A set of identical triplets made the final in the Niigata Prefecture High School Championships 5000 m, their last big showdown with each other. All three talked about the way they were looking at the big race at Niigata’s Denka Big Swan Stadium.The Sato triplets all ran track and field in elementary school in Nagaoka, but when they went to junior high school they all opted to play basketball
You don’t need more fitness—you need to use less energy to go the same speed
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Conditions were too hot at this season’s last Hokuren Distance Challenge meet Saturday in Abashiri for many really good performances, but there were a few, mostly by Japan-based Kenyans. In the men’s 10000 m A-heat collegiate record holder Richard Etir (Tokyo Kokusai Univ,) soloed a 27:37.85 for the win by almost 23 seconds, the only man to get under 28 minutes. Caroline Kariba (Japan Post) did
Now running for the Sunbelx corporate team on an individual pro contract, Hibiki Yoshida (22) tuned up for his debut at the July 25 Fuji Mountain Race with a test run to the peak of Mount Fuji at 3776 m. Covering the distance from the Fifth Station to the summit, 6 km with 1520 m elevation gain on rough trails, in 2 hours, Yoshida said, “It was fun!”As a 4th-year at Soka University this past
The marathon world record holder’s positive test has raised fresh questions about potentially tainted marks that have stood for decades
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