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Beijing World Championships Day Three - Japanese Results

Bejing, China, 8/24/15
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Women's 100 m Semifinal 2 +0.9 m/s
1. Tori Bowie (U.S.A.) - 10.87 - Q
2. Kelly-Ann Baptiste (Trinidad and Tobago) - 10.90 - Q
3. Natasha Morrison (Jamaica) - 10.96 - PB - q
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7. Chisato Fukushima (Japan) - 11.32

Women's 10000 m
1. Vivian Jepkemoi Cheruiyot (Kenya) - 31:41.31
2. Gelete Burka (Ethiopia) - 31:41.77
3. Emily Infeld (U.S.A.) - 31:43.49
4. Molly Huddle (U.S.A.) - 31:43.58
5. Sally Jepkosgei Kipyego (Kenya) - 31:44.42
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13. Kasumi Nishihara (Japan) - 32:12.95
20. Yuka Takashima (Japan) - 32:27.79
22. Rei Ohara (Japan) - 32:47.74

Men's Long Jump Qualification Group A
1. Jianan Wang (China) - 8.12 m +0.4 m/s - q
2. Kafetien Gomis (France) - 8.09 m +0.9 m/s - q
3. Aleksandr Menkov (Russia) - 8.08 m +0.4 m/s - q
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5. Yohei Sugai (Japan) - 7.92 m -0.6 m/s

Men's Javelin Throw Qualification Group A
1. Ryohei Arai (Japan) - 84.66 m - Q
2. Braian Toledo (Argentina) - 83.32 - NR - Q
3. Thomas Rohler (Germany) - 83.32 m - Q

Comments

Anonymous said…
can you introduce more about japanese corporate system and data of those top japan athletes, for example the salary, training volume, physiological data etc?
yuza said…
I was hoping Fukushima would run a PB yesterday, because she looked great in the heats, but not to worry. She looks like she has found some form after three years. Oddly enough she looks like she has slimmed down, which perhaps is why she is running fast again.

The Japanese women were solid in the 10.000m. They were not amazing, but they atleast ran good races, though maybe Ohara will be a little bit disappointed.

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