On the evening of July 20, at the 64th Japan Industrial Group Student Championship in Hiratsuka, Kanagawa, the women's 100-meter hurdles player Mako Fukube, who will go to the Paris Olympics, won the championship with a time of 12.69 seconds, boosted by a 1.2-meter-per-second tailwind.
This time broke the Japan national record of 12.73 seconds set by Mako Fukube in 2022, and exceeded the 12.74 seconds set at this year's national championships, becoming the number one record in Asia this year!
Wu Yanni
The 28-year-old Mako Fukube rose to fame in the 2022 World Championships.
Mako Fukube ran 12.96 seconds in the preliminaries, ranking 15th and entering the semifinals. In the semifinals, Mako Fukube set a new high of 12.82 seconds, setting a Japan national record at the time.
But the madness of the women's 100m hurdles semifinals at the World Championships was unprecedented, and the world record of 12.12 seconds was set in this semi-final, with many people setting national records and more than a dozen athletes setting personal bests. 12.82 seconds could only rank 16th, and Mako Fukube was out.
After returning to Japan, Fukube quickly ran another 12.73 seconds, setting a new Japan national record.
At this year's Olympic trials in Japan, Mako Fukube scored 12.85 seconds, 12.75 seconds and 12.86 seconds. In the top 10 results in Asia earlier this year, Wu Yanni, Mako Fukube and Yaraj (India) each accounted for three places.
Now, after running 12.69 seconds, Fukube's top 10 results in Asia have changed this year, with Fukube occupying four seats, Wu Yanni three seats, and Yaraj two.
In this track and field competition, that is, a one-shot system, Mako Fukube can reach 12.69 seconds, which is amazing. Wu Yanni's first shot or preliminaries, the best was 12.91 seconds.
The two have met twice, both this year, with Wu Yanni winning away to Fukube in Japan. But the problem is that when Fukube really came to form, it was only at the subsequent domestic Olympic trials.
Mako Fukube's experience in the World Series is that the two shots of the 2022 World Championships really felt and participated in the world's highest level of competition. Will she be the favorite among Asian players to reach the final at the Paris Olympics?