Yuta Bando, who participated in the 5,000-meter track and field men's qualifying for the Tokyo Olympics, finished 17th with a time of 14:05:80, and Hiroki Matsueda of the second group had a time of 14:15:54. After finishing the clothes, both of them were eliminated in the qualifying.
Bando "I'm really disappointed that I couldn't live up to my expectations."
Bando said, "I thought it was a slow pace, so I expected it, but when the pace changed, it became a little tighter. I thought it was dangerous, and I stopped at once from there," recalled the race. ..
Regarding the stage of the first Olympics, "I came with the goal of representing Japan on the track, so I'm really happy that I was able to run at the Olympics, but I'm really disappointed that I couldn't live up to everyone's expectations. I want to practice from now on so that I can say it. "
Matsueda "I couldn't catch up at the end"
Matsueda said, "I had a strong feeling that I didn't want to finish just by running, but I ended up without being able to catch up at the end of the race when I was confident. I have to be able to run firmly at such a high level. I felt like I had to do it, and I'm sorry, "he looked back on the race with regret.