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
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