http://www.sankei.com/west/news/170202/wst1702020048-n1.html
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At the Jan. 29 Osaka Half Marathon, Osaka Prefecture police officer Shunsaku Shibata, 23, won the men's division in a course record 1:03:05. Breaking his PB by more than 3 minutes, Shibata now turns his attention to making his marathon debut. Interviewed after the race he expressed a strong desire "to make the Tokyo Olympics."
Shibata graduated from Hotoku H.S. and Senshu University, enrolling with the police in April, 2015. After studying at the Police Academy and undergoing training at the Miyoshima Police Station he was assigned to the Riot Police Company #1 in October last year. Shibata had run long distance seriously since high school and his third year of university he had the chance to realize his dream of running the Hakone Ekiden, but shortly before the race he strained a ligament and was cut from the team. Even as a police officer he felt that he "wanted to keep run…
translated by Brett Larner
At the Jan. 29 Osaka Half Marathon, Osaka Prefecture police officer Shunsaku Shibata, 23, won the men's division in a course record 1:03:05. Breaking his PB by more than 3 minutes, Shibata now turns his attention to making his marathon debut. Interviewed after the race he expressed a strong desire "to make the Tokyo Olympics."
Shibata graduated from Hotoku H.S. and Senshu University, enrolling with the police in April, 2015. After studying at the Police Academy and undergoing training at the Miyoshima Police Station he was assigned to the Riot Police Company #1 in October last year. Shibata had run long distance seriously since high school and his third year of university he had the chance to realize his dream of running the Hakone Ekiden, but shortly before the race he strained a ligament and was cut from the team. Even as a police officer he felt that he "wanted to keep run…