Misato Michishita won the gold medal in the visually impaired class of the Tokyo Para-Athletics, Athletics Women's Marathon.

After the Rio de Janeiro Games, which was a silver medal, Michishita vowed to "absolutely go get something left behind" and grabbed the gold medal with his friends who are proud to be the best companions in the world, driven by regret.

Michishita has reached the target gold medal in a perfect race that is more than 3 minutes behind the 2nd place player on the big stage of the Tokyo Paralympics.



"I'm so impressed. I'm so happy that my tears turned into tears." There was a reason why



Michishita, who listened to the

National Anthem of Japan, said at the

awards ceremony.



Although he won the silver medal in his first appearance at the Rio de Janeiro Games five years ago, he stopped crying when he heard the national anthem of another country that won the gold medal at the awards ceremony.

This regret that



"I will definitely go get what I have forgotten" has



been the driving force for the Tokyo Paralympics for the past five years.



I reviewed the practice menu from scratch and ran 700 kilometers a month.

I dared to choose a mountain road with a lot of ups and downs as a practice place, and thoroughly strengthened my cardiopulmonary function.



The race on the 5th was a perfect development in which the effort paid off.

After passing the water supply point over 30km, Michishita spurted and separated Elena Poutova of the Russian Paralympic Committee, who was running side by side, and finally won the race by himself.

After the race, Michishita was the first to express his gratitude to his companion, who could not be said to be "the best in the world."

The first half was Yuka Aoyama, and the second half was Jun Shida, who also participated in the Hakone Ekiden during college.

Mr. Aoyama, who accompanied him at the Rio de Janeiro Games five years ago and shared his regrets, kept his pace as planned.



In the second half, Mr. Shida was over 30km, and when he asked if he could play a spurt after deciding where to play, Michishita immediately answered, "I can go," which led to the victory.



And in Fukuoka, where we are based, there are more than 10 companions who have run together in practice.

Michishita, who received the gold medal on the podium, put it on Mr. Aoyama before putting it on his neck, which was a scene that symbolized his gratitude to his companion.



"There were a lot of fellow who has the challenge together to understand about me. I this competition is not run in one person, and us tell it can be if everyone"



receives a thing left behind, "the world of escort I want to give a gold medal to "person".


With this thought in mind, Michishita ran through the rainy Tokyo.

The moment I finished, the sun was shining into the national stadium.