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Asian Junior Athletics Championship Day Three - Japanese Results Summary

by Brett Larner

Japanese results from the third day of the Asian Junior Athletics Championship 2010 in Hanoi, Vietnam:
  • Haruka Shibata scored the gold medal in the girls' 400 m hurdles, running 1:00.20.
  • Ryota Matono was the silver medalist in the boys' 1500 m in 3:58.28, with Komazawa University standout first year Ikuto Yufu 4th in 4:02.60.
  • Chikako Mori took the bronze medal in the girls' 1500 m in 4:35.26 with Saki Komiya 4th in 4:37.13.
  • Boys' 100 m bronze medalist Kazuki Baba came 4th in the 110 m hurdles final.
  • Yuichi Nagano and Seiya Kato both won their heats in the boys' 400 m hurdles to advance to the final.
  • Mizuki Ito advanced to the final in the girls' 200 m after finishing 2nd in her heat in 25.36.
  • Taishi Nakayama and Naohiro Yokoyama likewise advanced to the final in the boys' 200 m as they finished 1st and 2nd in their heats in 21.67 and 22.06.
  • Yuko Enomoto took silver in the girls' pole vault, clearing 3 m 65.
  • Miya Itoman finished 4th in the girls' discus throw.
  • Takaya Sugawara came 9th in the boys' high jump.
Click here for complete results from day three.

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