was able to put out my strength. I want to make use of this experience to grow as a Japanese team. That's it. "



Also, regarding the event held in Japan, "There were some pains, but everyone's support was very helpful and I was able to finish. I heard a voice calling the name" Kaneko ", so it was very I was happy. I'm just grateful to everyone, "he said in tears.