Tomomi Usawa was 4th and Kaede Maegawa was 5th in the Tokyo Para-Athletics long jump women's long jump class.
The women's long jump prosthesis class was held on the night of the 2nd in the rain, and the final was held at the national stadium.
Rabbitsawa lost his left leg due to a disease called osteosarcoma when he was in the fifth grade of elementary school, and after enrolling in Nippon Sport Science University, which established a track and field club specializing in para-athletes, he started track and field in earnest and set an Asian record. Was expected to play an active role.
In the final, the top players jumped over 5 meters from the beginning, but Usawa couldn't make a good start and couldn't improve the record.
In the final 6th jump, I jumped 4 meters and 39 centimeters, but I couldn't reach my self-record and finished 4th.
In his fourth jump, Maekawa finished fifth, marking 4 meters and 23 centimeters, which is close to 3 centimeters before his self-record.
The winner was Vanessa Low of Australia, who set a new world record of 5 meters and 28 centimeters with both legs prosthesis, and won the gold medal for the second consecutive tournament.
Usawa "I am keenly aware of my weakness"
Tomomi Usawa said, "I couldn't do what I was able to do in practice, and I was keenly aware of my weakness. It was so bad that I wondered what I had accumulated so far." ..
When asked about the record break in the final jump, he said, "The coach told me to confidently imagine the ideal jump because there is nothing wrong with it. Still, that's it." The regrettable expression did not change until the end.