The 6th day of the Oregon World Athletics Championships was held on the 20th (21st Japan time) at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon, USA. In the women’s 5000m qualifying, Nozomi Tanaka (Toyota Industries) finished 9th in 2 groups at 15:00:21. She was picked up in the top 5 finishes of each group + 5 people, and she decided to advance to the final on the 23rd (24th) for the second consecutive tournament. Ririka Hironaka (Japan Post Group) was eliminated in 7th place in a group of 15: 02.03, and Kaede Hagitani (Edion) was eliminated in 14th place at 15: 53.39. In a post-race interview, she said, “I was pretty close to the limit,” she recalled in the second half of the race.
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The 6th day of the Oregon World Athletics Championships was held on the 20th (21st Japan time) at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon, USA. In the women’s 5000m qualifyingNozomi Tanaka(Toyota Industries) finished 9th in 2 groups at 15:00:21. They were picked up by the time of the top 5 finishers in each group + 5 people, and decided to advance to the final on the 23rd (24th) for the second consecutive tournament.Guangzhong Lilijia(Japan Post Group) finished 7th in a group of 15 minutes 02 seconds 03,Hagi Valley Maple(Edion) was eliminated in 14th place at 15: 53.39. In the interview after the race, he recalled the latter half of the race, saying, “The limit has come.”
22-year-old Tanaka ranked 14th in the 5000 meters at the previous 2019 Doha tournament. This tournament, which was his second appearance, will challenge Japan’s first individual event of 800 meters, 1500 meters and 5000 meters. The 1500m was the first Japanese to advance to the semi-finals, but he couldn’t make it to the final with 7th place in the group. This was his third race of the tournament, and he is preparing for the 800-meter qualifying on the 21st (22nd).
On this day, he was placed in a high-ranking group consisting of nine people, but the pace increased from around the remaining 600 meters and he was separated. He managed to stick to 9th place. He decided to advance to the final with his personal best this season. He is 14th overall. He fell into the truck and was so strong that he couldn’t move.
In response to the interview after the race, Tanaka said, “I was caught because it was pretty tough, but I thought I had to leave the group, so I tried to eat it. At the last 600 meters, the limit had come to a considerable limit.” I revealed that.
He was aiming for the 5th place, which is decided to advance to the final, but during the race, he looked back on the development that he could not afford, saying, “Even if I was in the 5th place, I didn’t have any leeway or fun feelings.” I checked the qualifying line before the race and said, “I’m not aiming for a plus, but I don’t know how many people are left behind, so try to get closer to the 5th place.” However, it was unexpected that he did not leave a margin in the last lap. “
In this event, he advanced to the finals of the second consecutive tournament. “I was thinking of being calm, but it’s just two sides of the same coin, or just being too conscious of it can make it harder, or I can’t keep my time and panic. I was telling you. When I run out of room, I sometimes feel like I should say stickiness. That was good today, “he said.
(THE ANSWER editorial department)
