Nozomi Tanaka, who is scheduled to participate in the third medium- and long-distance event at the World Championships in Athletics, advanced to the women's 1500m semi-final, which is the first Japanese player, but missed the final in a short time. did.
At the World Championships in Athletics, Tanaka is scheduled to participate in the women's 1500 meters, as well as in the third event, 800 meters and 5000 meters, and in the first event, 1500 meters, he was the first Japanese player to participate in the semi-finals.
The semi-finals will be held in two groups, and the top two players in each group will be able to advance to the final with up to 5th place and 6th place or less.
Tanaka, who won a prize in this event of the Tokyo Olympics, actively advanced the race, such as leading the race to over 800 meters in the two semi-finals that participated.
After that, it was a group of spurts, but the player running in front of him on the last straight line was able to avoid falling, and the time was 4 minutes 5 seconds 79 seconds.
Although Tanaka finished 6th in this group, he missed the final due to a short time.
Tanaka recalled, "I was able to concentrate on the race, but I was a little disappointed that I couldn't spurt at the end because of the positioning."
She will next, she will be competing in the women's 5000m qualifying on the 20th of local time, she said, "She wants to run stronger with her desire to stay in the final." I was enthusiastic.