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Yogibo Athletics Challenge Cup Entries

The Sept. 28-29 Yogibo Athletics Challenge Cup Continental Tour Bronze meet in Niigata announced its preliminary field on Wednesday. A lot of the international field has yet to be added, but what's been announced includes Paris Olympians Yoshihide Kiryu, Ryuichiro Sakai, Kentaro Sato, Fuga Sato, Joseph Nakajima, Abraham Guem, Tomoki Ota, Rachid Muratake, Daiki Ogawa, Ryoichi Akamatsu, Tomohiro Shinno, Yume Goto, Wakana Kabasawa, Haruki Kokai, Sumire Hata, Marina Saito and Momone Ueda, NR holders Shuhei Tada, Ko Ochiai, Sho Kawamoto, Keita Sato, Naoto Tobe, Yuji Tsutumi, Ryoji Tatezawa, Kanta Shimizu, Kotaro Shinohara, Rin Kubo, Tomoka Kimura and Nanaka Kori, Monaco Diamond League winner Margaret Akidor, and more.

Current list top entries by 2023-2024 best in each event:

Men's 100 m
Yoshihide Kiryu (Nihon Seimei) - 10.03
Ryuichiro Sakai (Osaka Gas) - 10.08
Shuhei Tada (Sumitomo Denko) - 10.10
Naoki Nishioka (Tokai Gyosei H.S.) - 10.11
Yuki Koike (Sumitomo Denko) - 10.11
Kuk Young Kim (South Korea) - 10.25
Kenji Madero (Argentina/Josai Univ.) - 10.43
Rachid Muratake (JAL) - NM

Men's 400 m
Kentaro Sato (Fujitsu) - 44.77
Fuga Sato (Mizuno) - 44.88
Yuki Joseph Nakajima (Fujitsu) - 45.04
Ryuki Iwasaki (Mie Sports Assoc.) - 45.19
Kenki Imaizumi (Team SSP) - 45.54

Men's 800 m
Ko Ochiai (Shiga Gakuen H.S.) - 1:44.80
Sho Kawamoto (Suzuki) - 1:46.18
Junya Matsumoto (FAJ) - 1:46.52
Yugo Shikata (Takarazuka T&F Assoc) - 1:46.82
Kentaro Usuda (DeNA) - 1:46.97
Abraham Guem (South Sudan/Ami AC) - 1:47.41
Hyeong Dong Kang (South Korea) - 1:50.12

Men's 1500 m
Abraham Guem (South Sudan/Ami AC) - 3:36.55
Ryoji Tatezawa (DeNA) - 3:36.68
Masato Saiki (Fujisan no Meisui) - 3:38.53
Rikuto Iijima (Ami AC) - 3:39.34
Masanori Anbai (Tokai Univ.) - 3:39.96
Yong Soo Kim (South Korea) - 3:41.13
Yu An Lin (Taiwan) - 3:51.78

Men's 5000 m
Benard Koech (Kenya/Kyudenko) - 13:00.38
Samwel Chebolei Masai (Kenya/Kao) - 13:00.69
Keita Sato (Komazawa Univ.) - 13:09.45
Kiprono Sitonik (Kurosaki Harima) - 13:15.85
Mebuki Suzuki (Toyota) - 13:17.75
Tomoki Ota (Toyota) - 13:20.11
Kanta Shimizu (Subaru) - 13:21.18
Hideto Kosode (Honda) - 13:22.01
Shunsuke Yoshii (Chuo Univ.) - 13:22.01
Ayumu Kobayashi (NTT Nishi Nihon) - 13:22.17
Kotaro Shinohara (Komazawa Univ.) - 13:27.04
Ren Tazawa (Toyota) - NM

Men's 110 mH
Shusei Nomoto (Ehime Sports Assoc.) - 13.20
Shuhei Ishikawa (Fujitsu) - 13.36
Ryota Machi (Niigata Albirex RC) - 13.40
Gyeong Tae Kim (South Korea) - 13.62
Ato Hirotomi (Kokusai Budo Univ.) - 13.84

Men's 400 mH
Kazuki Kurokawa (Sumitomo Denko) - 48.58
Daiki Ogawa (Toyo Univ.) - 48.70
Yusaku Kodama (Nojima T&F Club) - 48.77
Haruto Deguchi (Zenrin) - 48.83
Shunta Inoue (Hosei Univ.) - 48.91

Men's 3000 mSC
Philemon Kiplagat (Kenya/Aisan Kogyo) - 8:23.35
Daichi Shibata (Chuo Univ.) - 8:24.64
Hibiki Obara (GMO) - 8:25.07
Yutaro Niinae (Aisan Kogyo) - 8:25.45
Atsushi Shobu (Kao) - 8:28.16

Men's High Jump
Ryoichi Akamatsu (Seibu Prince) - 2.30 m
Tomohiro Shinno (Kyudenko) - 2.29 m
Yuto Seko (FAAS) - 2.26 m
Naoto Hasegawa (Niigata Albirex) - 2.25 m
Haruki Horii (Daishin Plant) - 2.25 m

