On Sunday 27 October, the 58th edition of the Takatsuki Tournament will be held in Takakata, featuring the All Japan Championships of the 50km.
These Championships are valid for the selection of the national team of Japan for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.
The race course is 2km long and will run along the Takahta shopping street between Showa-dori and Takatsuki-cho.
It is very interesting to note that the 50km All Japan Championships are held with the support of a sports promotion lottery. All the profits from this lottery are used to support all sports in Japan. Anyone interested in learning more about the subject can consult the lottery website and sports support actions at the following link ( click here )
The other events on the calendar will be:
- 20km men and women
- 10km women and 10km of high school male students
- 5km of female high school students
- 3km of middle school students
The World Champion Yusuke Sukuxi will not be at the start becaus with the victory of Doha he has already obtained the qualification for the Olympic Games and therefore the battle for second place in the team will be particularly fierce. We remember that the third place was assigned, as usual, in the Wajima Japan Championships next April.
There are 42 athletes entered for the 50km, a very interesting number.
The victory and the medals will be played in particular by Masatora Kawano (JAP), Satoschi Maruo (JAP), Kai Kobayashi (JPN), Yuki Ito (JPN), Shuto Goto (JPN), Isamu Fujisawa (JPN) and Daisuke Matsunaga (JPN ).
It should also ibe at the start Yuki Yamazaki (JPN).
In the women's race there are four participants and the favorite is Serena Sonoda (JPN).
Entries in other events
20km men: 95 athletes including 2 athletes from Hong Kong and 1 from Singapore
20km women: 26 female athletes including 1 athlete from Hong Kong
10km women: 19 athletes
10km men: 25 athletes
Entry list: click here