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Osaka Wins National Women’s Ekiden for 5th Time

The Osaka team took its 5th national title Sunday at the 9-stage, 42.195 km National Women’s Ekiden in Kyoto over Hyogo and Nagano. Nagano’s Haruna Tabata opened a 5-second lead on the 6.0 km First Stage, the first time a high schooler had won the opening leg since Ririka Hironaka in 2019. With that momentum Nagano held the lead through the first 6 stages.But a change came on the 4.0 km Seventh

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Fast Times in Valencia

Eilish McColgan’s European Record was one of the many standout British performances at the 10K Valencia Ibercaja. Much of the (British-specific) attention from the 10k Valencia Ibercaja will go to Eilish McColgan. Rightly so, given she improved the European Record to 30:08 (30:05 chip).However, there were plenty of other noteworthy performances on the streets of Valencia […]

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World XC Championships Japanese Results

In the absence of a full Ethiopian U20 contingent after visa issues, the U20 women’s squad led the way for the Japanese team at this year’s World Cross Country Championships with a team bronze medal. Yui Onotora had the best individual Japanese placing across any of the day’s races at 14th to lead Japan’s U20 women, with scoring members Wakana Fukuyama, Mona Utsunomiya and Mei Hosomi all making