by Brett Larner 2010 Nagoya International Women's Marathon winner Yuri Kano (Team Shiseido) ran her first race since leaving Second Wind AC and career-long coach Manabu Kawagoe at the end of the summer to return to her previous sponsor, Shiseido . Wearing the new Shiseido uniform for the first time, Kano placed 4th in the women's 5000 m A-heat, at 15:57.80 the fastest Shiseido runner of the night ahead of marathoner Yoshiko Fujinaga who won the B-heat in 15:59.63. Kano hopes to make Japan's marathon squad for next summer's London Olympics. National champion Bukkyo University 's Mai Ishibashi won the A-heat in a solid 15:37.56, with Bukkyo first-year Risa Shibuya likewise strong as she finished 3rd in 15:46.53. The team's chances for defending its title at the upcoming National University Women's Ekiden Championships continue to look better and better. In the men's and women's 10000 m A-heats both Tomomi Itakura (Team Otsu...
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