■Athletics Japan Championships Day 1 Women’s 100m semi-finals (27th, Denka Big Swan Stadium, Niigata City)

The first day of the Japan Championships, which also served as the selection for the Paris Olympics. In the women’s 100m semi-finals, Arisa Kimijima (28, Civil Engineering Management), who has won the Japan Championships for two consecutive years, recorded 11.48 seconds (+1.2m) and advanced to the finals in first place overall. She will compete in the finals on the 28th, aiming for her third consecutive victory in the tournament and breaking the standard for the Paris Olympics (11.07 seconds).

Kimijima took off from a low stance, accelerated after 50m, and finished in first place. She recorded 11.48 seconds, just 0.03 seconds away from her personal best this season. Midori Oise (23, Sumitomo Electric), the 2019 champion, advanced to the finals in 11.55 seconds (+0.1m) in second place overall.

In the women’s 400m qualifying, the trio of World Relay representatives Nanako Matsumoto (27, Toho Bank), Abigail Fuka Ido (23, Toho Bank), and Yuna Iwata (26, Suzuki) advanced to the finals. Haruna Kuboyama (28, Imamura Hospital) was eliminated in the qualifying round.