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Summary of Japanese Results on Day 2 of World Para Athletics Championships




World Para Athletics Championships Day Two Highlights

London, England, 7/15/17
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Men's 100 m T47 Final (+0.1 m/s)
1. Petrucio Ferreira dos Santos (Brazil) - 10.53 - WR
2. Yohansson Nascimento (Brazil) - 10.80
3. Michal Derus (Poland) - 10.91
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8. Tomoki Tagawa (Japan) - 11.54

Women's 200 m T38 Final (+0.5 m/s)
1. Sophie Hahn (Great Britain) - 26.11 - WR
2. Lindy Ave (Germany) - 27.02 - PB
3. Kadeena Cox (Great Britain) - 27.15 - PB
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6. Yuka Takamatsu (Japan) - 29.56 - PB

Women's 200 m T47 Final (+0.6 m/s)
1.Deja Young (U.S.A.) - 25.10
2. Anrune Liebenberg (South Africa) - 25.53 - AR
3. Lu Li (China) - 25.71 - PB
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6. Sae Tsuji (Japan) - 26.84 - PB

Women's 200 m T53 Final (+0.5 m/s)
1. Samantha Kinghorn (Great Britain) - 28.61 - WR
2. Angela Ballard (Australia) - 29.09
3. Hamide Kurt (Turkey) - 30.02 - PB
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8. Keiko Konishi (Japan) - 33.97

Men's 5000 m T11 Final
1. Samwel Kimani (Kenya) - 15:41.54
2. Cristian Valenzuela (Chile) - 15:49.63
3. Shinya Wada (Japan) - 15:54.29 - PB

Women's Long Jump T44 Final
1. Stef Reid (Great Britain) - 5.40 m (+0.2 m/s)
2. Marlene van Gansewinkel (Netherlands) - 5.20 m (-0.8 m/s)
3. Maya Nakanishi (Japan) - 5.00 m (+1.0 m/s)
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5. Saki Takakuwa (Japan) - 4.80 m (+0.7 m/s)

Women's Javelin Throw F46 Final
1. Hollie Arnold (Great Britain) - 43.02 m - WR
2. Holly Robinson (New Zealand) - 42.41 m - AR
3. Surang Khamsuk (Thailand) - 29.86
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5. Yukiko Kato (Japan) - 26.48 m

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