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Akaba, Chepyego Top Sanyo Road Race Field of 364

http://www.sanyo.oni.co.jp/news_s/news/d/2012120123222333/

translated and edited by Brett Larner

The organizers of the 31st Sanyo Ladies Road Race in Okayama have finalized the elite field for the Dec. 23 race.  130 women will line up in the Yuko Arimori Cup Half Marathon division, with 234 in the Kinue Hitomi Cup 10 km division, making for a combined field of 364 that almost ties last year's record number of entries, 366.

2011 Daegu World Championships marathon 5th-place finisher Yukiko Akaba (Team Hokuren) and other world-class competitors will grace the streets of Okayama with their running.  Having set the half marathon course record of 1:09:16 last year, it looks as though Akaba will again be the one dictating the terms of competition.  2011 Tokyo Marathon winner Noriko Higuchi (Team Wacoal) should be her major rival.  Local Team Tenmaya will supply Beijing Olympics marathoner Yurika Nakamura, team captain Yuka Izumi and first-year pro Nanami Matsuura.  Also on the entry list …
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London Marathon - Japanese Women's Results

by Brett Larner
Yoshiko Fujinaga (l) and Azusa Nojiri (r). Click here to enlarge photo.
In spite of the stress of living through both the Christchurch and Tohoku disasters and the difficulties caused by trying to maintain a peak for a month after their target race, the Nagoya International Women's Marathon, was cancelled, the majority of the Japanese women at the Apr. 17 London Marathon ran well. The first three across the line recorded PBs, the next a strong debut, and the first five broke 2:30. Former pro XC skier Azusa Nojiri (Team Daiichi Seimei) cleared the federation's World Championships qualifying standard and, pending formal confirmation, will join her teammate Yoshimi Ozaki (Team Daiichi Seimei) on the women's team for this summer's championships. 2009 Nagoya winner Yoshiko Fujinaga (Team Shiseido) also cleared the 2:26 standard but must wait for the official decision following tomorrow's Boston Marathon on whether she will be picked over Osaka runner-u…
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Japanese Women's London Marathon Preview

by Brett Larner


L-R: Ogi, Matsuoka, Nojiri, Shigetomo, Nasukawa and Nakamura.

Eight top Japanese women will race this Sunday's London Marathon, an unusual sight in a race outside Japan. Following last month's earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan, the Nagoya International Women's Marathon scheduled just two days later was cancelled. The last of the three domestic selection races for the Japanese women's marathon team for this summer's World Championships team, Nagoya's cancellation meant that the entire domestic elite field would have to race somewhere else. The likely domestic replacement, the Apr. 17 Nagano Marathon, was cancelled along with dozens of other races across the country. The Japanese federation was quick to name overseas options: the Apr. 10 Daegu International Marathon, London, and the Boston Marathon a day later. Any woman who broke 2:26 at any of the races would stand an excellent chance of making the team.
The stress and uncertainty s…
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Fully Recovered From Serious Accident, Noriko Matsuoka Nervous but Ready for Nagoya International Women's Marathon Debut

http://www.shizushin.com/sports_news/shizuoka/20110308000000000018.htm
translated by Brett Larner
At the final domestic selection race for the 2011 World Championships women's marathon team, the Mar. 13 Nagoya International Women's Marathon, track ace Noriko Matsuoka (Suzuki Hamamatsu AC) will take on her marathon debut. "I wouldn't exactly say that I have no chance [to make the World Championships team]," she says. Matsuoka has always kept the hope of making a strong marathon debut hidden away inside, and now at age 31 having risen above hardship and setbacks she is ready to take hold of the opportunity.
With no significant injuries since last summer Matsuoka completed the entire training menu she was given and is in a state of excellent preparation. But, she says, "I've practiced and practiced, but for some reason I just can't shake my self-doubt. 42.195 km is a long way. But, I think that when we get down to the day before the race I'll cut …
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Nagoya International Women's Marathon Releases Elite Field for Final Running

