The Nagoya Women's Marathon, the last major marathon race of the season, was held, with Yuka Ando finishing third in the top Japanese team with a time of 2 hours 22 minutes 22 seconds, and eight Japanese athletes including Ando at the Paris Olympics. I got the right to participate in the representative selection race.
The Nagoya Women's Marathon, which sought to participate in the MGC = Marathon Grand Championship, the representative selection race for the Paris Olympics, was held with the participation of general runners while taking measures against infection.
From the beginning of the race, Kenya's Ruth Chepng'etic jumped out, and Ando, who participated in the 10,000 meters of the Tokyo Olympics last year, was in second place.
Then, after 23 kilometers, he was separated from Israel's Lonah Chemtai Salpeter, who was running side by side, but Ando ran tenaciously with a unique running method that barely shook his arm, with a time of 2 hours 22 minutes 22 seconds. I came in 3rd place in the top of the Japanese team.
In addition to Ando, Ai Hosoda, who finished 4th in 2 hours 24 minutes 26 seconds, and Yuka Suzuki, a 4th year student at Daito Bunka University who finished 5th in the new student record of 2 hours 25 minutes 2 seconds, etc. A total of eight people have won the right to participate in the MGC.
The winner was Chepng'etic, who set a new record for the tournament at 2 hours 17 minutes 18 seconds, and won a prize of 250,000 dollars and about 29 million yen in Japanese yen.
Second place was Salpeter at 2 hours 18 minutes 45 seconds.
Eight new players have the right to participate in the MGC
In this race, eight new people broke through the standards set by the Japan Association of Athletics Federations and won the right to participate in the MGC = Marathon Grand Championship, the representative selection race for the Paris Olympics.
The top Japanese players were Yuka Ando in 3rd place, Ai Hosoda in 4th place, Yuka Suzuki in 5th place, Ikumi Fukura in 7th place, Kotona Ota in 8th place, and 9th place. Takemoto Kanako, 11th place Reia Iwade, 13th place Rie Kawauchi.
Ten people participated in the previous MGC that was held for the representative of the Tokyo Olympic Games in 2019, but 17 people have already participated in the MGC that was the representative of the Paris Games at the end of this race. I have acquired the right.
Toshihiko Seko, Road Running Commission Leader of the Japan Association of Athletics Federations, said, "The level of girls is rising as they go up. Athletes who have won the right to participate will be able to train for free until next fall, so what should we do to make a difference with the world? I want you to think about whether you can fill it and aim for a higher level. "