A mixed relay of triathlon, a new event of the Tokyo Olympics, was held on the 31st.
The mixed relay was an event in which the Japan Triathlon Union took on the challenge of winning medals with tenacity.
From the perspective of promoting gender equality, mixed relay was of great interest, as President Bach of the IOC (International Olympic Committee) visited the race on the 31st in an event adopted from this competition.
Mixed relay has a distance per person of about one-fifth of individual events for swim, bike and run, and speed is more important.
Since the decision to carry out mixed relay at the Tokyo Olympics, the Japan Triathlon Union has been fighting against the world's top level by strengthening their respective teams, and the men's strengthening activities that continue to be sluggish are aimed at winning medals. Judged to be indispensable.
After forming a national team and starting to strengthen, we held a special tournament at almost the same distance as the mixed relay from the adult, and proceeded with the selection of suitable players.
Kenji Nener, who acquired Japanese nationality from Australia, stood out here, and at the May tournament, he showed his abilities and won the championship, deciding to become a representative.
The production on the 31st that was greeted in that way.
In the Japanese team, the first runner is a female ace, Yuko Takahashi, the second runner is a male ace, Nener Kenji, the third runner is Kishimoto Niina, who has a sense of stability, and the final fourth runner is tenacity. I had an order with Makoto Odakura, who is a member of the team, and all the members to participate in the Olympic Games for the first time.
Takahashi, the first runner who has gained strength based overseas, said, "I tried to make a good flow for myself, but I fell behind the lead group in the swim," but won the prize. We will connect next at 8th place in the area.
The following Ninner couldn't close the gap with the previous group as much as he wanted, but in the end he relayed in 8th place with a collapsing power run and 9th place with a slight difference.
The third runner is Kishimoto, who retired after falling on his favorite motorcycle in an individual event held in the rain on the 27th of this month.
Despite being separated in the final run, he remained in 9th place last time, running side by side with a Swiss silver medalist at the Rio de Janeiro Games until the end of the bike.
However, when Ninner and Kishimoto relayed, it was a painful mistake that a 10-second penalty was imposed for being outside the designated zone.
As a result, the final runner, Odakura, stayed for 10 seconds in the middle of his unique run, and this echoed the final ranking in 13th place.
After the race, Odakura said, "There were some things that didn't go well, but it was a triathlon, and it was the Olympics. I think I was able to do it properly while I took it firmly." was.
A mixed relay that did not reach the target and was able to make a difference with the world again.
How will you take the results of the 31st and connect them to the Paris Olympics three years from now?
The next battle has already begun.