by Brett Larner
After a delay to allow four top Japanese women caught in Christchurch, New Zealand during last week's major earthquake time to decide whether they are ready for a competitive marathon, on Mar. 2 the Nagoya International Women's Marathon announced the elite field for the Mar. 13 race. The final edition of the elite-only race before the race changes formats next year to a mass-participation women-only event, Nagoya features the deepest domestic field of the three selection races for this summer's World Championships marathon team. To prevent any unnecessary stress to the runners, Rikuren officials have taken the unusual step of forbidding journalists from asking any questions related to the New Zealand earthquake until after the race.
The last three Nagoya winners, defending champion Yuri Kano (Second Wind AC), '09 winner Yoshiko Fujinaga (Team Shiseido) and '08 victor Yurika Nakamura (Team Tenmaya) return. They will face 2009 Tokyo Marathon winner M…
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Kano, Nishihara Lead Field of 308 at Sanyo Women's Road Race

http://svr.sanyo.oni.co.jp/feature/sports/road/2010/12/01/20101201095337.html

translated by Brett Larner

The organizing committee of the 29th Sanyo Women's Road Race, to be held Dec. 23 in Okayama, have announced the fields for this year's running. 88 women are entered in the Yuko Arimori Cup Half Marathon and 220 in the Kinue Hitomi Cup 10 km, making for the race's largest-ever overall field, 308. A large number of experienced international-level athletes will wrap up their 2010 on Okayama's local streets.

Headlining the half marathon are defending champion Yumi Hirata (Team Shiseido) and 2009 World Championships marathon 7th placer Yuri Kano (Second Wind AC). Locally-based Team Tenmaya will supply Athens Olympics marathoner Naoko Sakamoto, 2010 Berlin Marathon 3rd place finisher Tomo Morimoto and last year's runner-up Kaori Urata. Other top women include Noriko Matsuoka and Kaori Akagawa (both Suzuki Hamamatsu AC), Mika Okunaga (Team Kyudenko) and this year's fa…
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Mathathi, Matsuoka Win Final Nagoya Half Marathon

2010 Nagoya Half Marathon
Nagoya, 11/23/10 - final running
click here for complete results
Men
1. Martin Mathathi (Kenya/Suzuki Hamamatsu AC) - 1:00:29
2. Jacob Wanjuki (Kenya/Team Aichi Steel) - 1:00:32 - PB
3. Mekubo Mogusu (Kenya/Team Aidem) - 1:01:12
4. Satoru Kasuya (Team Toyota Boshoku) - 1:03:50
5. Munehiro Sugaya (Team Toyota) - 1:04:05

Women
1. Noriko Matsuoka (Suzuki Hamamatsu AC) - 1:11:13 - PB
2. Hiromi Ominami (Utic AC) - 1:14:50
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Mathathi vs. Mogusu vs. Ngatuny at Final Nagoya Half Marathon

2010 Nagoya Half Marathon Elite Athlete Field
final running - 11/23/10
click here for complete listing
Men
Martin Mathathi(Kenya/Suzuki Hamamatsu AC) - 59:48
Mekubo Mogusu(Kenya/Team Aidem) - 59:48
Gideon Ngatuny(Kenya/Team Nissin Shokuhin) - 59:50
Jacob Wanjuki(Kenya/Team Aichi Seiko) - 1:01:07
Samuel Ndungu(Kenya/Team Aichi Seiko) - 1:01:17
Munehiro Sugaya(Team Toyota) - 1:02:22
Yoshiki Otsuka(Team Aichi Seiko) - 1:03:29
Hiroaki Inoue(Team Toenec) - 1:03:32
Satoru Kasuya(Team Toyota Boshoku) - 1:03:33
Satoshi Abe(Team Toenec) - 1:03:34
Yoshihiko Asaba(Team Toenec) - 1:03:35

