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[107th Japan Championship 10,000m Prospects ~Women’s Edition~] Hironaka has his fingers crossed for a ticket to Paris/Will he get an immediate offer for his third consecutive victory!?
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The 107th Japan Championships 10,000m will be held on December 10th, which also serves as the selection for the Japanese national team for the Olympic Games to be held in Paris, France in August next year. The venue will be the National Stadium in Tokyo, where the 2021 Olympics were held. It is also the stage for the World Championships coming up in 2025. This is the 106th Japan Championship 10,000m held in May last year. This year’s (107th) Japan Championships in the track and field events were held in June, including the mixed competition held on a different date, but the 10,000m event was moved to a different date, with hopes that weather conditions would make it easier to set records. A calendar has been set up to be set in December. As a result, athletes aiming for Paris will be able to take on the challenge of qualifying for the Olympics in a two-pronged race with the 108th Japan Championships 10,000m (Shizuoka) scheduled for May 3 next year. As with recent world championships, qualifications for the Paris Olympics include those who have broken the standard
participation record set by World Athletics (WA), and those from one country up to the target number (participation quota) set for each event. Awarded to the top of the WA World Ranking (Road to PARIS) set by three people. The selection of Japan representative athletes will be carried out in accordance with the representative selection guidelines established by the Japan Athletics Federation
(https://www.jaaf.or.jp/files/upload/202309/21_112524.pdf), and for the 107th tournament, Although breaking the standard participation record (27 minutes 00.00 seconds for men and 30 minutes 40.00 seconds for women) is a condition, there is a possibility that up to three people will be announced as immediate candidates. Also, even if the standard record cannot be cleared, I would like to improve my record and ranking as much as possible in order to compete in the WA World Rankings, which will be finalized on July 2 next year. Will the women’s javelin thrower, Haruka Kitaguchi (JAL, Diamond Athlete graduate), the men’s marathoners, Naoki Koyama (Honda) and Akasaki Akatsuki (Kyudenko), the women’s marathoners, Yuka Suzuki (Dai-ichi Life Group), and Mao Ichiyama? How many people will be offered job offers following (Shiseido)? Also, will there be any rising stars who will make strides towards the Paris Olympics and even the Tokyo World Championships, which will be held in Japan for the first time since 2007? Here, we will introduce notable players based on the entry list. *Entry status, records, competition results, etc. are based on information as of November 29th.
Text: Ikumi Kodama (JAAF Media Team)
[Women’s 10,000m]
As for the women, there is a possibility that there will be candidates who meet two of the conditions for a 10,000m offer at this event. One is that “the top 8 finisher at the Budapest World Championships must meet the standard participation record within the valid period of participation eligibility,” and the other is “the winner of the current tournament must meet the participation standard record within the valid period of participation qualification.” “meeting the participation standard record”. Only one person falls under the former category. Rika Hironaka (JP Japan Post Group) finished 7th at the Budapest World Championships. If he clears the standard participation record by June 30 next year, he will be in a position to qualify for the national team, so to speak. The standard participation record for the women’s 10,000m is 30 minutes 40 seconds. For women, the time was significantly improved from 31:25.00 at the 2022 Oregon World Championships to this summer’s Budapest World Championships
(30:40.00), and that record will remain unchanged for the Paris Olympics. Ta. However, only two players in Japan’s history have surpassed this record. Although several athletes around the world, mainly Kenyan and Ethiopian athletes, have completed the feat this season, no one in Asia has achieved it, and although it is not as difficult as the men, it is still a very difficult record. As of the current stage (November 29th), there are no women who have broken the standard participation record. In both of the two items mentioned above, in order to receive an immediate job offer in this tournament, it is essential to break the standard participation record on the day. There are two possible scenarios: 1. If Hironaka breaks the standard participation record and wins, 2. If multiple players, including Hironaka, break the standard participation record and a player other than Hironaka wins. In pattern 1, only Hironaka will win, and in pattern 2, both the winner and Hironaka will earn tickets to the national team to go to Paris. As of November 24th, when the entries were announced, there were 28 female participants, including Judy Jepungutich (Shiseido) who will be participating in the Open. Rika Kaseda (Daihatsu), who was the marathon representative at the Budapest World Championships (19th place) and also participated in the Marathon Grand Championship held in October (4th place), is participating to focus on winning the marathon representative’s place at the MGC Final Challenge. He has announced that he will be withdrawing from the race, and as of this writing, the race is expected to consist of 27 people. The target number for women in the WA World Ranking (Road to PARIS), which is set by three people from one country, is 27, and at this stage only Hironaka, who is 20th with a ranking score of 1266 points, is within the range. 