The Japan Association of Athletics Federations has announced that the men's Kengo Suzuki and the women's Mao Ichiyama, the marathon representatives of the World Championships in Athletics in the United States, have tested positive for the new coronavirus.

The two will be isolated from the team and will miss the race.

According to the Japan Association of Athletics Federations, at the marathon representative of the World Championships in Athletics held in Oregon, USA, male Suzuki and female Ichiyama conducted a positive PCR test for the new coronavirus on the 16th local time. Was determined.



The men's marathon will be held on the 17th local time and the women's marathon will be held on the 18th local time, but the two will be isolated from the team and will miss the race.



Suzuki had a Japanese record of 2 hours 4 minutes 56 seconds, and Ichiyama also won the 8th place at the Tokyo Olympics, and both were expected to be in the upper ranks.



The two married last year, and at the Tokyo Marathon in March, they broke the Guinness World Records with the total time of the couple who ran the same marathon.



It was also announced that Kazuhiko Yamazaki, the chairman of the Japan Association of Athletics Federations, and Toshinari Takaoka, the senior director of the middle- and long-distance marathon, as well as the coaches of Suzuki and Ichiyama, were also tested positive.