Women
Hiromi Ominami(Yutic AC) - 1:08:45
Noriko Matsuoka(Suzuki Hamamatsu AC) - 1:11:46
Kaori Akagawa(Suzuki Hamamatsu AC) - 1:12:28
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National Sports Festival Day One - Results

2010 National Sports Festival - Top Results
Chiba Sogo Sports Center Stadium, Oct. 1
click here for complete results
Women's 5000 m
1. Tomoka Inadomi (Team Wacoal) - 15:30.34
2. Risa Takenaka (Ritsumeikan Univ.) - 15:31.12
3. Noriko Matsuoka (Suzuki Hamamatsu AC) - 15:34.77
4. Yoshimi Ozaki (Team Daiichi Seimei) - 15:35.95
5. Hikari Yoshimoto (Bukkyo Univ.) - 15:37.72
6. Ayuko Suzuki (Meijo Univ.) - 15:37.83
7. Shoko Mori (Team Otsuka Seiyaku) - 15:44.62
8. Rei Ohara (Team Tenmaya) - 15:45.97
9. Saori Yamashita (Team Hokuren) - 15:52.37
10. Hiroko Shoi (Team Nihon ChemiCon) - 15:56.93

Junior Men's 5000 m - Heat 1
1. Kazuto Nishiike (Suma Gakuen H.S.) - 14:06.46
2. Kenta Murayama (Meisei H.S.) - 14:07.03
3. Shogo Nakamura (Ueno Kogyo H.S.) - 14:07.34

Junior Men's 5000 m - Heat 2
1. Titus Waroru (Kenya/Chinzei H.S.) - 13:58.49
2. Takashi Ichida (Kagoshima Jitsugyo H.S.) - 14:08.23
3. Genki Yagisawa (Nasu Takuyo H.S.) - 14:21.14
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'Campbell-Brown, Cantwell, and Samuels Triumph in Osaka - IAAF World Challenge' (updated)

http://www.iaaf.org/IWC10/news/kind=100/newsid=56666.html

2010 Osaka International Grand Prix T&F Meet - Top Finishers
click here for complete results Women's 5000 m 1. Ann Karindi (Kenya/Team Toyota Jidoshoki) - 15:15.19 2. Eloise Wellings (Australia) - 15:16.87 3. Kayoko Fukushi (Team Wacoal) - 15:17.86 4. Doricah Obare (Kenya/Team Hitachi) - 15:26.07 5. Yuriko Kobayashi (Team Toyota Jidoshoki) - 15:31.72 6. Yuko Shimizu (Team Sekisui Kagaku) - 15:45.81 7. Noriko Matsuoka (Suzuki Hamamatsu AC) - 15:54.83
Men's 1500 m 1. Caleb Ndiku (Kenya/Team Nissin Shokuhin) - 3:39.53 2. James Kaan (Australia) - 3:40.80 3. Yuichiro Ueno (Team S&B) - 3:40.83 - PB 4. Yasunori Murakami (Team Fujitsu) - 3:42.74 5. Masahiro Takaya (Team JR Higashi Nihon) - 3:44.32 6. Yasuhiro Tago (Team Chugoku Denryoku) - 3:47.64 7. Fumikazu Kobayashi (Team NTN) - 3:51.33 8. Michael Githinji (Kenya/Aomori Yamada H.S.) - 3:55.78 9. Barnabas Bene (Hungary) - 4:16.04
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Yusei Nakao Surprises at Hokuren Distance Challenge Fukagawa Meet - Results

by Brett Larner

Fukagawa, Hokkaido was the site for the second part of the six-meet Hokuren Distance Challenge series on June 10. The men's 3000 m was the most anticipated race of the evening, being as it was the pro debut of the injury-prone university star and Beijing Olympian Kensuke Takezawa (Team S&B). Running his first race since setting a new stage record on the third leg of his final Hakone Ekiden on Jan. 2, Takezawa won the 3000 m by a slim margin over another former Hakone star, Yuki Matsuoka (Team Otsuka Seiyaku). Takezawa's time of 8:05.44 was far from his PB of 7:53.20, but he was using the 3000 m as a test run for the 5000 m at the next Challenge meet in Shibetsu on June 14. In that race Takezawa, who holds a 5000 m PB of 13:19.00, will go for the World Championships B-standard time of 13:29.00 before he runs the National Track and Field Championships 5000 m at the end of the month.

