Paris Olympic athlete Wakana Kabasawa holds an athletics class in Maebashi, Gunma (photographed on August 31, 2024)

An athletics class was held on the 31st at Shoda Shoyu Stadium Gunma in Maebashi City, Gunma Prefecture, featuring Wakana Kabasawa (Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance), who competed in the women’s 5,000m at the Paris Olympics. About 520 children and junior high school students from athletics clubs worked out with top athletes, strengthening their aspirations to compete on the big stage. ▼The article is available on the Jomo Shimbun news site https://www.jomo-news.co.jp/articles/-/524377