Yoshihide Kiryu, who marked the 9-second range for the first time as a Japanese athlete in the 100-meter track and field men, posted on his SNS, "Make time to think about what you want to do in your track and field life," and will be in the race this season. It was revealed that he would not participate.
Kiryu updated his Twitter account after midnight on the 17th, saying, "I decided to make time to think about what I want to do in athletics. I want to run in the game, until I want to do athletics. I will take a rest. "
He then spelled, "I won't be in the match this season. I'll start practicing again at some point," he said, revealing that he won't be in the race this season.
Kiryu missed the tournament in April and last month because he felt uncomfortable with his legs, and was only 6th in the men's 100 meters of this month's Japan Championship, which also served as the representative selection for the world championship.
Kiryu, who achieved a historic achievement of 9s98, the first Japanese player to reach the 9s level at the 2017 Games in Fukui Prefecture, won the Japanese silver medal at the men's 400m relay at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics. As a relay member at the Tokyo Games, he participated in the Olympic Games for the second time in a row.