At the July 15 Long Distance Time Trials meet in Nara, Higashi Osaka Keiai H.S. 2nd-year Rin Kubo, 16, added the 800 m national record to her national title two weeks ago and 4×800 m NR on Friday, becoming the first Japanese woman to break 2 minutes with a new NR of 1:59.93.The previous NR of 2:00.45 was set on June 5, 2005 by Miho Sugimori. Kubo cut 0.52 seconds off that time, set almost
To start the week Lindie Naughton brings us all the Irish endurance action and news from the weekend just gone (Monday 15th July). Cathal Doyle (Clonliffe Harriers) made it a great night for the host club when winning the Morton Mile in sensational style at the Morton Games, in Santry on Friday evening. American visitor […]
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Newly crowned women’s 800 m national champion Rin Kubo, 16, anchored one of two 4×800 m teams from Higashi Osaka Keiai H.S. at a time trial meet in Higashi Osaka Friday, setting a new Japanese NR of 8:33.77. The team, which included Rin Kitamura, Runa Asano, Misa Tamura and Kubo, took 8 seconds off the old record, clocking individual splits of 2:07.4 for Kitamura, 2:11.2 for Asano, 2:13.1 for
