24-year-old Nanako Fujii won the Japan Women's 20km Race Walk Championship, which also serves as a selection for the Paris Olympics, with a time of 1 hour, 27 minutes and 59 seconds, and has been selected as a representative for the Paris Olympics.
Nanako Fujii is a 24-year-old from Fukuoka Prefecture.
After she graduated from high school in Kitakyushu City, she joined a business group.
She is known for her flexible and efficient gait, and has a promising future, having been selected by the Japan Association of Athletics Federations as one of the Diamond Athletes, which certify young athletes who are expected to perform well in the Olympics and other events in the future. It has been expected.
In 2019, she gained attention by placing 7th in the women's 20km race walk at the World Championships, which she participated in for the first time, and at the Tokyo Olympics, which she participated in for the first time, she placed 13th, the top Japanese athlete. Ta.
She has since steadily gained experience on the world stage, finishing 6th at the World Championships a year ago, and 14th at last year's World Championships.
She won her second championship at the Japan Championships last year, and was aiming for a consecutive victory and a spot on the Olympic team for the second time.