A more significant result occured in the men's 10000 m. Yusei Nakao (Team T…
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Yuriko Kobayashi Takes 5000 m at Japanese Olympic Trials

by Brett Larner



1500 m national record holder Yuriko Kobayashi (Team Toyota Jidoshoki) ran 15:11.97 in heavy rain to win the Japanese National Track and Field Championships women`s 5000 m over four-time winner and 5000 m national record Kayoko Fukushi (Team Wacoal), 10000 m runner-up Yukiko Akaba (Team Hokuren) and 10000 m winner Yoko Shibui (Team Mitsui Sumitomo Kaijo). Kobayashi`s time was just short of the Olympic A-standard but she was automatically selected for the Beijing Olympics team as she had run an A-standard qualifier earlier in the season.

After a slow 3:06 first kilometer led by 10000 m A-standard fourth place finisher Noriko Matsuoka (Team Suzuki), Shibui picked up the pace with a 3:01 second kilometer to keep things on track for an A-standard attempt. She faltered in the third kilometer, the pace dropping to 3:05. Fukushi then took over, followed closely by Kobayashi and Akaba, but her lead resulted in the slowest split of the race, a 3:07 fourth kilometer.

With 500 m to …
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Yoko Shibui Defeats Akaba and Fukushi to Qualify for Beijing 10000 m

by Brett Larner



Yoko Shibui (Team Mitsui Sumitomo Kaijo) staged a brilliant comeback on the track to defeat rivals Yukiko Akaba (Team Hokuren) and six-time defending champion Kayoko Fukushi (Team Wacoal) in an epic women`s 10000 m at the Japanese National Track and Field Championships in Kawasaki`s Todoroki Stadium on June 27. Shibui, along with second place finisher Akaba and third place finisher Fukushi, broke Athens World Championships marathon gold medalist Hiromi Suzuki`s twelve year-old meet record to record a 31:15.07 victory, the fastest time of her life next to her national record of 30:48.89. Shibui`s win qualifies her for the Beijing Olympics, the first time in her career the 10000 m national record holder and former marathon national record holder has made an Olympic team.

Under Japanese Olympic selection rules, the winner of the 10000 m would be guaranteed a spot on the Beijing Olympic team provided that she had recorded an Olympic A-standard time within the qualification …
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Matsuoka and Miyauchi Make 10000 m A-Standard; Fukushi Misses Olympic Qualifier and Finishes 6th in Niigata Time Trials

http://www.daily.co.jp/general/2008/06/02/0001097953.shtml
http://news.goo.ne.jp/article/kyodo/sports/CO2008060101000507.html

translated and edited by Brett Larner

After failing to qualify for the Beijing Olympics in her marathon debut at January`s Osaka International Women`s Marathon, Kayoko Fukushi (26, Team Wacoal) opted to return to the track for another chance at making the Olympic Team. At the Niigata Time Trials track and field meet, held June 1 at Niigata`s Tohoku Denryoku Big Swan Stadium, Fukushi`s plans hit a snag when she failed to meet the Olympic A-standard of 31:45.00 in the 10000 m, finishing 6th in 32:22.18.

Japan`s reigning queen of the 10000 m began to fade after 5000 m, ultimately missing even the Olympic B-standard of 32:20.00. While at a training camp in Miyazaki during March, Fukushi injured her left shin and was unable to train seriously for a month. She only returned to speed training one week before the Niigata Time Trials. "I guess I couldn`t qualify in jus…
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