Kipchoge wins gold.
Without any suspense, the Men's Marathon Champion at the Tokyo Olympics is still Kipchoge's.
In the early morning of the 8th, Kenyan marathon legend Kipchoge ran 2 hours 08 minutes and 38 seconds in Sapporo to defend the Olympic gold medal.
China's Yang Shaohui. Infographic
In this competition, Asian players also have a bright performance.
Japan's former domestic marathon record holder Daisuke took the sixth place with a time of 2 hours 10 minutes and 41 seconds; China's Yang Shaohui's time was 2 hours 14 minutes and 58 seconds, and the 19th place also created the best time of the Chinese marathon in the Olympic Games.
In addition, Peng Jianhua finished 32nd in 2 hours, 16 minutes and 39 seconds, and Dong Guojian finished 57th in 2 hours, 21 minutes and 35 seconds.
Big Forced Jay.
Judging from the competition, Chinese runners are constantly improving, but there is still a certain gap between them and Japan's top marathon runners.
Although in recent years, Chinese athletes have been learning African techniques in terms of professional skills and have achieved certain results, Japan has begun to learn from African athletes many years ago and has formed its own system in the process.
Since February 2018, Japanese men's marathon runners have set new Japanese national records several times, improving the Japanese national record by 1 minute and 15 seconds in three years. Kengo Suzuki even brought the Japan Marathon into the "204 era".
Dong Guojian in the game.
While the Japanese marathon has rapidly improved its competitive level in recent years, China's national record for men's marathon is still the 2 hours, 08 minutes and 16 seconds set by Ren Longyun in 2007.
However, China's marathon is climbing step by step, as evidenced by the 19th place in the Olympic Games.
Previously, in the 2019 and 2020 seasons, there were also a number of runners who showed the level of "208", of which Dong Guojian's performance of 2 hours, 08 minutes and 28 seconds in the 2019 Berlin Marathon was very close to the national record.
The Paper's reporter Qi Dong
Source: The Paper