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Haru Tsuburaya, A Relative of 1964 Olympic Marathon Bronze Medalist Kokichi Tsuburaya, Makes First Nationals

At the 68th Fukushima Prefecture Junior High School Track and Field Championships, Haru Tsuburaya won the boys’ 800 m to qualify for his first National Junior High School Championships. Kokichi Tsuburaya, 1964 Tokyo Olympics marathon bronze medalist and a native of Sukagawa, was the younger brother of Haru’s great-grandfather. Haru admits that he “doesn’t really know much” about his famed

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16-yr-Old Shimizu Hits 100 m World Championships Standard to Lead 17 New Records at High School Nationals

Japan’s National High School Championships took place this weekend in Hiroshima and produced record-breaking performances across events despite hot conditions.Across the first two days of the Championships Kiichi Miyashita (3rd yr., Shiritsu Funabashi H.S.) set new high school and meet records in the boys’ heptathlon with a final score of 6325 that far surpassed the old record of 6264.