Kasai, Goto, Kabasawa and Takashima Added to Japan's Olympic Team

With World Athletics' update of its Road to Paris rankings, one male and three female athletes have been added to Japan's team for the Paris Olympics, all in mid/long distance events. Left out are the vertical jumps, with women's pole vault NR holder Misaki Morota and high jumpers Nagisa Takahashi and Naoto Hasegawa missing by one or two places each.

Men

100 m

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

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

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

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

Jun Kasai - 27:17.46 PB / SB

110 mH

Rachid Muratake - 13.04 PB / 13.07 SB

Shunsuke Izumiya - 13.04 PB / 13.17 SB

Shunya Takayama - 13.10 PB / 13.31 SB

400 mH

Ken Toyoda - 47.99 PB / SB

Kaito Tsutsue - 48.58 PB / SB

Daiki Ogawa - 47.80 PB / SB

3000 mSC

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

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

High Jump

Tomohiro Shinno - 2.31 m PB / 2.27 m SB

Ryoichi Akamatsu - 2.30 m PB / 2.25 m SB

Long Jump

Yuki Hashioka - 8.36 m PB / 8.28 m SB

Javelin Throw

Roderick Genki Dean - 84.28 m PB / 81.38 SB

Marathon

Suguru Osako - 2:05:29 PB / 2:06:13 SB

Naoki Koyama - 2:06:33 PB / SB

Akira Akasaki - 2:09:01 PB / SB

20 km RW

Koki Ikeda - 1:16:51 PB / SB

Ryo Hamanishi - 1:17:42 PB / SB

Yuta Koga - 1:17:47 PB / SB

20 km RW Mixed Relay

Masatora Kawano - 1:17:24 PB / 1:17:59 SB

Kazuki Takahashi - 1:19:01 PB / SB

Kumiko Okada - 1:27:41 PB / 1:29:03 SB

Ayane Yanai - 1:29:44 PB / SB

Women

1500 m

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

Yume Goto - 4:09.41 PB / 4:09:93 SB

5000 m

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

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

Wakana Kabasawa - 15:18.76 PB / 15:20.94 PB

10000 m

Rino Goshima - 30:53.31 PB / SB

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

Yuka Takashima - 30:57.26 PB / 33:33.27 SB

100 mH

Mako Fukube - 12.73 PB / 12.75 SB

Yumi Tanaka - 12.85 PB / SB

Long Jump

Sumire Hata - 6.97 m PB / 6.72 m SB

Triple Jump

Mariko Morimoto - 14.16 m PB / 13.64 m SB

Javelin Throw

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

Marathon

Honami Maeda - 2:18:59 PB / SB

Yuka Suzuki - 2:24:09 PB / SB

Mao Ichiyama - 2:20:29 PB / 2:24:43 SB

20 Km RW

Nanako Fujii - 1:27:59 PB / SB

Kumiko Okada - 1:27:41 PB / 1:29:03 SB

Ayane Yanai - 1:29:44 PB / SB

'Kobe 2024: Aitchison, Athmani Lead Record-Breaking Thursday'

https://www.paralympic.org/news/kobe-2024-para-athletics-world-championships-aitchison-athmani-lead-record-breaking-thursday Complete results and daily schedule from the Kobe World Para Athletics Championships are here .

Chesang Wins Osaka Women's Marathon in 2:19:31, Yada Drops 2:19:57 Debut NR

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