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https://www.independent.co.ug/ugandas-cheptegei-runs-2nd-fastest-15km-race/ Zevenheuvelenloop 15 km Nijmegen, Netherlands, 11/19/17 click here for complete results Men 1. Joshua Cheptegei (Uganda) - 41:16 2. Amdework Walelegn (Ethiopia) - 42:40 3. Noah Kipkemboi (Kenya) - 42:43 4. Yenew Alamirew (Ethiopia) - 43:33 5. Mekonnen Gebremedhin (Ethiopia) - 43:35 6. Ryohei Sakaguchi (Japan/Tokai Univ.) - 43:36 ----- 12. Tomoki Ota (Japan/Waseda Univ.) - 44:48 16. Junnosuke Matsuo (Japan/Tokai Univ.) - 45:30 33. Ryoji Tatezawa (Japan/Tokai Univ.) - 48:00 Women 1. Birke Debele (Ethiopia) - 48:52 2. Mercyline Chelangat (Uganda) - 48:54 3. Evaline Chirchir (Kenya) - 48:54 4. Sofia Assefa (Ethiopia) - 48:56 5. Rose Chelimo (Bahrain) - 49:08 ----- 7. Rika Kaseda (Japan/Meijo Univ.) - 50:24 9. Rino Goshima (Japan/Chuo Univ.) - 52:13 12. Kanade Furuya (Japan/Matsuyama Univ.) - 53:46 14. Naruho Sato (Japan/Ritsumeikan Univ.) - 54:45 61. Yuki Munehisa (Japan/Tokyo Nogyo Uni...

For the second Universiade in a row Japan pulled off a near-sweep of the half marathon medals, taking all three men's individual medals, women's gold and bronze and both team golds. Komazawa University's Kei Katanishi and Naoki Kudo went 1-2, leaving national university half marathon champion Kengo Suzuki over 30 seconds behind to hold off Uganda's John Kateregga for bronze. Wataru Tochigi took 6th to make it 4 Japanese men in the top 6, the only misstep coming from Takato Suzuki of national champion Aoyama Gakuin University who finished only 12th after scratching in the 10000 m. Not so for women's gold medalist Yuki Munehisa . Munehisa had led most of the women's 10000 m only to get dropped in the last kilometer and wind up outside the medals in 4th. In the half marathon she was bound and determined not to end up the same way again, doing all the heavy lifting to drop Turkey's Esma Aydemir with teammate Saki Fukui in a supporting role. Munehisa ...

The IUAU has announced a 38-member team for the Aug. 23-28 Summer Universiade in Taiwan, with 24 men and 14 women representing 26 universities. Rio Olympian Kazuya Shiojiri (Juntendo Univ.) leads the team in men's long distance, with newly sub-10.10 Shuhei Tada (Kwansei Gakuin Univ.) an expected favorite in men's sprints. Javelin throw and heptathlon collegiate record holders Haruka Kitaguchi (Nihon University) and Meg Hemphill (Chuo University) lead the women's team. The complete team roster: Men Sprints Shuhei Tada (Kwansei Gakuin University) Yusuke Tanaka (Nihon Wellness University) Jun Yamashita (Tsukuba University) Sho Kitagawa (Juntendo University) Takamasa Kitagawa (Juntendo University) Shusei Nomoto (Waseda University) Taio Kanai (Hosei University) Ryo Kajiki (Josai University) Long Distance Wataru Tochigi (Juntendo University) Kazuya Shiojiri (Juntendo University) Takato Suzuki (Aoyama Gakuin University) Kengo Suzuki (Kanagawa University) Nao...

https://www.kawowo.com/2016/11/20/joshua-cheptegei-wins-netherlands-race/ Zevenheuvelenloop 15 km Road Race Netherlands, 11/20/16 click here for complete results Women 1. Susan Krumins (Netherlands) - 49:30 2. Jip Vastenburg (Netherlands) - 50:42 3. Kanade Furuya (Japan) - 52:10 4. Yomogi Akasaka (Japan) - 52:23 5. Honoka Tanaike (Japan) - 52:41 ----- 20. Misaki Ogata (Japan) - 57:03 Men 1. Joshua Cheptegei (Uganda) - 42:08 2. Abrar Osman (Eritrea) - 43:04 3. Hiskel Tewelde (Eritrea) - 43:06 4. Geoffrey Ronoh (Kenya) - 43:28 5. Abdallah Kibet Mande (Uganda) - 43:35 ----- 8. Kengo Suzuki (Japan) - 44:18 11. Homare Morita (Japan) - 45:24 14. Yuki Nakamura (Japan) - 46:10 15. Akira Tomiyasu (Japan) - 46:14 20. Shiki Shinsako (Japan) - 47:38