In the midst of a 2020 season turned chaotic due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the athletes who participated in Sunday's Seiko Golden Grand Prix meet cherished the opportunity to hit the track and field at Tokyo's main Olympic venue.
As in other such events, the men’s 100-meter dash was the day’s main attraction at Tokyo’s National Stadium, which officially opened last December. Although the meet was held without spectators, the discipline probably garnered most of the attention from fans who watched on television and via live streaming. All athlete interviews were done remotely as well as another measure to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.
In the end, Yoshihide Kiryu, the first Japanese sprinter to break the 10-second barrier, captured the gold medal with a time of 10.14 seconds, against a headwind of 0.2 m/s, edging Aska Cambridge (10.16) and national team rivals Shuhei Tada (10.37) and Yuki Koike (10.53) in the 100.