On the most exciting night yet at the Doha World Championships Japanese athletes only featured in the qualifying rounds of two events. Of them, 110 m hurdles national record holder Shunya Takayama was the only one to make it on to the next round, taking 2nd in his heat in 13.32. Taio Kanai was only 7th in his heat in 13.74, with third man Shunsuke Izumiya a DNS. In the women's javelin throw, top hope Haruka Kitaguchi was an unlucky 13th in the qualifying rounds, 6 cm out of making the final with a best throw of 60.84 m. Last-minute team addition Yuka Sato was 29th of the 31 women in the qualifying rounds with a throw of 55.03 m. Doha World Athletics Championships Day Four Japanese Results Doha, Qatar, 30 Sept. 2019 complete results Qualifying Rounds Men's 110 m Hurdles Heat 2 +0.5 m/s 1. Sergey Shubenkov (ANA) - 13.27 - Q 2. Wenjun Xie (China) - 13.38 - Q 3. Jason Joseph (Switzerland) - 13.39 - Q, NR 4. Shane Bathwaite (Barbados) - 13.51 - Q 5. Veldo Sz...
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