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Japanese Team for 2025 Asian Championships

The 2025 Asian Athletics Championships take place May 27-31 in Gumi, South Korea, a key chance for Japanese athletes to score points to help get them to September’s Tokyo World Championships. Japan’s team of 35 women and 36 men for the Asian Championships as of April 25:Women100 mMidori Mikase (Sumitomo Denko) – 11.37Aiha Yamagata (Fukuoka Univ.) – 11.41200 mArisa Kimishima (DKS) – 23.16Remi

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9 Meet Records at National University Individual Championships

The National University Individual Track and Field Championships has always been the lesser cousin to September’s National University Track and Field Championships, but in recent years it has started to see quality performances of its own, and with the reshuffling of the calendar this year to account for the Tokyo World Championships enough top-level collegiate talent came to Hiratsuka, Kanagawa

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Nyiva and Wolde Win Gifu Seiryu Half

Two good races happened Sunday at the Gifu Seiryu Half Marathon. The women’s race was a head-to-head race between 2022 marathon world champion Gotytom Gebreslase and debuting Japan-based Janet Nyiva. Side-by-side through 15 km, Nyiva shattered Gebreslase with a massive surge over the last 5 km that ultimately put 52 second between them, Nyiva wining in 1:07:37 and Gebreslase next in 1:08:29.2023