32nd place Rino Goto (Shiseido, 1171 points) and 35th place Haruka Koumi (Dai-ichi Life Group, 1168 points) make up the top three Japanese players, followed by Yuka Kimura (Sekisui Chemical, 1141 points) with just under 30 points. ) and Momoka Kawaguchi (Uniqlo, 1140 points) follow closely. In the Japan Championship, which is a high category of domestic competition, the ranking score added is also large, so it is possible to reverse depending on the record and ranking at this tournament. Furthermore, at the 108th Japan National Championships to be held in May next year, which is also a selection competition for the 10,000m representative, there will be athletes who have completed their Olympic challenge in the marathon who will be competing for the 10,000m representative. Considering that I will be participating in the tournament, I would like to get as many points as possible at this Japan Championship, where I can get more points. Looking at the individual lineup, Hironaka is the most likely candidate for the championship. My personal record is 30:39.71, set at last year’s Oregon World Championships 10,000m final (12th place). This is the second highest record in Japan’s history, and he is one of the aforementioned “athletes with a personal record that exceeds the standard participation record” in Japan. This year, due to an injury to his Achilles tendon, he struggled to get off the ground early in the spring, but by the time he competed in the 5,000m and 10,000m World Championships in Budapest in August, he had perfected his skills and finished 7th in the 10,000m. I let it happen. At the Hangzhou Asian Games in the fall, where she also competed in two events, 5,000m and 10,000m, she was also appointed captain of the women’s track and field team, winning silver medals in both events. At the All Japan Business Group Women’s Ekiden held on November 26th, she was in charge of the longest section, the 3rd section (10.6km), and showed a good performance, winning the section award in 33 minutes 04 seconds. If you break the standard record, your personal record will automatically be updated. The Japanese record held by Hitomi Shintani (Sekisui Chemical) is 30 minutes 20.44 seconds. I’m sure the venue will get excited if we see a performance like this one coming up. Speaking of Hironaka, there was a strong impression that he was good at races where he aggressively pushed from the first half, but this season, he has been working on a race where he starts to hold back in the first half and wins in the last, and has a track record and experience. Not only that, but the range of lace patterns is also expanding. It will be interesting to see what pattern they will choose to win tickets to Paris at the National Stadium, which will be the venue for the Tokyo World Championships in two years’ time. He has been winning in this event since the 105th tournament in 2021, and if he wins this time, it will be his third consecutive victory. In order for athletes other than Hironaka to get a job offer in this tournament, they must beat the standard participation record and be the first to arrive. It’s a very difficult condition to meet, but Goto would be the first to do so. During his time at Chuo University, he won a silver medal in the 10,000m at the Universiade (currently the World University Games) in 2019 during his fourth year, but his presence became widely known around the fall of 2021. In December of the same year, he broke the participation standard record for the Oregon World Championships in the 10,000m by marking a time of 31 minutes 10.02 seconds, which at the time tied for 6th place in Japanese history (currently 7th place). He placed 3rd in the 10,000m championship and earned a ticket to the national team. After that, he participated in two consecutive tournaments, the Oregon World Championships (19th place) and the Budapest World Championships (20th place), and over the past two years he has transformed into an athlete whose name is always mentioned as a top candidate. This year, in February, he ran a 10km road race in Spain (mixed men and women) with a time of 30 minutes and 55 seconds. Following the half marathon (1 hour 08 minutes 03 seconds = women’s solo) she set last year, she now holds the Japanese record in the second event. Following the Oregon Games, the Budapest World Championships did not yield a satisfactory result, but with that disappointment in mind, they have been