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Fujii Breaks 10000 m RW Jr. National Record - National Track and Field Championships Day Two Highlights



The 2018 National Corporate Track and Field Championships continued Saturday at Osaka's Nagai Stadium with a pair of records to mark the day. On the women's side, Nanako Fujii (Edion) set a junior national record of 44:13.37 to finish 2nd in the 10000 m racewalk behind winner Kumiko Okada (Bic Camera). On the men's side, Takumi Murashima (Fukui Pref. Sports Assoc.)  took half a second off the previous 800 m meet record set by former national record holder Masato Yokota, winning in 1:47.97. 2nd and 3rd-placers Taichi Ichino (Roble) and Naoto Arayasu (Fujitsu) were also under Yokota's record, making the 800 m the race of the day.

In other noteworthy results, men's 20 km race walk world record Yusuke Suzuki (Fujitsu) returned from a six-month suspension for fudging expense claims to win the 10000 m race walk in 39:05.19.  Joel Mwaura (Kurosaki Harima) won the regular 10000 m in 27:45.31, leading the top five under 28 minutes. 2017 national XC champ Takashi Ichida (Asahi Kasei) was the top Japanese man in 28:30.83 for 8th. Yohei Suzuki (Aisan Kogyo) won the B-heat in 29:12.98 with 2:08:08 amrathoner Ryo Kiname (MHPS) 9th n  29:35.42. Both Suzuki and Kiname are scheduled to run next month's Chicago Marathon.



Olympic and world championships medalist Shota Iizuka (Mizuno) took the men's 200 m final in 20.60 (+0.1 m/s). His relay teammates Kenji Fujimitsu (Zenrin), Yoshihide Kiryu (Asics) and Ryota Yamagata (Seiko) are set to square off in the 100 m on Sunday in what should be the event of the meet.

86th National Corporate Track and Field Championships

Day Two Highlights
Nagai Stadium, Osaka, 9/22/18
complete results

Women
Women's 1500 m Final
1. Ann Karindi (Toyota Jidoshokki) - 4:14.23
2. Ayako Jinnouchi (Kyudenko) - 4:16.80
3. Maya Iino (Daiichi Seimei) - 4:17.32

Women's 200 m Final +0.2 m/s
1. Maki Wada (Mizuno) - 23.87
2. Naoka Miyake (Sumitomo Denko) - 24.19
3. Sayaka Fujisawa (Cerespo) - 24.27

Women's 3000 m SC Final
1. Yui Yabuta (Otsuka Seiyaku) - 10:02.09
2. Yukari Ishizawa (Edion) - 10:08.49
3. Ayaka Koike (Owada Jutaku Sendai) - 10:15.53

Women's 400 m Hurdles Final
1. Sayaka Aoki (Toho Ginko) - 57.76
2. Konomi Takeishi (Toho Ginko) - 58.72
3. Suzuka Kawabata (Matsumoto Doken) - 58.91

Women's 10000 m RW Final
1. Kumiko Okada (Bic Camera) - 43:55.22
2. Nanako Fujii (Edion) - 44:13.37 - Jr. NR
3. Kaori Kawazoe (SDF Academy) - 44:29.96

Women's 4x100 m Final
1. Junanaju Ginko - 45.90
2. Toho Ginko - 46.31
3. Kojima Press - 47.99

Women's High Jump Final
1. Azumi Yamamoto (Azul Claro Numazu RC) - 1.73 m
2. Miyuki Fukumoto (Konan Univ. Staff) - 1.70 m
3. Haruka Hirayama (Koryo H.S. Staff) - 1.70 m

Women's Long Jump Final
1. Yurina Hiraka (Nippatsu) - 6.28 m +0.6 m/s
2. Sachiko Masumi (Kyudenko) - 6.17 m +0.6 m/s
3. Yu Yamada (Gold's Gym) - 6.13 m +0.0 m/s

Women's Shot Put Final
1. Aya Ota (Fukuoka Univ. AC) - 15.64 m
2. Chihiro Shigeyama (Ochiai J.H.S. Staff) - 14.79 m
3. Chiaki Yoshino (Nihon Joshi Taiiku Univ. Staff) - 14.53 m

