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http://www.saitama-np.co.jp/news/2013/09/19/07.html translated and edited by Brett Larner Held in Saitama for the first time, the 61st National Corporate Track and Field Championships get underway Friday, Sept. 20 at Kumagaya Sports Park Field bringing three days of hot action featuring many of the country's best athletes direct to local fans. The opening ceremonies will be on the 21st, but the meet actually gets underway on the 20th with the men's and women's 10000 m races, the main action following over the next two days. Athletes scheduled to appear on the 21st include Moscow World Championships marathon bronze medalist Kayoko Fukushi (Team Wacoal) and 4x100 m relay finalist Kenji Fujimitsu (Team Zenrin), a graduate of Saitama's Urawa H.S.  Fujimitsu is scheduled to double in the 100 m and 200 m, with his fellow Urawa graduate Yuji Ohashi  (Mizuno) entered in the men's 110 m hurdles.  Among other Saitama athletes, having competed on three national teams i...

by Brett Larner Day Four of the 2013 Moscow World Championships was a slow one for the Japanese contingent.  In the men's 5000 m heats, all-time Japanese #3 Yuki Sato  (Team Nissin Shokuhin) ran despite having twisted an ankle during the 10000 m, largely passive except for one move in the final kilometer before finishing 11th in 13:37.07.  He did not advance to the final.  400 m hurdler Takayuki Kishimoto  (Team Fujitsu), a strong prospect for the final, also did not advance after he false started.  In the women's 20 km race walk, national record holder  Masumi Fuchise  (Team Otsuka Seiyaku) went out fast and was in range of the bronze medal pack until the very last stage of the race when she faded to 29th in 1:33:13.  Among those who overtook her was teammate Kumi Otoshi  (Team Fujitsu), who took 26th in 1:32:44. Moscow World Championships Day Four Moscow, 8/13/14 click here for complete results Men's 5000 m Heat Two 1. Muktar ...

London, England, 8/11/12 click here for complete results Men's 50 km Race Walk 1. Sergey Kirdyapkin (Russia) - 3:35:59 - OR 2. Jared Tallent (Australia) - 3:36:53 - PB 3. Tianfeng Si (China) - 3:37:16 - PB 4. Robert Heffernan (Ireland) - 3:37:54 - NR 5. Igor Erokhin (Russia) - 3:37:54 - PB ----- 10. Koichiro Morioka (Japan) - 3:43:14 - PB DQ - Yuki Yamazaki (Japan) DQ - Takayuki Tanii (Japan) Women's 20 km Race Walk 1. Elena Lashmanova (Russia) - 1:25:02 - WR 2. Olga Kaniskina (Russia) - 1:25:09 3. Shenjie Qieyang (China) - 1:25:16 - AR 4. Hong Liu (China) - 1:26:00 5. Anisya Kirdyapkina (Russia) - 1:26:26 ----- 11. Masumi Fuchise (Japan) - 1:28:41 18. Mayumi Kawasaki (Japan) - 1:30:20 37. Kumi Otoshi (Japan) - 1:33:50 Men's 4x100 m Relay Final 1. Jamaica - 36.84 - WR 2. U.S.A. - 37.04 - NR 3. Trinidad & Tobago - 38.12 4. France - 38.16 5. Japan (Yamagata/Eriguchi/Takahira/Iizuka) - 38.35 6. Netherlands - 38.39 7. Australia - 38.43 DQ - ...

by Brett Larner Top results from part four of this year's Hokuren Distance Challenge series, held July 10 in Kushiro, Hokkaido. 2010 Hokuren Distance Challenge Kushiro Meet Results click here for complete results Men's 10000 m 1. Shunsuke Nomura (Team Osaka Gas) - 29:27.53 2. Jee Young-Joon (S. Korea) - 29:33.97 3. Kim Min (S. Korea) - 29:36.21 Women's 5000 m 1. Yurika Nakamura (Team Tenmaya) - 16:20.25 2. Tomo Morimoto (Team Tenmaya) - 16:36.82 3. Naoko Sakamoto (Team Tenmaya) - 16:55.89 Men's 5000 m 1. Gideon Ngatuny (Kenya/Team Nissin Shokuhin) - 13:28.69 2. Alex Mwangi (Kenya/Team YKK) - 13:52.65 3. Takayuki Matsumiya (Team Konica Minolta) - 13:55.82 4. Tomoya Onishi (Team Asahi Kasei) - 13:57.78 5. Daisuke Shimizu (Team Kanebo) - 14:00.99 6. Tomoyuki Morita (Team Kanebo) - 14:03.66 7. Masato Kihara (Team Kanebo) - 14:04.13 8. Samuel Kariuki (Kenya/Team Konica Minolta) - 14:04.74 9. Yuki Iwai (Team Asahi Kasei) - 14:06.51 10. Noriaki Takahashi (Team S&B) - 14:09...

Click here to enter JRN's World Championships marathon prediction contest for a chance to win a 2009 Japanese national team singlet. by Brett Larner Japan made little impact on the second day of competition at the 2009 World Championships in Berlin as its sprinters came up flat. Click event in summaries below for complete results. -Beijing Olympics men's 4x100m relay bronze medalist Naoki Tsukahara had vowed to become the first Japanese sprinter to break 10.0 seconds in the open men's 100 m and to make the final at the World Championships. Despite making the semi final comfortably, Tsukahara had an off run as he finished last in his semi final heat in only 10.25. - Women's 100 m national record holder Chisato Fukushima became the first Japanese woman to advance to the quarter final in a world-level championships 100 m but just missed out on making the semi final by 0.03 seconds. 2009 national champion Momoko Takahashi did not advance past the first round of heats. - ...

http://sankei.jp.msn.com/sports/other/090610/oth0906102357019-n1.htm http://www.jiji.com/jc/c?g=spo_30&k=2009061100014 translated and edited by Brett Larner Complete results will be added when they become available. Kensuke Takezawa (Team S&B) made a successful pro debut and comeback at the June 10 Hokuren Distance Challenge Fukagawa meet, winning the 3000 m in 8:05.44. In the same meet, 2008 World Half Marathon 5th place finisher Yusei Nakao (Team Toyota Boshoku) fell just short of the World Championships 10000 m A-standard of 27:47.00 but nevertheless recorded an outstanding 22 second PB run of 27:48.71 to take the win. National record holder Fumikazu Kobayashi (Team NTN) won the men's 1500 m in 3:47.37. World Championships team member Koichiro Morioka (Team Fujitsu) won the 10000 m race walk in 39:56.34, with Yuki Yamazaki (Team Hasegawa) 2nd. Kumi Otoshi (Team Fujitsu) won the women's 10000 m race walk in 44:14.79.