There are still so many Japanese players running for 2 hours and 10 minutes, which has a great incentive effect on Chinese marathon runners.
Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, March 1 (reporter Wang Yong) although it was greatly “shrinking” due to the impact of the new coronavirus epidemic, the Tokyo Marathon held on March 1 still attracted the attention of many Chinese marathon practitioners.
Tokyo Marathon is one of the most influential marathon events in the world, and it is also an important sports event in Japan every year. The competition was originally attended by 38000 people, but affected by the epidemic, the organizing committee canceled the competition of mass projects and only retained the elite group and wheelchair group to compete. The participants finally only had more than 200 people.
The Japanese players in this competition are very eye-catching. The Japanese national record holder was forced to rank fourth at 2 hours at 5 minutes 29 seconds, increasing his national record by 21 seconds. Another 9 Japanese players ran into 2 hours and 8 minutes.
Li Changzheng, general manager of Huiran Sports, operates marathon and cross-country events such as Wuxi marathon. “Although this Tokyo Marathon is ‘shrink’, its influence still exists, which is enough to surpass many events with a scale of more than 30000 people.” Li Changzheng said that so many players ran for 2 hours and 10 minutes. “a fast race is a good marathon race. This is the last word.”
Olympic champion Wang Liping has devoted himself to the popularization and promotion of Marathon in China in recent years. She believes that the Tokyo Marathon has been relatively successful in building momentum for the Tokyo Olympics. This competition is also a trial of Japan’s domestic Olympic Games. It forced Jie to get the Olympic tickets by breaking the daily record. “This selection method makes athletes convinced by oral administration”.
Mao Daqing, an entrepreneur who has completed more than 100 full marathons, is very concerned about how the Tokyo Marathon under the epidemic will complete the competition organization and other work. He said that according to the timely progress of the epidemic, this competition has continuously adjusted its holding strategy, and its adaptability and execution are very strong. In the end, the group of mass runners should be cut down with pain, the number of volunteers should be greatly reduced, and the audience should be called to try not to cheer on the spot, so as to ensure that the event will finally be held in a wonderful, steady and rational way.
Liu Yue, deputy general manager of Wanda Sports event operation center, believes that Japanese players account for more than half of the top 30 men and women in this Tokyo marathon. This reflects Japan’s strong marathon culture, which benefits from their “running fever” lasting for nearly half a century “. Every year in Japan, there are more than a thousand inter-school relay matches, many of which have a history of more than 20 years.
Liu Yue said: “In recent years, the marathon market in China has continued to heat up, the scale of marathon industry has continued to rise, and event organizations and practitioners have understood and operated the event, they also showed a high level. However, it is undeniable that we still have a certain gap with the world-class in terms of sports performance, training level and marathon culture. In the organization and operation of Chinese competitions, the growth speed of domestic competition companies and their ability to learn and copy foreign competitions are very strong. More and more competition companies are increasingly internationalized in competition system, Player service, publicity and marketing development. In the next step, more high-end event operators will shift their focus to how to improve the competition level cooperatively. The competition performance is an important evaluation dimension to measure the professional level of high-end events.”
Jia Oren, an excellent young marathon and cross-country dual-habitat player in our country, added to the circle of friends, forwarded the short video of the great force Jie’s sprint to win the championship at the first time, and also submitted the article “The Return of the King!”. In an interview with Xinhua News Agency, he said: “The first feeling given to me by this Tokyo marathon is very shocking! At the last moment of the great force, the Jesus counterattack set a new record. This spirit is worth learning. There are still so many Japanese players running for 2 hours and 10 minutes, which has a great incentive effect on Chinese marathon runners. I hope there will be more players within 2 hours and 10 minutes in China in the future.”
Li Shaozhuang is one of the excellent Marathon Amateurs in our country. He is shocked by the overall strength shown by Japanese players in this competition, which proves that the measures of Japan Track and Field Association are effective and in place, in particular, the incentive policy of high bonus has greatly promoted the level of Marathon in Japan. “Although we hold many marathon competitions now, there are too few excellent local athletes. We need to have good policies to encourage them and continue to plus-sized the training of domestic excellent marathon athletes.”