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Asian Junior Athletics Championship Day Four - Japanese Results Summary

by Brett Larner

A summary of Japanese results from the final day of the Asian Junior Athletics Championship 2010 in Hanoi, Vietnam:

Seiya Kato won the gold medal in the boys' 400 m hurdles in 50.83, with teammate Yuichi Nagano scoring bronze in 51.21.Mahiro Akamatsu likewise won gold in the girls' 3000 m, running 9:36.47, while teammate Naoko Koizumi was only 5th.Ikuto Yufu and Ikki Takeuchi took silver and bronze in the boys' 5000 m, Yufu losing by less than one second to Kenyan-born Bahraini Edwin Chebii Kimurer.Manabu Aoki took the silver medal in the boys' 10000 m race walk in 45:01.73.Taishi Nakayama won bronze in the boys' 200 m in 21.05 after winning his semi-final. Winner Chimdee Suppachai of Thailand set a new Games record of 20.80. Naohiro Yokoyama was eliminated at the semi-final stage.The boys' 4x400 m relay team won silver in 3:12.14, while the boys' 4x100 m relay team won bronze in 40.64.Sho Kawamoto was 5th in the boys' 800 m in 1:52.62. As…

Asian Junior Athletics Championship Day Three - Japanese Results Summary

by Brett Larner

Japanese results from the third day of the Asian Junior Athletics Championship 2010 in Hanoi, Vietnam:
Haruka Shibata scored the gold medal in the girls' 400 m hurdles, running 1:00.20.Ryota Matono was the silver medalist in the boys' 1500 m in 3:58.28, with Komazawa University standout first year Ikuto Yufu 4th in 4:02.60.Chikako Mori took the bronze medal in the girls' 1500 m in 4:35.26 with Saki Komiya 4th in 4:37.13.Boys' 100 m bronze medalist Kazuki Baba came 4th in the 110 m hurdles final.Yuichi Nagano and Seiya Kato both won their heats in the boys' 400 m hurdles to advance to the final.Mizuki Ito advanced to the final in the girls' 200 m after finishing 2nd in her heat in 25.36.Taishi Nakayama and Naohiro Yokoyama likewise advanced to the final in the boys' 200 m as they finished 1st and 2nd in their heats in 21.67 and 22.06.Yuko Enomoto took silver in the girls' pole vault, clearing 3 m 65.Miya Itoman finished 4th in the girls'…