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Yogibo Athletics Challenge Cup Start Lists and Streaming


Start lists are up for this weekend's Yogibo Athletics Challenge Cup Continental Tour Bronze meet in Niigata with scratches and a few additions since the initial entry list announcement two weeks ago. Prominent withdrawals include women's long jump NR holder Sumire Hata, former men's 100 m NR holder Yoshihide Kiryu, men's indoor 5000 m NR holder Keita Sato, and Paris Olympians Ryuichiro Sakai, Tomoki Ota, Ryoichi Akamatsu, and Wakana Kabasawa. Indian men's 5000 m NR holder Gulveer Singh has joined the 5000 m field in pursuit of a new NR.

Times listed below are athletes' 2023-2024 best in each event. Streaming of day one of the meet starts at 14:30 Saturday, with day two starting at 10:00 a.m. Sunday. Live results are here.


Men's 100 m
Shuhei Tada (Sumitomo Denko) - 10.10
Naoki Nishioka (Tokai Gyosei H.S.) - 10.11
Yuki Koike (Sumitomo Denko) - 10.11
Ryo Wada (Miki House) - 10.13
Shoto Uno (Orico) - 10.16
Kuk Young Kim (South Korea) - 10.25
Kenji Madero (Argentina/Josai Univ.) - 10.43
Rachid Muratake (JAL) - 10.68

Men's 400 m
Kentaro Sato (Fujitsu) - 44.77
Fuga Sato (Mizuno) - 44.88
Yuki Joseph Nakajima (Fujitsu) - 45.04
Kalinga Kumarage (Sri Lanka) - 45.07
Ryuki Iwasaki (Mie Sports Assoc.) - 45.19
Kenki Imaizumi (Team SSP) - 45.54
Takuho Yoshizu (GK Line) - 45.57
Rikuya Ito (Sumitomo Denko) - 45.84

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
Kaishi Kitamura (Yamanashi Gakuin Univ.) - 1:47.11
Junki Ishimoto (Nihon Univ.) - 1:47.15
Abraham Guem (South Sudan/Ami AC) - 1:47.41
Jiaqiang Lei (China) - 1:48.92
Dong Hyeong 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
Yudai Noguchi (Toenec) - 3:40.10
Jae Ung Lee (South Korea) - 3:41.13
Yu An Lin (Taiwan) - 3:51.78

Men's 5000 m
Benard Koech (Kenya/Kyudenko) - 13:00.38
Mebuki Suzuki (Toyota) - 13:17.75
Gulveer Singh (India) - 13:18.92
Hideto Kosode (Honda) - 13:22.01
Shunsuke Yoshii (Chuo Univ.) - 13:22.01
Ayumu Kobayashi (NTT Nishi Nihon) - 13:22.17
Ren Tazawa (Toyota) - 13:22.60
Kotaro Shinohara (Komazawa Univ.) - 13:27.04
Jinhu Mao (China) - 13:57.66

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
Kazuki Yamada (Kokusai Budo Univ.) - 13.88
Shoma Tateyama (Chuo Univ.) - 13.95
Tomoki Yamashita (Haseko Group) - 13.96
Haruto Kudo (Kokusai Budo Univ.) - 13.97

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
Masaya Oda (Toyota Jidoshokki) - 49.32
Ryosuke Takahashi (Hosei Univ.) - 49.32
Tatsuhiro Yamamoto (Seki A.C.) - 49.42

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
Shintaro Nakazono (SID Group) - 8:33.99

Men's High Jump
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
Kaisei Nakatani (Fukuoka Daiichi H.S.) - 2.24 m
Sota Haraguchi (Juntendo Univ.) - 2.23 m
Shun Yamanaka (Kyoto Univ.) - 2.23 m
Ryo Sato (Takatomi) - 2.22 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
Koshiro Fujiwara (Kyushu Kyoritsu Univ.) - 55.32 m
Oni Kamozawa (Tokai Univ.) - 54.38 m
Taiga Hamaguchi (Nittai Univ.) - 53.52 m

