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Colleagues admire Kawauchi's World Championships team silver medal. Click photo to enlarge.
After finishing 18th at the Sept. 4 World Championships marathon in Daegu, Korea and helping the Japanese national team win a silver medal, Yuki Kawauchi returned to work at Kasukabe High School Sept. 6. Showing up for the first time since the race as usual wearing a backpack over his white dress shirt, Kawauchi was greeted in the office by a round of enthusiastic applause and congratulations from his colleagues. Normally working in the afternoon and evening, Kawauchi arrived at work half an hour earlier than usual. He said that due to intense soreness in his calves and thighs he had only been able to run 30 minutes that morning.
Showing his silver medal to principal Toshio Matsuda, Kawauchi recounted his race. "'You're the pride of Wasimiya Junior High School!' and other messages …
translated and edited by Brett Larner
Colleagues admire Kawauchi's World Championships team silver medal. Click photo to enlarge.
After finishing 18th at the Sept. 4 World Championships marathon in Daegu, Korea and helping the Japanese national team win a silver medal, Yuki Kawauchi returned to work at Kasukabe High School Sept. 6. Showing up for the first time since the race as usual wearing a backpack over his white dress shirt, Kawauchi was greeted in the office by a round of enthusiastic applause and congratulations from his colleagues. Normally working in the afternoon and evening, Kawauchi arrived at work half an hour earlier than usual. He said that due to intense soreness in his calves and thighs he had only been able to run 30 minutes that morning.
Showing his silver medal to principal Toshio Matsuda, Kawauchi recounted his race. "'You're the pride of Wasimiya Junior High School!' and other messages …