At the World Championships in Athletics held in the United States, the women's 5000-meter qualifying was held on the 20th, and Nozomi Tanaka marked the best season of 15 minutes 0.21 and advanced to the finals for the second consecutive tournament.
Tanaka is scheduled to participate in the third medium- and long-distance event this year, following the 1500 meters, which was the first Japanese player to advance to the semi-finals, and on the 20th, he participated in the second event, the 5000 meters qualifying.
Qualifying will be held in two groups, and the top five players in each group will be able to advance to the final with up to 5th place and 6th place or less.
Tanaka participated in the same two groups as Ethiopia's world record holder Letesenbet Gidey and Dutch athlete Sifan Hassan, who won the gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics.
Tanaka started the race in the lead group from the beginning and kept the 5th position up to 2700 meters.
After that, he was gradually separated from the lead group near the remaining one lap.
Still, he ran tenaciously and finished in 9th place.
The time was the best of the season, 15 minutes 0.21.
Tanaka was 14th overall and decided to advance to the final for the second consecutive tournament.
Tanaka said, "It was a tough race, but I was able to bite into it without breaking my feelings. At the end, I couldn't afford it because I was on my feet. There was an 800-mail qualifying before the final. First of all, I want to enjoy the race so that I can stay in the semi-finals. "
On the other hand, the Japanese record holder of this event, Ririka Hironaka, appeared in one group and marked the best season of 15 minutes 2:03, but she did not advance to the final.
Kaede Hagitani was also eliminated in the qualifying.