At the World Championships in Athletics held in the United States, a women's marathon was held on the 18th, and Mizuki Matsuda, who was the only Japanese athlete to participate, finished 9th and unfortunately missed the prize.
The World Championships in Athletics held in Oregon, USA, was held on the 18th of the 4th day of the tournament, and the women's marathon was held, and it was contested on a 14km circuit course with few ups and downs.
Mao Ichiyama, who won the prize at the Tokyo Olympics, and Hitomi Niiya, who has been active on the track, tested positive for the new coronavirus and missed the race. Only one person participated.
The temperature was low at the start, and the race was a high-speed race centered on Africans from the beginning, and Matsuda was already separated from the lead group by 2 km.
Even so, Matsuda, who has been practicing with the regret that he could not participate in the Tokyo Olympics, will pass each player who dropped out of the lead group one by one, and at the 40 km point, only the 8th place player who will be the winning line It was close to 2 seconds difference.
However, she was then separated and finished in 9th place at 2 hours 23 minutes 49 seconds, unfortunately missing a prize.
The winner was Ethiopia's Gotitom Gebresilacie, who set a new world championship record in 2 hours 18 minutes 11 seconds.
Mizuki Matsuda "I want to do my best from the beginning with this regret"
Mizuki Matsuda, who unfortunately missed the prize, responded to the interview after the race with regret and tears.
Matsuda lost in the selection of the representative of the Tokyo Olympics marathon and became a substitute, and participated in the marathon as a representative of Japan for the first time in this world championship.
Matsuda said, "It was a starting line that was set up with the support of many people, but she couldn't live up to her expectations. I'm really sorry for her."
And she said about her experience gained at her world championship, "I want to do my best from the beginning so that I can fight the fierce men of the world firmly with this regret."