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Yamamoto Wins 10000 m Bronze - World University Games Day Two Japanese Results


Josai University's Yuito Yamamoto brought Japan its first medal of the Chengdu World University Games, taking bronze in the only final with a Japanese athlete on the second day of athletics competition, the men's 10000 m. In a field of 17 starters Ugandan Dismas Yeko delivered the performance of the day, breaking 29 minutes to take gold in 28:59.25. Sezgin Atac of Turkey was relatively close behind in 29:06.62, leading Yeko and Ugandan Seth Akampa until Akampa was abruptly stopped by an official with 5 laps to go and disqualified, then losing touch over the final 1000 m.

Yamamoto spent most of the race in 4th, then was suddenly bumped up to 3rd when Akampa was disqualified. He finished 16 seconds back from Atac in 29:22.95 for bronze over Kenyan Kelvin Kimtai Chepsigor. Yamamoto is scheduled to double in Sunday's half marathon.

In semifinals, Hosei University's Naohiro Jinushi won the men's 400 m SF1 in 45.90, along with SF3 winner Reece Holder the only athletes to go under 46 seconds in the semis. Tsukuba University's Kenki Imaizumi was 2nd behind Holder in SF3 in 46.01 and also went on to the final. Ami Yamamoto of Ritsumeikan University made the women's 400 mH final on time with a 57.56 for 4th in SF2.

Tsukuba's Yuna Miura ran a season best 11.59 +1.1 m/s for 4th in SF1 of the women's 100 m, but that wasn't enough for her to make the final. Yu Ishikawa of Aoyama Gakuin University ran 11.95 +0.3 m/s for 7th in SF2 and likewise didn't advance. Shota Nakamura of Toyo University came closer in the men's 100 m, running 10.34 +0.9 m/s for 3rd in SF 1 but missing out on a time qualifier by 0.04.

Complete day 2 results here. The Chengdu World University Games continue through Sunday.

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