JRN editor Brett Larner will be co-hosting Nippon TV's live international broadcast of the 2016 Tokyo Marathon Rio de Janeiro Olympics men's marathon team and Paralympic Games wheelchair marathon team selection race alongside popular Nippon TV announcer Ralph Suzuki. The Tokyo Marathon broadcast will begin at 9:00 a.m. Japan time on Sunday, February 28. More details forthcoming. Click here for men's and women's marathon elite field entry lists.
A section of insulation material fell from the ceiling of Nagoya Kinjo Futo Arena, the official venue for squash competition at September's Nagoya Asian Games. There were no injuries, but the city suspended use of the arena until its safety could be guaranteed, resulting in the cancelation of the Asian Games squash test event which was scheduled to have begun on May 14. It is not yet clear whether the arena will be usable for the Asian Games as planned. According to city officials, arena staff found that the insulation material had fallen onto a work walkway 13 m above the ground on the night of May 11. The fallen material was 3.6 m long, 50 cm wide and 2.5 km thick, and was found to be waterlogged. The cause of the accident is unknown, but it is possible that it was caused by rainwater leaking in from the roof. The same insulation material is installed across the entire ceiling, and the city plans to check for the extent of the possible flooding. Asked whether the arena will be re...
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