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Nishida and Fuchigami Gold - U20 Asian Championships Day Three


Day three of the 21st U20 Asian Athletics Championships in Dubai Friday delivered Japan's best single-day medal count so far, with two gold medals, a silver and four bronze. Breaking it down:
  • Yuri Nishida (Ritsumeikan Univ.) and Sari Kamei (Kyoto Kyoiku Univ.) brought A-game in the women's 800 m final. Nishida ran a PB 2:06.55 for gold over India's Sandilea Vinod by 0.55, with Kamei also running a PB of 2:07.56 for bronze.
  • Shota Fuchigami (Waseda Univ.) dominated in the men's 400 mH, running a PB 49.97 to win gold by almost 2 seconds over China's Cai Yuchen and Korean Kim Jeonghyun.
  • Rikuya Yoshida (Nittai Kashiwa H.S.) cleared 5.25 m for silver in the men's pole vault.
  • Yuki Hojo (Yoga T&F) held off Korea's Hwang Uichan by 0.04 for bronze in the men's 110 mH final, running 13.74 (+1.2) to Hwang's 13.78. Kyosuke Yamanaka (Hosei Univ.) was just out of the medals at 13.80 for 5th.
  • Miyabi Sono (Kokushikan Univ.) won bronze in the women's javelin throw with a 51.02 m on her final attempt that moved her past China's An Yutong and into the medals by 15 cm.
  • Kazuhiro Umeda (Nihon Univ.) hung on for bronze in the men's 10000 m race walk after falling off the leaders early, finishing almost 7 minutes back in 49:38.93.
The women's hammer throw was the only final with a Japanese athlete in it that didn't produce a medal. Mimi Shimamoto (Kyushu Kyoritsu Univ.) finished last among the 7 finalists with a 54.92 m best on her fourth attempt, a little over 6 m outside the medals.

In qualifying rounds:
  • Anna Matsuda (Nagasaki Nichidai H.S.) led her 100 mH heat in 13.43 (+1.7), while Tenka Taninaka (Oita Oginodai H.S.) took 2nd in her heat in 13.68 (+2.7), both going on to the final.
  • The Japanese men's 4x100 m team of Yamanaka, Fuchigami, Kaito Kuroki (Chuo Univ.) and Kai Hirasawa (Fukuoka Univ.) made the final, placing 3rd in their heat in 40.80.
Day three morning session results here. Evening session results here. The U20 Asian Championships wrap Saturday.


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