http://sankei.jp.msn.com/region/news/110714/smn11071401520000-n1.htm translated and edited by Brett Larner Named to the Japanese national team for next month's World Track and Field Championships in Daegu, Korea, 10000 m runner Kayo Sugihara (28, Team Denso) visited her former high school, Izumo Shogyo H.S. in Izumo, Shimane, on Aug. 13. Sugihara won the 10000 m at June's National Track and Field Championships. In 2007 she ran the 5000 m at the Osaka World Championships, meaning Daegu will be her second appearance at Worlds. "I want to run an active race and break my best time," she told the assembled crowd with resolve. Sugihara spoke in the high school's auditorium in front of a crowd of 200 including 158 seniors, 9 members of the school's track and field team, Izumo Shogyo graduates and assorted visitors. Her former coach Koji Yamane talked about Sugihara's high school-era running, saying, "At first she got injured a lot and had consta...
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