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'Italy and Russia Dominate - IAU 100km World Cup' - updated

http://www.iaaf.org/news/kind=100/newsid=48243.html


The Japanese women's team finished 3rd behind Russia and the U.S.A. with two runners in the top eight. My Harriers teammate Shinji Nakadai, the runner at 0:59 in the video above, was the 4th Japanese finisher on the men's team. おめでとうございます。 The video and others at the same site were sent to me by a JRN reader. Thank you.

Another reader sent this link to photos of the World Cup including two of the Japanese men. Thanks as well.

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Anonymous said…
photos of IAU 100 Km World Cup:
http://www.atleticaatletica.com/varie/gara/
Brett Larner said…
Thank you for the link.
Anonymous said…
videos...
http://dailymotion.alice.it/alterego62/1
bye!

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