http://www.hochi.co.jp/sports/etc/20160705-OHT1T50100.html http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20160705-00000225-sph-spo translated and edited by Brett Larner Former teammates at 2012 National High School Ekiden champion Toyokawa H.S. and now two of the biggest stars on the Hakone Ekiden circuit, 2015 National University Half Marathon champion Tadashi Isshiki (Aoyama Gakuin University) and 2015 National University 5000 m champion Hazuma Hattori (Toyo University) are set to follow unconventional paths post-graduation. At a press conference this week GMO Internet announced that Isshiki will join its new GMO Athletes team after his graduation next spring. Isshiki finished as the third Japanese man overall and second university finisher in his marathon debut at February's Tokyo Marathon, running 2:11:45 to position himself as a hopeful for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Having received recruitment offers from ten different corporate league teams, after careful consideration...
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