The Lima World U20 Championships start tomorrow. Despite having its best-ever overall medal haul across all sports the Paris Olympics were almost a complete bust for Japan in athletics, with Haruka Kitaguchi’s gold in the women’s javelin throw its only gold medal. But there are a lot of medal prospects in Lima, and overall it’s probably the best team Japan has ever sent to the U20
Source: japanrunningnews.blogspot.com