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
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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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