preparing for the current Games, vowing to do well at the Paris Olympics. At the All Japan Business Group Ekiden held on November 26th, he took charge of the 1st section (7km) and placed 1st in the section. The section record held by Hironaka was also improved by 5 seconds, boosting morale. He is the type to boldly come forward from the first half and lead the pack. No matter what strategy Hironaka uses this time, Goto will be one of the people who will lead the ranks from the beginning. If Hironaka can hold on until the end, he will break his personal record for the first time in two years and become the sixth Japanese person to break the 30-minute mark. Among athletes who have represented Japan this season, Koumi (personal record 32:01.83) and Kawaguchi (personal record 31:57.81), who won gold and silver medals in the 10,000m at the Bangkok Asian Championships in July, are entered. Hina Yanagitani (Wacoal) won the Asian Half Marathon Championship held in Dubai in November, and Nanami Watanabe (14th place in 5km) competed in the World Road Running Championship (Riga, Latvia), mainly competing in the 5000m race. It will be interesting to see how Panasonic) performs in the 10,000m race. In addition to Wakana Kabasawa (Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance, 5000m 15 minutes 19.98 seconds), who has shown remarkable progress in the 1500m, 3000m, and 5000m since the beginning of this year, she also won the World University Games in Chengdu, China. Young athletes such as Risa Yamazaki (Nippon Sport Science University, 3rd place in the 5000m, 5th place in the 10,000m) and Akira Muramatsu (Ritsumeikan University, 11th place in the 5000m, 9th place in the 10,000m), who participated in the two events of 5,000m and 10,000m, are looking forward to their next steps in this race. It will be fun to watch the game while trying to predict what will lead to it. Mikuni Yada (Edion), who holds the Asian indoor record of 15 minutes 23.87 seconds (2022) for 5,000 meters, is also a runner who just turned 24 years old, and also holds a personal record of 31 minutes 34.39 seconds (2020) for 10,000 meters. have. This year’s season bests are only 15:44.34 for 5,000m and 32:55.32 for 10,000m, but these were both records set in the fall. He has a strong impression of always racing in a good position, and if his condition improves even further, he will be a factor in the front ranks. On the other hand, athletes who have already achieved great results include Yuka Takashima (Shiseido), who competed in the 10,000m at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro (18th place) and the 2015 Beijing World Championships (20th place), and the 2019 Japan Championship champion. , 2017 London World Championships (5000m), 2019 Doha World Championships (10000m = absent) Rina Kusunoki (Sekisui Chemical, maiden name Nabeshima), 2019 Doha World
Championships 5000m representatives Kimura and Minami Yamanouchi (Shimamura). line up. Takashima turned 35 this year, but in October he set a new personal record in the 5000m with a time of 15 minutes 26.33 seconds for the first time in nine years. At the All-Japan Business Group Ekiden on November 26th, he performed well, winning the section prize in the 5th section (10km), which featured some of the most famous marathoners, with a time of 31 minutes and 48 seconds, a nine-second lead over Shintani, who came in second in the section. His unique characteristic is the rhythmic pitch that comes out of his petite body. We may see him run close to his personal record set in 2017 (31 minutes 33.33 seconds). Kusunoki and Kimura currently practice under TWOLAPS, where Shintani also belongs, and study under Masato Yokota. Kimura, whose goal is to compete in the 5,000m at the Paris Olympics, has maintained a stable record in the 1,500m this fall. If it seems like he can run better than his personal record set last year (31:51.05), this race itself, and next season’s 5000m race, will be even more exciting.
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■Tournament name: 107th Japan Athletics Championships 10,000m ■Date: Sunday, December 10 ■Venue: National Stadium ■Start time: 16:03 Women’s 10,000m, 16:43 Men’s 10,000m ■Events to be held :Men’s 10,000m, women’s 10,000m Click here for details (competition details: https://www.jaaf.or.jp/files/competition/document/1749-1.pdf) [Japan Championship 10,000m application record]
■Application record Male: 28 minutes 16.00 seconds Female: 32 minutes 30.00 seconds (5000m: 15 minutes 40.00 seconds) ■Application record valid period from January 1, 2022 to November 19, 2023 ■Target number Male: 30 people Women: 30 people Click here for details (competition guidelines: https://www.jaaf.or.jp/files/competition/document/1749-1.pdf) [Paris Olympics participation standard record]
■Participation standard record Male: 27 minutes 00 seconds 00 Female: 30 minutes 40 seconds 00 ■Participation standard record valid period From December 31, 2022 to June 30, 2024
[About the offer to represent Japan at the Paris Olympics]
Paris 2024 Olympics Japan representative selection guide
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