http://www.hochi.co.jp/sports/etc/20160229-OHT1T50037.html http://www.sanspo.com/sports/news/20160229/ath16022905020006-n1.html http://www.sanspo.com/sports/news/20160229/ath16022905030007-n1.html incorporates additional quotes given in interviews with Nippon TV 青学速いほんとに。 #下田裕太 pic.twitter.com/KsCY3A4Zw1 — miho (@tanami_01) February 28, 2016 translated and edited by Brett Larner Taking on the marathon for the first time as a second-year at Hakone Ekiden champion Aoyama Gakuin University, Yuta Shimoda , 19, finished 10th overall and 2nd Japanese man at Sunday's Tokyo Marathon in 2:11:34, a new Japanese under-20 record. AGU head coach Susumu Hara , 48, made a strong appeal for Shimoda, already Japan's fastest-ever 18-year-old for the half-marathon, to be named to the Rio Olympics team. Among the experienced marathoners and other pre-race favorites, Beijing World Championships marathon team member Masato Imai (31, Team Toyota Kyushu), was 13th, the debuting Kenta
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