Special Interview Alumni Today
Alumni Report Special Interview Alumni Today Participating in the Olympics was their goal since they were students Alumni Report Having earned a place, they are aiming for the next level had a significant impact on me. There were also people who Winning a place at the Tokyo Olympics had competed in the Olympics around me, albeit in different events. At tough times after I started working Coach Sakai Hattori : Congratulations on winning a place in the Tokyo Olympics listened to my concerns. When I told him about the results of men’s 10,000m! the MGC, he encouraged me, saying, “from here is when the Aizawa : Thank you! I’m happy to have achieved my number one goal real work starts.” His voice sounded happy though. Aizawa, from last year. did you also think about the Olympics since university? Hattori : It must have been hard to train this year, being your f irst year Aizawa : Yes. Coach Sakai also always told me to “run with a focus on in the workforce and with the impact of the novel coronavirus, the future.” This time too, he told me, “ The result this Toyota Motor Corporation from when did training get on track? time is not where it ends. Achieve results in the Olympics, Long Distance Team Aizawa : From around the summer. At university, I was training for and connect this to your biggest goal, the marathon,” which Yuma Hattori ekiden, but last year I switched to track-focused training. I I thought was typical of Coach Sakai. was able to get regular high-level training as my teammates Hattori : And of course Toyo University Track and Field Club is Profile are all top athletes.
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