Men's Javelin Throw
Gatis Cakss (Latvia) - 87.57 m
Yuta Sakiyama (Ehime Sports Assoc.) - 83.54 m
Hiroya Kiyokawa (Tokai Univ.) - 81.67 m
Kenji Ogura (Eijec Sports Mgmt.) - 80.13 m
Yusaku Iwao (Tsukuba Univ.) - 80.09 m
Gen Naganuma (Suzuki) - 79.41 m
Rin Suzuki (Kyushu Kyoritsu Univ.) - 78.71 m
Hayato Yamada (Kyushu Kyoritsu Univ.) - 75.48 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
Misato Sato (Chuo Univ.) - 11.64
Aiko Iki (Osaka Gas) - 11.67
Arie Flores (Peru/Nittai Univ.) - 11.73

Women's 400 m
Haruna Kuboyama (Imamura Byoin) - 53.07
Yuna Iwata (Suzuki) - 53.38
Nanako Matsumoto (Toho Ginko) - 53.42
Abigail Fuka Ido (Toho Ginko) - 53.70
Shizuha Moriyama (Ichigo) - 53.82
Ririka Miyachi (Surugadai Univ.) - 54.13
Miya Akasaka (Tsukuba Univ.) - 54.28
Airi Oshima (Utsunomiya City Hall) - 54.41

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
Hana Yamada (Warabeya) - 2:04.79
Yume Kitamura (Edion) - 2:05.48
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
Ran Urabe (Sekisui Kagaku) - 4:12.07
Ayu Koyama (Iwatani Sangyo) - 4:15.38
Na Yeon Park (South Korea) - 4:18.42

Women's 3000 m
Margaret Arot Ekalale (Kenya/Kaishi Kokusai H.S.) - 9:09.33
Yuzuyu Sato (Sendai Ikuei H.S.) - 9:23.49
Tsubomi Tezuka (Sendai Ikuei H.S.) - 9:34.32
Natsuki Matsushima (Sendai Ikuei H.S.) - 9:42.43
Runa Sato (Niigata Iryo Fukushi Univ.) - 9:44.51
Hinano Oura (Sendai Ikuei H.S.) - 9:50.60
Yuna Kurihara (Sendai Ikuei H.S.) - 9:51.01
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
Mirriam Cherop (Kenya/Shin Nihon Jusetsu) - 15:06.46
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
Sora Shinozakura (Panasonic) - 15:31.45

Women's 400 mH
Satsuki Umehara (Sumitomo Denko) - 57.02
Honoka Aoki (Zenrin) - 57.48
Akane Minamisawa (MDK) - 57.82
Haru Hiraki (Osaka Keiai Univ.) - 58.02
Sumika Okawa (Waseda Univ.) - 58.12
Ayesha Ibrahim (Seiyo Sangyo) - 58.18
Konomi Hatakeyama (Ritsumeikan Keisho H.S.) - 58.23
Pei-Lin Lo (Taiwan) - 1:00.09

Women's Long Jump
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
Ria Kitada (Mason Work) - 6.12 m
Akira Kobayashi (Smiley) - 6.12 m
Asuka Gompei (Takakiyo) - 6.08 m
Rin Sumiyoshi (Kansai Fukushi Univ.) - 6.03 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
Mika Yamamoto (Kondotech) - 50.06 m
Ranna Nishiyama (Tsukuba Univ.) - 49.08 m
Narumi Tomori (Kyushu Kyoritsu Univ.) - 48.84 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
Reina Kimura (Niigata Iryo Fukushi Univ.) - 55.46 m
Haruna Okada (Niigata Iryo Fukushi Univ.) - 52.37 m
Honami Nemoto (Niigata Iryo Fukushi Univ.) - 52. 11m

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Stefan said…
Women's 5000m should be interesting. How will Haruka Kokai perform after her disappointing Olympics? Hopefully, she will bounce back well. This year has not been the best in terms of improvement for her. The Panasonic athletes have been strong this year so Nanami Watanabe's performance will also be one I'll follow closely. You have to hand it to Yuka Ando, she isn't praised much but she is very consistent. I expect a strong showing from her once again. 800m and Rin Kubo will be the other race I'm most interested in. Looking forward to this and Mizuki Matsuda's run in the Berlin Marathon.

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