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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

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Japanese Athletes in Action on Tokyo World Championships Day 8

It’s getting near the end of the Tokyo World Athletics Championships, and with only one bronze medal so far the host country’s chances of the kind of team performance it was hoping for are fading. A look at who’s in action on Day 8:7:30 – Women’s 20 km Race WalkNanako Fujii (Edion) – 1:26:33 – 1st, NationalsKumiko Okada (Fujitsu) – 1:28:17 – 2nd, NationalsAyane Yanai (Ritsumeikan Univ.)