JAAF Announces Paris Olympic Team of 34 Men and 17 Women

Following last week's National Track and Field Championships, the JAAF has announced a tentative team of 34 men and 17 women for next month's Paris Olympics. Athletes in italics are within 5 places of their event quota and still have a chance of being added on roll-downs. The final team lineup will be announced next week.

Men

100 m (10.00)

Abdul Hakim Sani Brown - 9.97 PB / 9.99 SB

Ryuichiro Sakai - 10.02 PB / 10.10 SB

Akihiro Higashida - 10.10 PB / 10.14 SB

(4x100 m) - Hiroki Yanagita - 10.02 PB / SB

(4x100 m) - Yoshihide Kiryu - 9.98 PB / 10.20 SB

(4x100 m) - Shota Yamamoto - 10.16 PB / SB - alternate

200 m (20.16)

Towa Uzawa - 20.23 PB / 20.26 SB

Shota Iizuka - 20.11 PB / 20.46 SB

Koki Ueyama - 20.26 PB / 20.47 SB

400 m (45.00)

Yuki Joseph Nakajima - 45.04 PB / 45.16 SB

Kentaro Sato - 44.77 PB / 45.21 SB

Fuga Sato - 44.88 PB / 45.61 PB

(4x400 m) - Takuho Yoshizu - 45.57 PB / SB

(4x400 m) - Kaito Kawabata - 45.73 PB / 45.77 SB

(4x400 m) - Yudai Nishi - 20.43 PB / SB (200 m) - alternate

10000 m (27:00.00)

Tomoki Ota - 27:12.53 PB / 27:20.94 SB

Jun Kasai - 1232 (29/27 in quota)

Akira Aizawa - 1228 (31/27 in quota)

Men's 110 mH (13.27)

Rachid Muratake - 13.04 PB / 13.07 SB

Shunsuke Izumiya - 13.04 PB / 13.17 SB

Shunya Takayama - 13.10 PB / 13.31 SB

Men's 400 mH (48.70)

Ken Toyoda - 47.99 PB / SB

Kaito Tsutsue - 48.58 PB / SB

Daiki Ogawa - 47.80 PB / SB

Men's 3000 mSC (8:15.00)

Ryuji Miura - 8:09.91 PB / 8:13.96 SB

Ryoma Aoki - 8:20.09 PB / 8:24.21 SB

Men's High Jump (2.33 m)

Tomohiro Shinno - 2.31 m PB / 2.27 m SB

Ryoichi Akamatsu - 2.30 m PB / 2.25 m SB

Naoto Hasegawa - 1187 (34/32 in quota)

Men's Long Jump (8.27 m)

Yuki Hashioka - 8.36 m PB / 8.28 m SB

Men's Javelin Throw (85.50 m)

Roderick Genki Dean - 84.28 m PB / 81.38 SB

Ryohei Arai - 1163 (36/32 in quota)

Men's Marathon (2:08:10)

Suguru Osako - 2:06:13

Naoki Koyama - 2:06:33

Akira Akasaki - 2:09:01

Men's 20 km RW (1:20:10)

Koki Ikeda - 1:16:51

Ryo Hamanishi - 1:17:42

Yuta Koga - 1:17:42

20 km RW Mixed Relay

Masatora Kawano - 1:17:59

Kazuki Takahashi - 1:19:01

Kumiko Okada - 1:29:03

Ayane Yanai - 1:29:44

Women

1500 m (4:02.50)

Nozomi Tanaka - 3:59.19 PB / 4:01.44 SB

5000 m (14:52.00)

Nozomi Tanaka - 14:29.18 PB / 14:47.69 SB

Yuma Yamamoto - 15:16.71 PB / 15:34.64 SB

10000 m (30:40.00)

Rino Goshima - 30:53.31 PB / SB

Haruka Kokai - 30:57.67 PB / 31:10.53 SB

Women's 100 mH (12.77)

Mako Fukube - 12.73 PB / 12.75 SB

Yumi Tanaka - 12.85 PB / SB

Women's High Jump (1.97 m)

Nagisa Takahashi - 1177 (34/32 in quota)

Women's Pole Vault (4.73 m)

Misaki Morota - 1167 (33/32 in quota)

Women's Long Jump (6.86 m)

Sumire Hata - 6.97 m PB / 6.72 m SB

Women's Triple Jump (14.55 m)

Mariko Morimoto - 14.16 m PB / 13.64 m SB

Women's Javelin Throw (64.00 m)

Haruka Kitaguchi - 67.38 m PB / 64.28 m SB

Momone Ueda - 61.75 m PB / 61.32 m SB

Marina Saito - 62.37 m PB / 59.70 m SB

Women's Marathon (2:26:50)

Honami Maeda - 2:18:59

Yuka Suzuki - 2:24:09

Mao Ichiyama - 2:24:43

Women's 20 Km RW (1:29:20)

Nanako Fujii - 1:27:59

Kumiko Okada - 1:29:03

Ayane Yanai - 1:29:44

Japan's First Goldless Day - Asian Athletics Championships Day Four Highlights

Day 4 of the Bangkok Asian Athletics Championships was the first without a single gold medal going to Japan, but there were still enough silvers and bronzes to go around. Robyn Lauren Brown of the Philippines outclassed the rest of the women's 400 mH final field, taking gold in 57.50. Eri Utsunomiya and Ami Yamamoto made it a Japanese 2-3, Utsunomiya running 57.73 for silver and Yamamoto 57.80 for bronze. Yusaku Kodama also scored silver in the men's 400 mH, running 48.96 behind Qatari winner Bassem Hemeida 's 48.64. Yuki Yamasaki won bronze in the heptathlon with 5696 points, Uzbekistan's Ekaterina Voronina taking gold in 6098 and Swapna Barman silver in 5840. Teammate Karin Odama was 4th in 5487. Another bronze came in the mixed 4x400 m relay, with Japan running 3:15.71 behind India's 3:14.70 and Sri Lanka's 3:15.41. Naoto Hasegawa and Ryoichi Akamatsu both cleared 2.23 m in the men's high jump, Hasegawa finishing 4th overall and Akamatsu 5th. ...

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