by Brett Larner At the tail end of a Rikuren-sponsored summer European meet tour, three Japanese athletes ran in the 2009 Memorial Geert Rasschaert in Belgium on Aug. 8. Yoshihiro Shimodaira was 7th overall in the men's 800 m , clocking 1:50.10. Daisuke Tamura and Kazuya Watanabe were 7th and 11th respectively in the men's 1500 m with times of 3:45.45 and 3:50.89. Click each event for complete results. (c) 2009 Brett Larner all rights reserved
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