At the Mikio Oda Memorial International Tournament on land, the women's 5000-meter final, Nozomi Tanaka, the representative of the Tokyo Olympics, finished third in the top Japanese athletes with a time of 15 minutes 23.87.
Top athletes such as last year's Tokyo Olympics, 1500m and 5000m representative Tanaka participated in the women's 5000m final.
Tanaka will continue to race in 4th place until the middle of the race, and when the foreign players increase their pace after 3000 meters, only one Japanese player will follow.
After that, he took the lead in the race at around 3800 meters, but was overtaken by two foreign players due to a spurt with less than 100 meters remaining, and became the top 3rd place Japanese player with a time of 15 minutes 23 seconds 87. rice field.
The winner was Kenya's Agnes Mukari, who marked 15 minutes 22 seconds 90, and Kenya's Kamau Tabita Jeri was second.
Nozomi Tanaka "I still have a lot to judge"
Nozomi Tanaka, who finished in 3rd place in the top Japanese in the women's 5000 meters, said, "It was a part of how I could make room, but it became difficult from the middle stage. He said, "I had more rest for the next player," he said. Regarding the last spurt, he said, "I was conscious of concentrating on the last lap rather than the last spurt, but halfway through. I thought that I hadn't made my own decision yet. "
And she said about this season, she said, "I have to finish it early. The selection of the Asian tournament has started, and although it will be a rough treatment, I would like to focus on sprinting ability and stamina more than last year." I was talking about enthusiasm.