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Tokyo Paralympics women's T12 marathon gold medalist and world record holder Misato Michishita (Mitsui Sumitomo) broke her own Asian area record to win the 5000 m on the first day of this weekend's National Para Track and Field Championships , just down the road in Kobe from the National Championships and U20 National Championships in Osaka. Running 18:31.72 with help from guide runner Megumi Kawaguchi , Michishita took over 17 seconds off her old record and over a minute off her own meet record to win by more than 2 minutes. T11 class Asian record holder Natsumi Inouchi (Mizuho FG) also took over a minute off the 5000 m meet record in her division, winning in 21:02.24. Wheelchair athlete Tsubasa Kina (Ryukyu Sports) won the T53/54 class in 12:22.22. The next day she was back in the 1500 m, where she was 2nd by 0.26 sec to NR holder Wakako Tsuchida (Willraise) 3:32.38 to 3:32.64. The meet record also went in the T12 men's 5000 m, with Asian record holder Tadashi Horiko...

After a few days without hardware, Japan picked up two medals on the eighth day of track and field competition at the Tokyo Paralympic Games . In the T52 men's 100 m final, Yuki Oya  ran 17.18 to take silver, 0.19 behind gold medalist Raymond Martin  of the U.S.A. and beating bronze medalist Leonardo de Jesus Perez Juarez  by 0.26.  Another medal came in the first edition of the 4x100 m universal relay. Initially finishing 4th of four teams in the final, the Japanese team was elevated to bronze when original runners-up China  were disqualified. The United States set a world record 45.52 for gold, with Great Britain  moving up to silver in 47.50 following China's DQ. Japan clocked 47.98 to pick up the bronze. In the T20 women's 1500 m all three Japanese athletes made the final, Anju Furuya  4th in 4:38.58, Sayaka Makita  6th in 4:54.60 and Moeko Yamamoto 7th in 4:55.03. Barbara Bieganowska-Zając of Poland won gold in 4:27.84, Furuya finishing ju...