http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/national/news/20110323-OYT1T00802.htm?from=navr http://www.iwate-np.co.jp/cgi-bin/topnews.cgi?20110323_5 translated and edited by Brett Larner The Iwate Prefectural Masters Track and Field Association announced Mar. 22 that Kamaishi, Iwate resident Takashi Shimokawara , 104, holder of three track and field world records in the 100+ masters' category, was killed by the tsunami that devastated northeastern Japan following the major earthquake on Mar. 11. According to Iwate Prefectural Masters Track and Field Association director Teruo Yaegashi , 71, a neighbor said that he had seen Shimokawara evacuating with his son and daughter-in-law, but his whereabouts afterwards were unknown. His body was later identified among those at a site where rescuers were gathering the bodies of area tsunami victims. Shimokawara was born in 1906. A physical education teacher for elementary and high school students, he became involved with track and field in his 50's. At ...
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