The final day of the Japan Championships in Athletics, which also serves as the representative selection for the World Championships, is the 12th.

In the women's 5000m final, there will be a fierce battle with talented players such as Ririka Hironaka, who holds a Japanese record in this event, and Nozomi Tanaka, who has already won the 1500m.

At the Japan Championships in Athletics, which is being held in Osaka City next month as a representative selection for the World Championships to be held in Oregon, USA, if a player who breaks the standard participation record of the World Championships is in the third place, it will be on the spot. I will inform you as a representative.

Attention on the final day Women's 5000m final

In addition to Hironaka, Tanaka, and Kaede Hagitani who participated in the Tokyo Olympics in this event, five players including Tomoka Kimura and Sayaka Sato have broken the standard participation record.



Hironaka set a new Japanese record for the first time in 16 years, breaking Kayoko Fukushi's record on the big stage of the Tokyo Olympic final, and won the 10,000-meter Japanese championship last month and was appointed as the representative of the world championship. ..



Tanaka has won the 1500 meters of this tournament with overwhelming strength.



The women's 5000m, which is held by all the talented players such as the athletes who have been appointed as the representatives of the world championships, is likely to be a fierce battle at a high level.

Other highlights

Shunsuke Izumiya, a university student, and Rachid Muratake, who have broken the standard record for participation in the world championships, will participate in the men's 110-meter hurdles final.



In the qualifying session the day before, Muratake set the fastest time overall, and it is expected that he will have a good match with Japan record holder Izumitani.



In addition, Yuki Hashioka, who won the prize for the first time in 37 years in the men's long jump at the Tokyo Olympics last year, may be able to recover from the injury in April and approach the Japanese record.



NHK will broadcast the final day of the tournament on BS1.