It's been a year since the Tokyo Olympics.

At this year's World Championships in Athletics, the athletes who took advantage of the regrets of the Tokyo Olympics achieved a feat.

On the other hand, the number of athletes who were forced to miss due to infection with the new coronavirus was affected.

Men's 20km Racewalking Toshikazu Yamanishi First Japanese player to win the tournament for the second time in a row

The first feat was the gold medal of the men's 20-kilometer racewalking, and Toshikazu Yamanishi's second consecutive championship.



Yamanishi, who won the previous tournament, was a strong candidate for the gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics, but ended up with a bronze medal.



He firmly vowed, "I wanted to win a gold medal in Tokyo, and I will live with this feeling no matter where I go."



Yamanishi said, "I want to review all the preparations I've made so far," and trained with new mental training to welcome the tournament.



The race continued to shake rivals from the beginning, and was the first Japanese player to win the world championship for the second time in a row.



"I wanted to revenge somehow," smiled.

Women's javelin throw Haruka Kitaguchi Japan's first bronze medal

Haruka Kitaguchi, who won the first bronze medal for a Japanese player in a female javelin throw, turned her regretful tears a year ago into tears.



She made it to the finals for the first time in 57 years since the last Tokyo Games in 1964 as a Japanese player in this event of the Tokyo Olympics, but she finished 12th.



Her body was in pain and she cried, "I'm very disappointed that she wasn't ready to compete."



Kitaguchi, who decided that she would be stronger and come back, has been strengthening her with a three-legged race together with Czech coach Sekerak.



In June she won her first victory in the Diamond League, the world's premier tournament, and she was grabbing her response.



When she turned around in the final 6th round of this tournament and entered the medal range, she rushed to Mr. Ichimoku to Mr. Sekerak.

With happy tears, Kitaguchi said, "This is not my goal yet."



The expression "(copper) is the least shining medal" also showed the constant aspiration to aim for a gold medal.

Men's 100m Sani Brown Final advance First Japanese player

Men's 100-meter final advance, which continued to be hit by the thick walls of the world.



It was Sani Brown who missed the Tokyo Olympics in this event, and he was Abdul Hakim.



Sani Brown suffered from a hernia-induced back pain last season, saying "it hurt just to walk."



This season, when his pain healed, he regained his original sharpness and intuition.



This intuition was alive.



In the last World Championship semi-final, he failed at the start.



On the other hand, this tournament showed an outstanding start in qualifying and marked 9 seconds 98.



Even in the semi-finals, he showed a good start response that was comparable to the top of the world, and stood on the big stage for the first time as a Japanese player.



Although he finished 7th in the final, he made a new history in the Japanese track and field world.

Missing one after another with the new corona

It should be remembered that while the performance was spectacular, there were a number of players who missed due to the influence of the new Corona.



In the marathon, of the six men and women representing Japan, Kengo Suzuki for boys and Mao Ichiyama and Hitomi Niiya for girls lost the place to fight the world.



There are only two years left until the Paris Olympics.



The best part is that the world championships will be held in Tokyo.



Expectations are rising from now on what kind of race the players who have risen from regret will show.