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World Para Athletics Championships Day Three Highlights London, England, 7/16/17 click here for complete results Women's 100 m T42 Final (+1.0 m/s) 1. Martina Caironi (Italy) - 14.65 2. Monica Contrafalto (Italy) - 15.35 - PB 3. Scout Bassett (U.S.A.) - 16.68 ----- 5. Kaede Maegawa (Japan) - 16.92 - PB 7. Hitomi Onishi (Japan) - 17.39 8. Sayaka Murakami (Japan) - 17.50 Women's 200 m T13 Final (+0.2 m/s) 1. Leilia Adzhametova (Ukraine) - 24.63 - AR 2. Ilse Hayes (South Africa) - 24.94 3. Kym Crosby (U.S.A.) - 25.21 - PB ----- 5. Mana Sasaki (Japan) - 26.36 - AR 6. Tomomi Sato (Japan) - 26.99 Men's 1500 m T52 Final 1. Tomoki Sato (Japan) - 3:45.89 - MR 2. Ryamon Martin (U.S.A.) - 3:47.04 3. Hirokazu Ueyonabaru (Japan) - 4:01.56 Men's 1500 m T54 Final 1. Marcel Hug (Switzerland) - 3:04.33 2. Yassine Gharbi (Tunisia) - 3:04.58 3. Alhassane Balde (Germany) - 3:04.61 ----- 7. Tomoki Suzuki (Japan) - 3:05.99 © 2017 Brett Larner, all rights ...

by Brett Larner The six-part Hokuren Distance Challenge series of summer meets got underway June 14 in Sapporo. Held in towns across Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido, the Hokuren Distance Challenge has become an important part of the calendar for the hundreds of university and corporate runners who relocate to Hokkaido for summer base training to escape the heat. Top results of this year's Sapporo Meet are reproduced below. 2010 Hokuren Distance Challenge Sapporo Meet - Top Finishers click here for complete results Men's 5000 m A-Heat 1. Edward Waweru (Kenya/Team NTN) - 13:25.18 2. Alex Mwangi (Kenya/Team YKK) - 13:42.50 3. Akihiko Tsumurai (Team Mazda) - 13:44.43 4. Satoshi Irifune (Team Kanebo) - 13:45.66 5. Norio Kamijo (Team Aichi Steel) - 13:55.00 Women's 5000 m 1. Felista Wanjugu (Kenya/Team Universal Ent.) - 15:15.27 2. Kazue Kojima (Team Toyota Jidoshoki) - 15:41.96 3. Risa Takenaka (Ritsumeikan Univ.) - 15:42.96 4. Maiko Kushima (Niigata Albirex AC...