One week after the 20kmW National championship, the 6th race walking game of Aichi was held in Nagoya city, Aichi prefecture. About 100 athletes have entried, from junior highschool students to masters athletes, and they walked under clear but slightly windy sky.

At the start a mixed race for three athletes on the distance of 3000m on the track

Then the three competitive games.

5000m track walk men

Victory to Tomohiro Suzuki in 20:44.42

Second place to Yuto Ooshima in 21:30.07

Third place to Kanta Kobayashi in 21:41.24

At the start than 46 high-school athletes, so it was necessary to start them in two timed sessions.

This is also a sign of the specific weight that is given to race walk in the land of the rising sun.

Thirty-eight athletes completed the race and 8 DQ.

5000m track walk women

Victory to Serena Sonoda in 23:36.03

Second place to Riho Fukamizu in 25:03.24

Third place to Kako Horibe in 25:51.03

Twenty-one athletes at the start of which 19 have completed the race and 2 DQ

10000m track walk

Twenty-two college and masters athletes started as another mixed competition, but 7 were DQed.

Men

Seven college students formed the leading group, but broke up after they got a lot of cautions and warnings.

Victory to Kenta Okada in 45:34.09

Second place to Takuya Wada in 45:58.37

Third place to Keisuke Warita in 46:07.13

Women

Race without history.

Rena Goto, who was at the 2nd place in the national championship last week, kept her lead all the way to the finish line.

Victory to Rena Goto in 48:13.99

Second place to Natsumi Wada in 51:29.63

Third place to Megumi Nakano in 53:20.99

(Akihiro Sugimoto - JPN)

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