The second walking competition at the Olympic Games in Japan will start on Friday at 5.30 am local time (Thursday 22.30 CET), but the “fifties” will once again face challenging conditions.
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Start of Thursday’s Olympic Twenty Pedestrians at the 2020 Olympics.
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Although there are slightly fewer degrees waiting for them at the start than the competitors for 20 km, the temperature differences in Sapporo between day and night are only small. Therefore, the coach of the Slovak national team Matej Spišiak expects a very difficult race.
Temperatures should climb to 25 degrees at the start, and by the time the endurance players reach the finish line, they will rise by another five.
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“The difference between day and night is not that big here. It will be 24 to 25 degrees and the problem is that there is extreme humidity in the morning. We will see how the competitors can handle it.
It will start in the morning and the weather will be diametrically different, “said the coach, who is in charge of all four Slovak pedestrians at the Olympic Games – Miroslav Úradník (20 km M), Mária Katerinka Czaková (20 km W), Michal Morvay and Matej Tóth (50 km M).
The last two nominees will take on royal discipline in different roles. While one is the defender of gold from Rio de Janeiro 2016, the other is waiting for the premiere at the Olympics. At the same time, the last 50 km of the track, as this will no longer be on the program in Paris for four years.
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“Mato will strive for the best possible result. He is an Olympic winner and was preparing to fight with the best, so I believe he will succeed. That both body and head will work. Mišo will have similar roles as Miro Officer.
It will also be very difficult, for the first time it will start in such an environment and weather and right in the fifties. I would like him to reach the finish line and defeat as many fighters as possible. I will be satisfied with that, “Spišiak compared the ambitions of both competitors.
The national team coach does not expect a very fast race, he estimates the winning time at 3:45 h:
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“It will be very interesting tomorrow, we will see what pace they choose, as the race will last at the level of four hours. The twenties went on average for three to four minutes, some slower kilometers for about five minutes.
We’ll see what he does at 50. But I think the top will step it off. So I expect a time maybe 3:45 h. We’ll see how we do. “
The teams had to solve an unexpected problem shortly before the competition, as the Japanese organizers wanted the competitors to arrive at the race three hours before their start.
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“We had to comment on it and it moved. Now we should leave the hotel two hours before the race. The original version was nonsense.
We would have to get up at one in the morning and the whole biorhythm would be disrupted. Even so, it is extremely early, “added Spišiak.
Will the Japanese benefit from domestic conditions?
Unlike Rio 2016, when the circle of biggest favorites was clear (Tóth, Diniz, Tallent, Heffernan), now everything is open. World champion Jusuke Suzuki, who was considered by experts to be the main adept for gold, will not start.
He did not feel fit and preferred to make his place on the Olympic team to another of the constellation of excellent Japanese, Hajat Kacuki.
“Even I would not be able to identify three or four people from which the winner can emerge now. I would count at least ten of them,” said gold advocate Matej Tóth on the website of the Slovak Athletic Association (SAZ).
The favorites include the 2017 world champion, the three-time European champion and world recorder Yohann Diniz. He, like Matej Tóth, will end his career at Sapporo.
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Yohann Diniz Frenchman Yohann Diniz celebrates the triumph in the 50 km walk at the 2017 World Championships in London.
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The 43-year-old Frenchman is missing the only medal in the collection – the Olympic medal. At home, strong Japanese will be led by the leader of this year’s world tables (3:38:42) Satoshi Maru.
Experts also give great chances of success to the bronze medalist from the 2019 World Cup and the fourth from Rio 2016, Evan Dunfeem.
The 31-year-old Canadian stepped a great 10,000 m on the oval on June 12 in 38: 39.72 min, but last time he also drove 50 km at the World Championships two years ago.
“Every competitor has his strengths and weaknesses and it doesn’t matter if he is in his twenties or a veteran,” thinks the most successful Slovak pedestrian in history.
Climatic conditions – heat multiplied by high humidity – plus a time lag will undoubtedly be a serious factor and at first glance could help Asian pedestrians, Japanese and Chinese.
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