Tokyo Olympics, 100m for men on land.

Japanese player advanced to the final for the first time in 89 years = finalist.

Such a dream was easily broken.

It's been a month since the Japan Championships in the national team selection race, which was an unprecedented fierce battle.

I was shocked by the "qualifying defeat" of the three men who won the men's 100m national team ticket.

High level qualifying pass line

The men's 100m qualifying, in which Yamagata, Tada, and Koike lost the qualifying.

How long did it take to get to the semi-finals?



Regardless of the time, if you finish in 3rd place in each group, you can automatically advance to the semi-finals.

The problem is if you have less than 4 finishes picked up in time.

This time, three people were picked up in time.

The times were 10 seconds 05, 10 seconds 10, and 10 seconds 12, respectively.



On the other hand, looking back on the semi-finals of the adult world championships, I was able to advance to the finals even with a time of 10 seconds 11.

In other words, it can be seen that the "qualifying pass" line of this tournament was almost the same level as the "final advance" line of the adult world championship.

Yamagata's miscalculation

Yamagata, who finished in 10 seconds 15 at the top of the Japanese players, did not reach 0.03 seconds in the qualifying as a result.


I responded to the interview when the next four teams were running, before the defeat was decided.


He didn't give up on advancing to the semi-finals, saying, "This is not a game yet. If we make some modifications and go to the semi-finals, we will have to do a better race."



However, the result of 5 groups of players decided to lose the qualifying.

In the past two Olympics, he marked his personal best and was called an "Olympic man" because of his strength in the semi-finals, but this time he cried in three-hundredths of a second.



It was the start that Yamagata mentioned as a running task.

"I think I could have made my own race if I jumped out a little easier. I did a little more effort," he said. Did.

Tada The first big stage with power

It was the same with Tada who couldn't fully demonstrate his own characteristics.

Tada's characteristic is also "start".

Its explosive start has surprised the world's top players.

Looking back on the race and regretting it was also the start.

The reaction time of the start was the top of this group,


"I was pushed forward by the next player and I was strong there."


Hidden in the shadow.

I couldn't bring it into the "winning pattern" where I could take the lead and escape as it was, and I didn't hide my regret that it was difficult to go through my race.


Only a bittersweet experience remained on the first big stage.

Koike I couldn't see the catch-up in the second half

Koike, who had the same time of 10 seconds and 22 seconds as Tada, is in contrast to the latter half of the race.

After the race, he said, "I think I was able to improve as I expected," but I couldn't see the usual catch-up that would sprinkle the players in front of me.


"I've been in good shape to some extent, but this is my current ability. I've done what I can do now.


" It was a state.

There is an urgent need to rebuild to the relay gold medal

What I saw from the men's 100m qualifying was that the level of the world was higher than I had imagined.

And it was the appearance of three Japanese people who could not fully demonstrate their respective characteristics.



These three are expected to play a leading role in the 400m relay aiming for the gold medal.



The relay final will be on August 6th, six days later.

In order to bring the five years from Rio de Janeiro, which has been the challenge of improving the running ability of each person to the sophisticated baton pass, to fruition here, it is urgent to review each running challenge once again.