https://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20170515-00000124-sph-spo
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今日から新しいチームメイトが旭化成に加わりました！！
共に世界を目指して頑張ります。
応援よろしくお願いします。#ケニア
#🇰🇪#左#アブラハム#右#ケネスhttps://t.co/OSMR3UynMNpic.twitter.com/UiuIcQTFUK — 市田 孝 (@TAKA_supra) May 15, 2017
On May 15 ekiden and marathon powerhouse Asahi Kasei welcomed its first-ever foreign-born team members, Kenyans Kenneth Kiprop Kipkemoi, 32, and Abraham Kapsis Kipyatich, 24, to the team's base in Nobeoka, Miyazaki. The highly accomplished Kipkemoi holds a 10000 m best of 26:52.65 far superior to the 27:29.69 Japanese national record held by Asahi Kasei's Kota Murayama, 24, and his 5000 m and half marathon bests of 13:03.07 and 59:01 are likewise better than the Japanese national records. By comparison, Kipyatich is still young with room to grow further in the future.
Regarding the reinforcement of the team's strength, an Asahi Kasei spokesperson commented, "The mission of our athletics program is to produce athletes who …
translated by Brett Larner
今日から新しいチームメイトが旭化成に加わりました！！
共に世界を目指して頑張ります。
応援よろしくお願いします。#ケニア
#🇰🇪#左#アブラハム#右#ケネスhttps://t.co/OSMR3UynMNpic.twitter.com/UiuIcQTFUK — 市田 孝 (@TAKA_supra) May 15, 2017
On May 15 ekiden and marathon powerhouse Asahi Kasei welcomed its first-ever foreign-born team members, Kenyans Kenneth Kiprop Kipkemoi, 32, and Abraham Kapsis Kipyatich, 24, to the team's base in Nobeoka, Miyazaki. The highly accomplished Kipkemoi holds a 10000 m best of 26:52.65 far superior to the 27:29.69 Japanese national record held by Asahi Kasei's Kota Murayama, 24, and his 5000 m and half marathon bests of 13:03.07 and 59:01 are likewise better than the Japanese national records. By comparison, Kipyatich is still young with room to grow further in the future.
Regarding the reinforcement of the team's strength, an Asahi Kasei spokesperson commented, "The mission of our athletics program is to produce athletes who …