After competing in four events, the Canadian was forced to pull out of the championships due to ongoing back issues
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This will be easy. Japan closes out its home soil World Athletics Championships with one last race, and one of its traditionally strong ones, the men’s 4×100 m relay.21:20 – Men’s 4×100 m Relay FinalPrognosis: This is the entry pool:Abdul Hakim Sani Brown (Toray) – 9.96 (+0.5) – 4th, Heat 7, NationalsYoshihide Kiryu (Nihon Seimei) – 9.99 (+1.5) – 1st, NationalsYuhi Mori (Daito Bunka
Day 7 of the Tokyo World Athletics Championships was the lightest yet for the home team with only 4 athletes in competition, but it provided the biggest disappointment for Japanese fans.In the women’s javelin throw, defending world and Olympic champion Haruka Kitaguchi, working her way back from an injury, was eliminated in the qualification round after throwing only 60.38 m on her 2nd attempt.
Both heats of the women’s 5000 m saw the expected sight of Japanese athletes trying to fronton their way to the final. In Heat 1 both Yuma Yamamoto and Nozomi Tanaka went out hot on sub-15 pace. Yamamoto eventually faded to 18th of 20 finishers in 15:36.29, but NR holder Tanaka managed to ride the momentum to 5th in 14:47.14 to make the cut of 8 qualifiers. After a good run in the 10000 m Ririka
Puma’s latest FAST-XP BLD prototype looks like footwear straight out of a sci-fi movie
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