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Identical Triplets Run Final Prefectural High School Champs 5000 m Together

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

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Hokuren Distance Challenge Abashiri Meet and Overseas Results

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