http://www.kobe-np.co.jp/news/sports/201505/0008049840.shtml
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A former marathon great is working hard in her position as head coach. International Pacific University in Okayama has named 2000 Sydney Olympics marathon 7th-placer Eri Yamaguchi, 42, to lead its new women's ekiden team. Returning to the field of competition for the first time in four years, Yamaguchi was full of a sense of mission as she said, "I want to pass to them everything that I learned and accomplished."
In March, 2011 Yamaguchi left her job as assistant coach at the Tenmaya women's corporate team to get married, afterward focusing on developing juniors. When the knock on the door came from IPU she was conflicted, asking herself, "Can you go back to the competitive world? You won't be able to take care of your family any more." But after talking with IPU president Hiroshi Ohashi, she said, "I got a strong desire to help develop a strong ekiden team.…
translated by Brett Larner
A former marathon great is working hard in her position as head coach. International Pacific University in Okayama has named 2000 Sydney Olympics marathon 7th-placer Eri Yamaguchi, 42, to lead its new women's ekiden team. Returning to the field of competition for the first time in four years, Yamaguchi was full of a sense of mission as she said, "I want to pass to them everything that I learned and accomplished."
In March, 2011 Yamaguchi left her job as assistant coach at the Tenmaya women's corporate team to get married, afterward focusing on developing juniors. When the knock on the door came from IPU she was conflicted, asking herself, "Can you go back to the competitive world? You won't be able to take care of your family any more." But after talking with IPU president Hiroshi Ohashi, she said, "I got a strong desire to help develop a strong ekiden team.…