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Japanese Athletes in Action on Tokyo World Championships Day 6

A couple of unexpected qualifiers add to the numbers of Japanese athletes in action on day 6 of the Tokyo World Athletics Championships.19:05 – Women’s 5000 m HeatsNozomi Tanaka (New Balance) – 14:31.88 – 1st, NationalsYuma Yamamoto (Sekisui Kagaku) – 15:12.97 – 7th, NationalsRirika Hironaka (Japan Post) – 15:05.69 – 2nd, NationalsPrognosis: NR holder Tanaka should make it through

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Tokyo World Athletics Championships Day 5 Japanese Results

Only 7 Japanese athletes were in action across 3 events on the fifth day of the Tokyo World Championships. In the men’s javelin throw qualification round, all 3 on the squad, Yuta Sakiyama, Roderick Genki Dean and Gen Naganuma, failed to make it to the final. Sakiyama was the best of them at 77.61 m for 15th in group A, Dean throwing 77.01 m for 16th in the same group and Naganuma 74.70 m for