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Shiori Miki Sets Women's 400 mH Junior National Record

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Note: The article above incorrectly states that women's 400 m hurdler Shiori Miki set a Japanese national record at the World Junior Championships. Miki's time of 57.35 broke her own junior national record but was nearly two seconds short of the Japanese national record.

2010 World Junior Championships - Top Results
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Men's 5000 m Final
1. David Kiprotich Bett (KEN) - 13:23.76
2. John Kipkoech (KEN) - 13:26.02 - PB
3. Aziz Lahbabi (MAR) - 13:28.92 - NJR
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7. Kazuto Nishiike (JPN) - 13:54.33 - PB (ranked 11th pre-race)
8. Akinobu Murasawa (JPN) - 13:59.66 (ranked 5th pre-race)

Women's 400 mH Final
1. Katsiaryna Artsiukh (BLR) - 56.16
2. Vera Rudakova (RUS) - 57.16 - PB
3. Evonne Britton (USA) - 57.32 - PB
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4. Shiori Miki (JPN) - 57.35 - PB, NJR

Men's 110 mH Semi-Final Heat One
1. Wataru Yazawa (JPN) - 13.57 - PB
2. Caleb Cross (USA) - 13.72
3. Mitchell Tysoe (AUS) - 13.77

Men's 4 x 400 m Relay Heat Three
1. U.S.A. - 3:05.84
2. Japan - 3:07.38
3. Jamaica - 3:07.86

Women's 4 x 400 m Relay Heat One
1. Canada - 3:34.50 - NR
2. U.S.A. - 3:35.26
3. Russia - 3:35.66
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8. Japan - 3:50.65

Men's 4 x 100 m Relay Final
1. U.S.A. - 38.93
2. Jamaica - 39.55
3. Trinidad & Tobago - 39.72
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4. Japan - 39.89
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