Nozomi Tanaka, representative of this year's World Championships, participated in the women's 800 meters track and field of the National Athletic Meet held in Tochigi Prefecture, and showed her ability by winning with a time of 2 minutes 5 seconds 09. .
Tanaka, who participated in the 800, 1,500, and 5,000 meters at the World Championships in July this year, will participate in the adult women's 800 meters at the national polity on the 10th to improve her speed before the ekiden season gets into full swing. Did.
It was Tanaka's first time in the 800m race in about two months, but he marked the top time in the morning qualifying and advanced to the final.
In the final, after taking the lead after 200m, he pulled away from the rest and finished in the top with a time of 2 minutes 5.09 seconds.
Tanaka said, “I thought it was a battle with myself, so I was conscious of the time, but it was difficult to increase the pace on the second lap, which is my characteristic. So I'm glad I was able to achieve that," he said.
In the adult women's 5,000 meters, university student Arima Yamamoto pulled away from Japanese record holder Rika Hironaka in the last spurt, breaking the event record for the first time in 10 years with a time of 15:16.71. won the
Hironaka finished second with a time of 15:23:09.