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http://www.nyrr.org/media-center/2017/2017-nyrr-new-york-mini-10k/press-releases/recap-kenyas-mary-keitany-wins-her-second-nyrr-new-york-mini-10k-and-fifth-consecutive-nyrr-race

Kayoko Fukushi finally got to do her first-ever race in NYC... enjoying the #Mini10k and #nyrr hospitality. pic.twitter.com/FzRERhvbP6 — Boulder Wave (@BoulderWave) June 10, 2017

NYRR New York Mini 10K
New York, U.S.A., 6/10/17
click here for complete results

1. Mary Keitany (Kenya) - 31:20
2. Mamitu Daska (Ethiopia) - 32:09
3. Aliphine Tuliamuk (U.S.A.) - 32:14
4. Edna Kiplagat (Kenya) - 32:23
5. Diane Nukuri (Burundi) - 32:25
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12. Kayoko Fukushi (Japan/Wacoal) - 33:48

http://www.nyrr.org/races-and-events/2016/nyrr-new-york-mini-10k/race-report/kenyas-jemima-sumgong-wins-45th-nyrr-new-york-mini-10k

As per the results linked above, Japan's Rio Olympics women's marathon team member Tomomi Tanaka (Team Daiichi Seimei) was 10th in 33:39.

2011 New York Mini 10kNew York, 6/11/11 click here for complete results 1. Linet Masai (Kenya) - 31:40 2. Aheza Kiros (Ethiopia) - 32:09 3. Belainesh Gebre (Ethiopia) - 32:10 4. Edna Kiplagat (Kenya) - 32:24 5. Emily Chebet (Kenya) - 32:31 6. Kim Smith (New Zealand) - 32:32 7. Jo Pavey (U.K.) - 32:46 8. Alessandra Aguilar (Spain) - 32:56 9. Eloise Wellings (Australia) - 33:06 10. Magdalena Lewy-Bouvet (U.S.A.) - 33:09 ----- 13. Yoshimi Ozaki (Team Daiichi Seimei) - 33:30 18. Yuri Kano (Second Wind AC) - 34:09
Nittai Univ. Time Trials Yokohama, 6/11/11 click here for complete results 1. Masataka Fujiwara (Team Chugoku Denryoku) - 29:57.80 2. Arata Fujiwara (Remo System AC) - 29:58.42 3. Daisuke Miyanaga (Team Osaka Gas) - 29:58.97 4. Shunsuke Miyasaka (Senshu Univ.) - 30:03.26 5. Yoshiharu Tateishi (Team Osaka Gas) - 30:02.90
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http://www.sponichi.co.jp/sports/news/2011/06/06/kiji/K20110606000971260.html
translated by Brett Larner
Teammates at both the Daiichi Seimei women's ekiden team and this summer's World Championships marathon in Daegu, Korea, Yoshimi Ozaki and Azusa Nojiri left from Tokyo's Narita Airport on June 6 for two months of altitude training in Boulder, Colorado. Ozaki, the defending World Championships silver medalist, plans to adjust to the change in environment by running the June 11 New York Mini 10 km and the June 18 Steamboat Classic 4-miler in Illinois. "I want to get the feeling of racing back while building up my mileage in training," she commented, saying that her target is to run 800 km per month. Both Ozaki and Nojiri went to Daegu in May to tour the World Championships course. "It's my kind of course," smiled Nojiri. "I'll be ready for it."

by Brett Larner

Tokyo-based Yuri Kano (Second Wind AC) took a break from her training for August's World Championships marathon to run in the women-only NYRR New York Mini 10k on June 7 in New York's Central Park. While winner Rose Kosgei of Kenya already had a lead of more than 20 seconds over Ethiopia's Ashu Kasim and a chase pack of eight at halfway, Kano ran in a smaller pack of four another 10 seconds back. She finished strong, picking off one member of the larger chase pack and nearly closing the gap on two more, but finished 9th overall in 33:43, exactly one minute behind Kosgei.

Complete results from the New York Mini 10k are available here.