At the Tokyo Olympics, the women's mountain bike was held on the 27th, the fifth day of the tournament, and Miho Imai, who participated for the first time, was 37th.

The women's mountain bike was held on the Izu MTB course, an off-road course in Izu City, Shizuoka Prefecture, and 38 people competed.



The race was held with an upper limit set and spectators were put in the venue, and when the athletes started, the spectators cheering along the course gave applause.



This course is said to be an extremely tough course with a height difference of 150 meters compared to previous competitions, and because it rained in the morning due to the approaching typhoon, stones and soil on the course It was a race that required high technology to adapt to the environment, such as slipperiness.



Imai of Japan was separated from the lead group from the beginning, and the time difference with the top player exceeded the specified time, so he finished the race with 3 laps left and finished in 37th place.



The gold medal was Jolanda Neff of Switzerland, and the time was 1 hour 15 minutes 46 seconds.



In addition, both the silver medal and the bronze medal were won by Sina Frey and Linda Indelgan in Switzerland, and 9 out of 38 people could not run to the end due to the time difference with the lead, and the Swiss team is overwhelmingly strong. Now I monopolized the medal.