At the National Athletic Meet held in Tochigi Prefecture, women's javelin thrower Haruka Kitaguchi won the championship with a good record of 65 meters and 68 centimeters, which is close to her own Japanese record.
This was her last competition of the season for Kitaguchi, who has had world results, including a bronze medal at the World Championships in July, capping off her breakthrough season while maintaining her form.
At the World Championships in July, Kitaguchi won the bronze medal, the first medal for a Japanese female throwing event. ”, and sent a leap season such as entering 3rd place.
On the 8th, I participated in the national polity held in Tochigi Prefecture as the last tournament of the season.
Kitaguchi passed 61 meters from her first throw, and her third throw was 65.68 meters, just 32 centimeters short of her own Japanese record of 66 meters.
Kitaguchi continued to win by more than four meters over second place, and continued her form to cap off her breakthrough season.
On the other hand, Mei Kodama, who won the women's 100m race last month with a good time of 11.24 seconds, the second fastest in Japan's history, won with a time of 11.47 seconds in a tailwind of 0.3 meters.
Haruka Kitaguchi "New Japanese record, looking forward to next year"
Shinka Kitaguchi, who won the championship with a record close to her own Japanese record, said with a smile, "I wanted to break the Japanese record even a little, but I would like to look forward to next year." I looked back.
On top of that, ``I've become more particular about the content of my training, and this year I've been able to set a stable record. I want to go," he said, looking ahead to the next season.
And she said, "I was running out of gas towards the end of the season, so I'd like to go to the hot springs and refresh myself in the nature before starting the winter training."