[Sendagaya, Tokyo] National Stadium Tour Special Event Go with Athletes! Stadium Tour & Running Event

You can experience a stadium tour with track and field athletes at the National Stadium, where the Tokyo 2025 World Championships in Athletics will be held in September next year, and after changing into comfortable clothes, you can participate in a running experience event held on the stadium track. This is a valuable experience limited to 40 people per group, where you can run with athletes while receiving a lecture on running. Please join us. *Artificial turf will be laid on the track on October 27th and November 24th. The running experience event will also be held on the artificial turf. *Please bring your own clothes and shoes that are easy to exercise in. You can change in the changing room. Please refrain from wearing spikes in order to protect the track. ■Profile ・ Asuka Terada (Participated: October 27th 1st and 2nd Divisions, December 15th 2nd Division) Former Japanese record holder in the 100m hurdles in track and field. Represented Japan at the Tokyo Olympics. She started athletics in the fourth grade of elementary school, won the 100m hurdles at the Inter-High School Championships three times in a row in high school, and won the 100m and 4x100m relay in her third year, achieving a triple crown. She won the Japan Championships three times in a row from 2008 to 2010, competed at the World Athletics Championships in 2009, and was ranked number one in the junior rankings in the world, but retired in 2013 due to injuries and eating disorders. After entering university and giving birth in 2014, she switched to rugby sevens in 2016 and returned to active competition. She returned to athletics at the end of 2018. The following year, she set a new Japanese record for the first time in 19 years and competed at the World Athletics Championships for the first time in 10 years. In 2021, she broke the Japanese record twice, won the Japan Championships for the first time in 11 years, and competed in the Tokyo Olympics. She became the first Japanese athlete to advance to the semi-finals in this event in 21 years.・Tobe Naoto (Participation: November 24th, Part 1 & 2, December 15th, Part 1) Athletics, Japan record holder in high jump. Representing Japan at the Tokyo Olympics. In his third year of high school, he set a Japanese high school record (at the time) of 2.23m at the Niigata National Sports Festival, and won a bronze medal at the World Junior Championships the following year in 2010. After that, he participated in the 2015 World Championships in Athletics Beijing and won a bronze medal at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta, and in 2019 he set a Japanese record of 2.35m, won the overall championship at the IAAF World Indoor Tour, and was ranked number one in the world. In 2021, he will compete in the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, advancing to the finals.

You can join the athletes on a tour of the National Stadium. Experience the tour content with the athletes!

After the tour, a running event will be held at the National Stadium. This is a rare event where you can learn how to run directly from an athlete! *On October 27th and November 24th, artificial turf will be laid on the athletics track. The running experience event will also be held on the artificial turf.