Nozomi Tanaka

W O W, what a run!

When do the Japanese public pressure her to step up to the marathon and restore national glory?

14:29 ANOTHER PB, She races a lot, 800, 1500, 3000, 5000 seems like she races a lot, I always see her in the Tilastopaja Results, The over racing does not seem to hurt her.

She has raced 25 times so far this year, 35 times last year.

Creeping up on Monson's CWR. Insanely impressive.

Holy smokes! She does race a lot. Definitely the people's champion! The Americans could learn a thing or two from her.

One of my favourite runners, always puts it on the line, really happy that she got an NR today in tough conditions

She was on the initial start list for the 5th Avenue Mile. She is definitely a big enough lunatic to do the double and I love that. Snowden also is listed.

Nozomi Tanaka!!!

Over 100 races in the last 2 years and 8 months! Her WA profile doesn't include 2 Ekiden legs and the 2021 Japanese Cross Country Championships so add 3 to what that shows !

Nozomi is brilliant!

She is like a more talented female Yuki.

so, about 33 more races then athing mu this year ?

National records at 1500/3000/5000 (and only 2 seconds off 800!!).

In 2021, the 5000m record was 14.51. She took over 10 seconds off it in the Worlds, now almost another 9. Not only that, but she ran as if she belonged there at the front.

I did wonder, after she blew the field apart in the World U20s to win the 3000m gold, whether her training was ok: up and down distances, no great shakes. They were obviously in it for the long game, so can't wait for next year. Would also love to see her in some winter cross country!

How the hell has Asics managed to let her go to NB? She's a huge star in Japanese distance running and the top Japanese shoe company has lost her to an American brand. Huge fail

I wondered the same about Shohei Ohtani. He's the biggest star there is in any sport. Virtually every sports report on Japanese news leads with him. Yet somehow an American shoe company signed him. Must be an enormous contract.

I browsed through her results, and for her, the times are slow so obviously she is training through almost all of her races. Maybe she does Salazar workouts afterwards.

This article gives a sense of her personality:

tokyoforward2025.metro.tokyo.lg.jp

Nozomi Tanaka | TOKYO FORWARD 2025

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自己と向き合い、走る「楽しさ」と「強さ」を求めて。世界で戦えるトップ選手へ。――女子中距離・田中希実

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She did a training camp in Kenya and I saw in another article she thought it was highly beneficial.

Paul Chelimo

I think she might be related to Hitomi Tanaka, also quite talented