Women's Javelin Throw Final
1. Yuka Mori (Nikoniko Nori) - 59.12 m
2. Orie Ushiro (Niigata Albirex RC) - 55.70 m
3. Risa Miyashita (Kunei Joshi Gakuin H.S. Staff) - 55.18 m

Men
Men's 10000 m Final A-Heat
1. Joel Mwaura (Kurosaki Harima) - 27:45.31
2. Nicholas Kosimbei (Toyota) - 27:49.49
3. Macharia Ndirangu (Aichi Seiko) - 27:50.03
4. Rodgers Chumo Kemoi (Aisan Kogyo) - 27:50.97
5. Teressa Nyakola (Mazda) - 27:52.70
6. Daniel Kipkemoi (Nishitetsu) - 28:02.17
7. Paul Tanui (Kyudenko) - 28:17.88
8. Takashi Ichida (Asahi Kasei) - 28:30.83
9. John Maina (Fujitsu) - 28:36.78
10. Andrew Lolot (Subaru) - 28:37.95
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DNF - William Malel (Honda)

Men's 10000 m Final B-Heat
1. Yohei Suzuki (Aisan Kogyo) - 29:12.98
2. Shuhei Yamaguchi  (Asahi Kasei) - 29:16.06
3. Tomoyasu Matsui (Chugoku Denryoku) - 29:16.71
4. Yoshiki Takenouchi (NTT Nishi Nihon) - 29:18.98
5. Shigeki Fujiwara (Subaru) - 29:25.74
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9. Ryo Kiname (MHPS) - 29:35.42

Men's 800 m Final A-Heat
1. Takumi Murashima (Fukui Pref. Sports Assoc.) - 1:47.97 - MR
2. Taichi Ichino (Roble) - 1:48.28 (MR)
3. Naoto Arayasu (Fujitsu) - 1:48.31 (MR)

Men's 200 m Final A-Heat +0.1 m/s
1. Shota Iizuka (Mizuno) - 20.60
2. Masafumi Naoki (Osaka Gas) - 20.86
3. Akiyuki Hashimoto (Fujitsu) - 20.87

Men's 3000 m SC Final
1. Jonathan Ndiku (Hitachi Butsuryu) - 8:30.75
2. Yasutaka Ishibashi (SGH Group) - 8:38.27
3. Yuma Higashi (Kyudenko) - 8:41.73

Men's 400 m Hurdles Final
1.Ryo Kajiki (Sumitomo Denko) - 49.75
2. Kei Maeno (Dome) - 50.35
3. Kotaro Miyao (Xebio) - 50.36

Men's 10000 m RW Final
1. Yusuke Suzuki (Fujitsu) - 39:05.19
2. Daisuke Matsunaga (Fujitsu) - 39:23.23
3. Toshikazu Yamanishi (Aichi Seiko) - 39:27.04

Men's 4x100 m Relay Final
1. Yutic - 39.55
2. NTN - 39.71
3. Fujitsu - 40.20

Men's High Jump Final
1. Ryo Sato (Tonichi Insatsu) - 2.22 m
2. Hiromi Takahari (Hitachi ICT) - 2.16 m
3. Kazuhiro Ota (Nittai Shisetsu) - 2.16 m

Men's Long Jump Final
1. Mizuki Matsubara (Niigata Albirex RC) - 7.84 m +0.7 m/s
2. Shotaro Shiroyama (Zenrin) - 7.73 m -0.4 m/s
3. Shunsuke Narisada (Mikimoto) - 7.72 m +0.5 m/s

Men's Discus Throw Final
1. Masateru Yugami (Toyota) - 59.26 m
2. Shigeyuki Maizawa (Orico) - 55.98 m
3. Kazumasa Yomogida (Gold's Gym) - 55.15 m

Men's Hammer Throw Final
1. Ryota Kashimura (Yamada Denki) - 69.94 m
2. Hiroki Ako (Manabiyaen) - 67.81 m
3. Kunihiro Sumi (Kobayashi Create) - 66.35 m

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