Doha World Championships Day Four Japanese Results

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 Szucs (Hungary) - 13.68
6. Elmo Lakka (Finland) - 13.73
7. Taio Kanai (Japan) - 13.74
8. Eduardo Rodrigues (Brazil) - 13.92

Men's 110 m Hurdles Heat 3 -0.4 m/s
1. Pascal Martinot-Lagarde (France) - 13.45 - Q
2. Andrew Pozzi (Great Britain) - 13.53 - Q
3. Andrew Riley (Jamaica) - 13.67 - Q
4. Yohan Chaverra (Colombia) - 13.76 - Q
5. Ruan de Vries (South Africa) - 14.07
DQ - Jeffrey Julmis (Haiti)
DQ - Daneil Roberts (U.S.A.)
DNS - Shunsuke Izumiya (Japan)

Men's 110 m Hurdles Heat 4 +0.4 m/s
1. Grant Holloway (U.S.A.) - Q
2. Shunya Takayama (Japan) - 13.32 - Q
3. Konstantinos Douvalidis (Greece) - 13.43 - Q
4. Yaqoub Mohamed Al Youha (Kuwait) - 13.43 - Q
5. Orlando Bennett (Jamaica) - 13.50 - q
6. Dmitri Bascou (France) - 13.53 - q
7. Xaysa Anousone (Laos) - 14.54
8. Fadane Hamadi (Comoros) - 14.79
DNS - Damian Czykier (Poland)

Women's Javelin Throw Qualification Group A
1. Shiying Liu (China) - 63.48 m - q
2. Martina Ratej (Slovenia) - 62.87 m - q
3. Annu Rani (India) - 62.43 m - q, NR
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7. Haruka Kitaguchi (Japan) - 60.84

Women's Javelin Throw Qualification Group B
1. Huihui Lyu (China) - 67.27 m - Q
2. Christin Hussong (Germany) 0 65.29 m - Q
3. Barbora Spotakova (Czech Republic) - 62.15 m - q
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15. Yuka Sato (Japan) - 55.03 m

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