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2010 Time Trial in Nagasaki Kakidomari Field, Nagasaki Civic Sports Park, 11/27/10 click here for complete results Women's 5000 m - Heat Two 1. Sally Chepyego (Kenya/Team Kyudenko) - 15:37.44 2. Misaki Kato (Team Kyudenko) - 15:55.60 3. Mayumi Fujita (Team Juhachi Ginko) - 16:07.22 4. Manami Takehisa (2nd yr., Kojokan H.S.) - 16:09.16 5. Chieko Kido (Canon AC Kyushu) - 16:12.21 Men's 10000 m 1. Masahiko Takeyasu (Team Chudenko) - 29:09.02 2. Kazuaki Iwami (Team Kyudenko) - 29:10.54 3. Kazuharu Takai (Team Kyudenko) - 29:16.68

by Brett Larner Team Chudenko's Masahiko Takeyasu ran the Oct. 19 Beijing Marathon, placing 9th in his second marathon in a modest 2:15:10. Takeyasu debuted at February's Beppu-Oita Mainichi Marathon where he was 4th in 2:14:18. He was the lone Japanese runner to make the top ten as no elite Japanese women placed. As in Beppu-Oita, Takeyasu was beaten by Morroco's Rachid Kisri, who in Beijing was 4th in 2:11:31. Also finishing ahead of Takeyasu was Chinese national record holder Longyun Ren, who ran 2:14:27 to finish 7th this year after a memorable national record 2:08:15 while finishing 2nd at last year's Beijing Marathon. Kenyans took the top three positions, with Benjamin Kiptoo winning in 2:10:14. Chinese teenager Xue Bai won the women's race in 2:26:37. (c) 2008 Brett Larner all rights reserved