The business team tournament where athletes who participated in the Tokyo Olympics on land started in Osaka City on the 24th, and women's long-distance runners Ririka Hironaka and Mao Ichiyama restarted for the Paris tournament three years later. I cut it.
The all-Japan business team championship on land was held at Yanmar Stadium Nagai in Osaka City from the 24th to the 3rd, and the top athletes who participated in the Tokyo Olympics gathered.
Among them, the 20-year-old female player, Hironaka, set a new record in Japan at the 5000 meters of the first Olympics, and at 10000 meters, she was ranked 7th for the first time in 25 years as a Japanese player in this event. I did.
In this tournament, as part of the speed enhancement, we participated in two groups of 1500m time races, which are shorter than our specialty, but we started the race from behind immediately after the start.
After that, there were some scenes where I caught up, but I finished in 4 minutes 21 seconds 03, which was more than 4 seconds behind my personal best, and finished 7th overall.
In addition, Mao Ichiyama, who won the 8th place in the women's marathon at the Tokyo Games, participated in the women's 10,000 meters.
Ichiyama, who raced about a month and a half after the marathon in the heat, was separated from the lead group in the early stages and did not see the original smooth running after that.
The time was 34 minutes 35 seconds 87, which is about 3 minutes 20 seconds slower than his personal best, and he was 27th overall, but he made a restart to the Paris Olympics three years later.
On the 25th, the second day of the tournament, the men's 100 meters were held, and Japan record holders Ryota Yamagata, Yuki Koike, and Shuhei Tada were all three representatives who could not meet their expectations due to qualifying defeat. Players will participate.
Hironaka "Medal goal devotion at the Paris tournament"
Ririka Hironaka said, "It was a race that I participated in to speed up for the future. I felt like I'm going to go for the future after the Olympics, but my body didn't move as I expected. I knew there was a race, but I couldn't keep up with it. "
On top of that, regarding the future, "I really wanted to be able to compete in the Olympics and compete with the players of the world on an equal footing. I have a goal of winning a medal at the Paris tournament three years later, so I will evolve toward that. I want to make it a year and a year with a certain amount of time. I want to devote myself from practice to relieve my regrets this time. "