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'Norman and Benjamin Triumph on Tokyo Return'

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Men's 3000 mSC national record holder Ryuji Miura (Juntendo Univ.) made it look easy at the Golden Grand Prix meet, winning his first steeple of the year in 8:22.25 with a very impressive last lap. Both men's long jump winner Natsuki Yamakawa (Saga Sports Assoc.) and women's 100 mH runner-up Mako Fukube (NKK) turned out all-time Japanese #8 marks, Yamakawa with a jump of 8.14 m (+0.4) and Fukube running 13.05 (-0.1). Complete results here.


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RigaJags said…
Miura basically did whatever he wanted. He said he planned to stay in the group all race until the last 1000 and that's what he did.
Effortless and impressive, didn't even have to try.
I hope he arrives at the World Championship in top form cause I think he has a realistic shot at improving his Tokyo Olympics time and placement.

Do we already know what he will run next week at the Kanto regionals? (assuming he will be there)
Last year he "sacrificed" the win in 3000SC to help Juntendo scoring points in 1500 and 5000, wonder if his approach will be different this time.
He'd obviously win easily the 3000SC, not really a challenge that one at this point.
May 9, 2022 at 8:24 PM
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