On the 27th, the world championship on land began in Qatar Doha, and in the women's marathon, Tanimoto Kangetsu (Tenmaya) entered 7th place in 2 hours 39 minutes 9 seconds, winning the first prize in two Japanese competitions. Nakano Enka (Noritsu) ranked 11th at 2 hours 42 minutes 39 seconds, and Ayano Ikeman (Kagoshima Bank) abstained near 30 km. The winner was Ruth Chepungetic (Kenya), 2 hours 32 minutes 43 seconds.
The first midnight race of the world championship started in severe conditions with a temperature of 32.7 degrees and humidity of 73.3%. Tanimoto was fighting with Nakano and Ikeman in the early stages, but gradually moved up to the 14th place at 20km. After that, he passed the players one after another with a tenacious run and went up to 7th after 32 kilometers, finishing with maintaining the winning range.
Survival race that was abandoned due to high temperature and humidity will be explained by Shin Fujiwara, the representative of the 2012 London Olympics Marathon and currently the head coach of Suzuki Hamamatsu AC Men's Marathon.
Tanimoto won 7th place "Race that can't be done without aiming"
―Please tell us your frank impressions of looking back at the race.
Proceeded at a slow pace as expected. Among them, it was impressive that the three Japanese players were in a group and were running at a slower pace. Because I thought that it would be okay to be at the beginning at this pace, but the Japanese were at a slower pace of 1 km 3 minutes 45-50 seconds, so `` This is not too late "?" I thought so in the first half of the race. However, when I opened the lid, Tanimoto showed a clean up and finished 7th. As Tanimoto, the super slow pace of the first half was one of the scenarios, so I was able to carry the race as planned. This time (I picked up the player before the pace down and chased it up) I think I was on the “waiting to fall”.
Of course, it was great to win the prize, but it wasn't a race to win. Since there are three Japanese players, I thought it would be good to attack one. However, since Tanimoto was in a clean tactic, I think that this tactic is very effective when fighting the world (for the purpose of winning a prize).
―What was Tanimoto's best performance?
The first pace was around 1 minute 3 minutes 50 seconds, but the second half was less than 3 minutes 40 seconds. This is a race that you can't do unless you aim well. Perhaps she drew a scenario, proceeded the race as it was, and the race progressed as intended. I think that it was a clever run that read the development, but I think that courage was also necessary at the same time.
-What kind of preparation is necessary to advance the race as intended?
Since it is a competition with opponents, even if you do the race according to the plan in the first place, if you say that it will be the order that you aimed, you can not understand unless you open the lid. Therefore, a certain level of dilemma is necessary: "Do it as planned, and if it can't be helped". For example, if you have a “four-card” on hand in poker, even if there is a possibility that you can come with a stronger card, I think you have to go to the game. In the same way, with the pressure of deciding "I'll go with this card" and not knowing the result, how can I proceed according to the scenario and do my own race? If you are aiming to win a prize, draw a scenario and wait for a fall is the most likely.
On the other hand, I think there are also some races like boxing that can't be read (like fighting with spurts). I think that a player who can win a gold medal can do such a game.
―To fight for medals and to win a prize. How are you fighting?
I agree. I think that the way of fighting will be completely different because the way of taking risks is completely different.
Is the Tokyo Olympics a more exciting race?
-The top players including the world championship Chepungetic, who has the world's highest level of ability and track record, have entered. What is necessary for Japanese people to bite here?
In this severe condition, and because there was no sun (because of midnight), the players who cut their personal best for 2 hours and 20 minutes could not exceed 2 hours and 30 minutes this time, so the Tokyo Olympics were about this It will be a guide to try to target time. However, this is unfounded, but I think it will be a little faster at the Tokyo Olympics. This time it seemed like a race where the players who were fighting for the first time felt like “I don't want to be any harder than this,” and signed a (silent) agreement and went slowly and tried to do their best. If we were aiming for time, we would have been more active, and I think the Olympics will be a more exciting race.
-Naoko Takahashi in Sydney in 2000 and Mizuki Noguchi in Athens in 2004, a Japanese women's marathon that showed strength, such as winning two consecutive gold medals at the Olympics, but in recent years it has been stagnant Will also be asked. What do you expect from the women's marathon in the future?
Girls carry “double gold medals” on their backs, and it's not unusual to take over that tradition. I'm in a position to teach, and it's not easy to say, “Aim for a gold medal in the world”, and I am honestly aware of the weight.
“Even for Mr. Takahashi and Mr. Noguchi, we have won with a practice amount that no one has ever done. However, I think that the younger players now are becoming more natural. The practice is becoming more and more scientific, and you should be able to say, “I used to practice that much, but I can do this now.” I think that know-how for running is surely progressing, but it will take some time for it to lead to results. I think boys and girls are getting closer to the results little by little, so I want them to believe.