Men's Discus Throw
Shinichi Yukinaga (Shikoku Univ.) - 62.62 m
Yuji Tsutsumi (Alsok) - 60.44 m
Hiroki Kitahara (Niigata Fukushi Iryo Univ.) - 59.95 m
Masateru Yugami (Toyota) - 59.31 m
Kosei Yamashita (Kyushu Kyoritsu Univ.) - 55.68 m

Men's Javelin Throw
Yuta Sakiyama (Ehime Sports Assoc.) - 83.54 m
Ryohei Arai (Suzuki) - 83.37 m
Hiroya Kiyokawa (Tokai Univ.) - 81.67 m
Kenji Ogura (Eijec Sports Mgmt.) - 80.13 m
Yusaku Iwao (Tsukuba Univ.) - 80.09 m

Women's 100 m
Arisa Kimishima (DKK) - 11.37
Mei Kodama (Mizuno) - 11.37
Midori Mikase (Sumitomo Denko) - 11.37
Remi Tsuruta (Minami Kyushu Family Mart) - 11.44
Manaka Miura (Ehime Sports Assoc.) - 11.45
Arie Flores (Peru/Nittai Univ.) - 11.73
Yeon Woo (South Korea) - 12.09

Women's 400 m
Haruna Kuboyama (Imamura Byoin) - 53.07
Arie Flores (Peru/Nittai Univ.) - 53.28
Yuna Iwata (Suzuki) - 53.38
Nanako Matsumoto (Toho Ginko) - 53.42
Abigail Fuka Ido (Toho Ginko) - 53.70

Women's 800 m
Rin Kubo (Higashi Osaka Keiai H.S.) - 1:59.93
Ayano Shiomi (Iwatani Sangyo) - 2:01.93
Airi Ikezaki (Daiso) - 2:03.08
Ayaka Kawata (Niconiconori) - 2:03.65
Ran Urabe (Sekisui Kagaku) - 2:04.09
Ye Rin Hwang (South Korea) - 2:18.19

Women's 1500 m
Margaret Akidor (Kenya/Comodi Iida) - 4:05.29
Esther Muthoni (Nitori) - 4:06.54
Yume Goto (Uniqlo) - 4:09.41
Tomoka Kimura (Sekisui Kagaku) - 4:10.75
Saki Katagihara (Edion) - 4:11.62
Sherry Drury (Tsuyama H.S.) - 4:15.50
Na Yeon Park (South Korea) - 4:18.42

Women's 3000 m
Daisy Jerop (Kenya/Sendai Ikuei H.S.) - 8:52.18
Margaret Arot Ekalale (Kenya/Kaishi Kokusai H.S.) - 9:09.33
Hinata Iso (Sendai Ikuei H.S.) - 9:16.76
Aoi Hosokawa (Sendai Ikuei H.S.) - 9:18.01
Misaki Nagaoka (Sendai Ikuei H.S.) - 9:23.49
Mirriam Njeri (Kenya/Sendai Ikuei H.S.) - NM

Women's 5000 m
Caroline Kariba (Kenya/Japan Post) - 14:57.05
Hellen Ekalale (Kenya/Toyota Jidoshokki) - 15:00.92
Janet Nyiva (Kenya/Panasonic) - 15:01.25
Mirriam Cherop (Kenya/Shin Nihon Jusetsu) - 15:06.46
Wakana Kabasawa (Mitsui Sumitomo Kaijo) - 15:18.76
Rina Kusu (Sekisui Kagaku) - 15:20.65
Yuka Ando (Shimamura) - 15:22.74
Haruka Kokai (Daiichi Seimei) - 15:23.98
Nanami Watanabe (Panasonic) - 15:25.48
Miyaka Sugata (Japan Post) - 15:25.81
Kae Gyu (China/Japan Post) - 15:36.15

Women's 400 mH
Satsuki Umehara (Sumitomo Denko) - 57.02
Moe Matsuoka (Chuo Univ.) - 57.25
Honoka Aoki (Zenrin) - 57.48
Akane Minamisawa (MDK) - 57.82
Haru Hiraki (Osaka Keiai Univ.) - 58.02
Pei-Lin Lo (Taiwan) - 1:00.09

Women's Long Jump
Sumire Hata (Sumitomo Kaijo) - 6.97 m
Ayaka Kora (JAL) - 6.46 m
Maya Takeuchi (Mizuno) - 6.36 m
Nagisa Yamamoto (Hasegawa) - 6.30 m
Mizuki Otsu (Nihon Joshi Taiiku Univ.) - 6.22 m

Women's Discus Throw
Jade Lally (Great Britain) - 63.15 m
Nanaka Kori (Niigata Albirex RC) - 60.72 m
Maki Saito (Tokai Univ.) - 58.47 m
Minori Tsujikawa (Uchida Yoko AC) - 53.84 m
Akane Kawaguchi (Wizas) - 52.68 m

Women's Javelin Throw
Marina Saito (Suzuki) - 62.07 m
Momone Ueda (Zenrin) - 61.64 m
Sae Takemoto (Team SSP) - 61.41 m
Mahiro Osa (Kokushikan Club) - 61.10 m
Yuki Yamamoto (Kyushu Kyoritsu Univ.) - 59.57 m

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