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World University Games Day 5 Japanese Results


One of Japan's best remaining gold medal contenders at the 2025 FISU World University Games after throwing a PB of 81.23 m in Australia in March, Rin Suzuki (Kyushu Kyoritsu Univ.) struck out in the men's javelin throw final of the 5th day of competition, throwing 71.65 m on his first attempt and finishing 10th after being unable to better it. Mao Shimano (Nihon Joshi Taiiku Univ.) did better in the women's 100 mH final at 7th in 13.17 (+0.1), an improvement on her 8th-place standing after the semifinals, but was still 0.22 out of the medals. Gold went to Finland's Saara Keskitalo in 12.88, with Switzerland's Simon Wieland taking gold in the men's javelin with a season best 79.33 m on his first attempt.

In qualifying rounds, Aoi Murakami (Nittai Univ.) had no problems qualifying for the women's javelin throw final, throwing 53.91 for 7th among the qualifiers. Atsushi Haraguchi (Higashi Osaka Univ.) was 11th of 12 qualifiers in the men's pole vault, clearing 5.25 m. Ayana Yamashita (Osaka Gakuin Univ.) had a great run in the women's 3000 mSC heats, taking 2nd in Heat 2 in 9:57.09 to rank 3rd going into the final. Yuto Adachi (Fukuoka Univ.) made it through in the men's triple jump at 16.09 m (+0.1) for 5th, and in the men's 800 m both Sota Okamura (Kanoya Taiiku Univ.) and NR holder Ko Ochiai (Komazawa Univ.) advanced, Okamura 2nd in Heat 5 in 1:49.21 and Ochiai 2nd in Heat 3 in 1:51.36.

The FISU World University Games continue through Sunday.

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Anonymous said…
Yes, I was very impressed with how comfortable Ayana Yamashita looked. After her 19s 5000m PB at the Hokuren Distance Challenge 2 weeks ago, she looks primed to lop a good amount off her 9:57.04 PB in the final. Maybe she's benefiting from training with the new kid on the block at Osaka Gakuin University, 18yo Yumi Yamada, who smashed her 5000m PB recently getting down to 15:43.

Both Mao Shimano & Rei Honda (10th overall) did very well, both exceeding their 11th & 12th place "seedings" (by PB).
July 26, 2025 at 9:19 PM
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