On the 19th, the men's 200-meter semi-final was held at the World Championships in Athletics in the United States, and both Hiroki Ueyama and Shota Iizuka were eliminated.
The World Championships in Athletics held in Oregon, USA, held the men's 200-meter semi-final on the 19th, the fifth day of the tournament.
The semi-finals will be contested by three groups, and the two who have the highest time in each group up to 2nd place and 3rd place or less can advance to the final.
From Japan, two players, Ueyama, who won the first championship in this event of the Japan Championship last month, and Iizuka, who will participate in the world championship for the fourth time, advanced to the semi-finals.
Ueyama, who marked his personal best in the qualifying, participated in three groups, but at the end of the race, he was gradually separated and finished in 6th place, dropping the time from the qualifying to 20.48 seconds, and did not advance to the final.
In addition, Iizuka, who participated in the 1st group, also lacked growth in the second half and finished 7th in 20.77, losing in the semi-finals.
Iizuka "It was fun, but the result is disappointing."
Shota Iizuka said, "It's been a while since I've been running in such cheers, so I had a lot of fun, but the result is disappointing. It was a lot of fun to run in a cozy atmosphere unique to the United States. I wanted to do my best again aiming for the final stage. "
Ueyama "It was a disappointing result, but a good experience."
Hiroki Ueyama said, "I had a disappointing result, but I had a good experience. I still don't have enough power and I have to run with the power of other overseas players to fight here, so I want to do my best again." I did.