Yoshihide Kiryu, who participated in the Tokyo Olympics, took part in the final 100-meter race of the season, marking 10 seconds and 18 seconds to win the championship, and gained momentum next season.
Kiryu, who holds a record of 9.98 seconds, which is the third place in Japan's history in the men's 100 meters, missed the participation in the individual event at the Tokyo Olympics, but served three runs in the men's 400 meters relay.
On the 28th, as the last race of the season, he participated in the men's 100 meters held at the Fukui Prefectural Athletics Stadium "9.98 Stadium", which was the first Japanese player to mark the 9-second range four years ago.
Kiryu has been in the 100-meter race for the first time in about two months since the Japan Championships in June, and in the qualifying, he advanced to the final with a time of 10 seconds 36 in the headwind of 1.1 meters.
In the final, which was held about three hours later, when he was in a good position from the start, he took the speed from the middle stage and pulled away from other players, marking 10 seconds 18 in the windlessness and winning the championship, gaining momentum next season.
Among the other athletes who participated in the Olympics, Yuki Koike participated in the men's 200 meters and won the championship in 20 seconds 62, Shunya Takayama in the men's 110 meters hurdles won in 13 seconds 57, and Hanae Aoyama won the women's 100. I won the championship by marking 11 seconds 57 in the meters.
Kiryu "Feeling of restarting"
Yoshihide Kiryu said in a fulfilling manner, "There were various things this season, but I'm glad I was able to win the last race and finish it."
In today's 100-meter race since the Japan Championships two months ago when I missed the Olympic representative, I changed the way I swing my arms under the theme of "powerful running" and reduced the number of steps from the start to 10 meters. It means that he made a new attempt to do so.
Kiryu recalled, "I tried it, but I still couldn't run as I expected. I want to make it an issue for the off-season."
On top of that, he said about the future, "Although it will be a break in this season, my competitive life will continue, so I will do my best from next season onward with the feeling of restarting."