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World Para Athletics Championships Day Ten HighlightsLondon, England, 7/23/17
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Women's 100 m T53 Final(-1.3 m/s)
1. Samantha Kinghorn (Great Britain) - 16.65
2. Angela Ballard (Australia) - 16.84
3. Hongzhuan Zhou (China) - 16.92
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8. Keiko Konishi (Japan) - 18.59

Women's 400 m T47 Final
1. Lu Li (China) - 57.23 - PB
2. Anrune Liebenberg (South Africa) - 58.09
3. Sae Tsuji (Japan) - 1:00.67

Women's 800 m T20 Final
1. Bernadett Biacsi (Hungary) - 2:20.51 - MR
2. Anju Furuya (Japan) - 2:21.37 - AR
3. Muhsine Gezer (Turkey) - 2:22.94 - PB
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5. Moeko Yamamoto (Japan) - 2:30.52

Women's 800 m T53 Final
1. Hongzhuan Zhou (China) - 1:54.72
2. Madison de Rozario (Australia) - 1:54.88
3. Chelsea McClammer (U.S.A.) - 1:55.01
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8. Kazumi Nakayama (Japan) - 1:58.70

Men's 5000 m T20 Final
1. Cristiano Pereira (Portugal) - 14:29.80 - CR
2. Michael Brannigan (U.S.A.) - 14:39.87
3. Pavlo Voluikevych (Ukraine) - 15:01.59
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4. Daisuke Nakagaw…

World Para Athletics Championships Day Six HighlightsLondon, England, 7/19/17
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Women's 100 m T52 Final (-0.2 m/s)
1. Teruyo Tanaka (Japan) - 23.09
2. Yuka Kiyama (Japan) - 25.17
3. Norsilawati Sa'at (Singapore) - 26.78

Women's 400 m T13 Final
1. Leilia Adzhametova (Ukraine) - 56.56 m - PB
2. Sanea Benhama (Morocco) - 56.66 m - PB
3. Carolina Duarte (Portugal) - 57.52 m - PB
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6. Mana Sasaki (Japan) - 1:00.17 - AR

Women's 400 m T53 Final
1. Hongchuan Zhou (China) - 55.22 - CR
2. Chelsea McClammer (U.S.A.) - 55.50
3. Samantha Kinghorn (Great Britain) - 56.71
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6. Kazumi Nakayama (Japan) - 1:00.62

Men'x 4x400 m Relay T53/54 Final
1. Japan 3:15.93

Men's Long Jump T47 Final
1. Hao Wang (China) - 7.18 m (-0.9 m/s)
2. Arnaud Assoumani (France) - 7.13 m (-0.7 m/s)
3. Tobi Fawehinmi (U.S.A.) - 7.03 m (-1.3 m/s)
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5. Hajimu Ashida (Japan) - 6.40 m (-0.7 m/s)

Men's Javelin Throw F37 Final
1. Dmitrijs Silovs (Latvia) - 55.89 m - MR
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Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sept. 8-18
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Men
Hajimu Ashida - T47 Long Jump, 4 x 100 m Relay
Masayuki Higuchi - T54 800 m, 1500 m, 5000 m
Kota Hokinoue - T54 Marathon
Koso Kubo - T54 5000 m, Marathon
Hitoshi Matsunaga - T53 400 m, 800 m
Yoshifumi Nagao - T54 100 m, 400 m
Akikazu Noda - T52 400 m, 1500 m
Toshie Oi - F53 Shot Put
Keita Sato - T44 100 m, 4 x 100 m Relay
Tomoki Sato - T52 400 m, 1500 m
Masazumi Soejima - T54 Marathon
Toru Suzuki - T44 High Jump, 4 x 100 m Relay
Tomoki Tagawa - T47 100 m, 4 x 100 m Relay
Hirokazu Ueyonabaru - T52 100 m, 400 m, 1500 m
Atsushi Yamamoto - T42 100 m, Long Jump, 4 x 100 m Relay
Hiroyuki Yamamoto - T54 Marathon

Women
Haruka Kitaura - T34 100 m, 400 m
Yuka Kiyama - T52 100 m, 400 m
Kaede Maekawa - T42 100 m, Long Jump
Maya Nakanishi - T44 100 m, Long Jump
Kazumi Nakayama - T53 400 m, 800 m, 1500 m
Hitomi Onishi - T42 100 m, Long Jump
Chiaki Takada - T11 100 m, Long Jump
Saki Takakuwa - T…