Doha World Championships Day Three Japanese Results

On one of the quietest days of the Doha World Championships Japan's Kumiko Okada and Nanako Fujii were unable to crack the Chinese domination of the women's 20 km race walk. China's Hong Liu, Shen Jie Qieyang and Liu Jing Yang swept the podium, with Okada and Fujii both just over a minute behind in 6th and 7th.

With 100 m national record holder Abdul Hakim Sani Brown having opted out of the 200 m to focus on the 4x100 m relay Yuki Koike was Japan's best hope in the 200 m semi-finals. But it wasn't to be, as Koike finished 4th in his semi and 0.03 out of the time qualifiers in 20.46. Jun Yamashita and Kirara Shiraishi were well out of qualifying range, both clocking 20.62.

Doha World Athletics Championships

Day Three Japanese Results
Doha, Qatar, 29 Sept. 2019
complete results

Finals

Women's 20 km Race Walk
1. Hong Liu (China) - 1:32:53
2. Shen Jie Qieyang (China) - 1:33:10
3. Liu Jing Yang (China) - 1:33:17
4. Erica Rocha de Sena (Brazil) - 1:33:36
5. Sandra Lorena Arenas (Colombia) - 1:34:16
6. Kumiko Okada (Japan) - 1:34:36
7. Nanako Fujii (Japan) - 1:34:50
8. Maria Perez (Spain) - 1:35:43
9. Ana Cabecinha (Portugal) - 1:36:31
10. Jemima Montag (Australia) - 1:36:54

Qualifying Rounds

Men's 200 m Heat 2 +0.5 m/s
1. Zhenye Xie (China) - 20.20 - Q
2. Zharnel Hughes (Great Britain) - 20.24 - Q
3. Anaso Jobodwana (South Africa) - 20.35 - Q
4. Yuki Koike (Japan) - 20.46
5. Fahhad Mohammed Alsubaie (Saudi Arabia) - 20.51
6. Jose Andres Salazar (El Salvador) - 21.66
7. Mohd Noor Firdaus Ar Rasyid (Brunei) - 21.99

Men's 200 m Heat 5 +1.0 m/s
1. Aaron Brown (Canada) - 20.10 - Q
2. Miguel Francis (Great Britain) - 20.11 - Q
3. Rasheed Dwyer (Jamaica) - 20.37 - Q
4. Eseosa Desalu (Italy) - 20.43 - q
5. Jun Yamashita (Japan) - 20.62
6. Abdelaziz Mohamed (Qatar) - 20.75
7. Emmanuel Arowolo (Nigeria) - 21.07
DQ - Jeffrey Vanan (Surinam)

Men's 200 m Heat 6 +0.9 m/s
1. Andre de Grasse (Canada) - 20.20 - Q
2. Clarence Munyai (South Africa) - 20.29 - Q
3. Serhiy Smelyk (Ukraine) - 20.39 - Q
4. Sydney Siame (Zambia) - 20.58
5. Kirara Shiraishi (Japan) - 20.62
6. Steven Muller (Germany) - 20.69
7. Shusiso Matsenjwa (Swaziland) - 20.85
8. Ahmed al Yaari (Yemen) - 22.37 - NR

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