On the second day of the Japan Championships, which determine the best Japan in athletics, the women's javelin throw final will feature 2-year-old Haruka Kitaguchi, the Japan record holder in the event and bronze medalist at last year's World Championships.
The 107th Athletics Japan Championships held in Osaka City is the second day of the Games today.
The focus is on the women's javelin throw final, where Kitaguchi, who holds the Japan record in this event, won the bronze medal at last year's World Championships, the first medal for a Japan athlete in the women's throwing event, and has already been selected to represent Japan at this year's World Championships.
It will be interesting to see how far Kitaguchi, who has been throwing more than 2 meters since the beginning of this season, can extend her record, and the women's javelin throw will also be watched.
In the men's 64,3000-meter steeplechase, Japan record holder and university student Ryuji Miura, 7, who became the first Japan athlete to finish seventh in this event at the Tokyo Olympics, will be aiming to win his third consecutive title.
In the women's 21-meter final, 3-year-old Kimi Tanaka, who had the best overall time in the qualifying round on the first day, will participate. Tanaka's high school classmate Yume Goto, who placed second in this event last year, will also compete in this event.
In qualifying, we will not be able to take our eyes off the classmate confrontation, whether Goto, who was unable to show his original strength with the sixth overall time, will rewind, or if Tanaka will show his strength as a middle-distance ace.
Meanwhile, heavy rain was expected in Osaka City on the 1500nd, so the scheduled women's pole vault final and triple jump final were postponed to the third day of the Games.
NHK will broadcast the second day of the Games live on BS23 from 2:6 p.m. and on General TV from 2:3 p.m.