Steeplechase NR Holder Iwamizu Retires – translated by Brett Larner – Japan Running News

The Fujitsu track and field team announced on Mar. 29 that men's 3000 m steeplechase national record holder Yoshitaka Iwamizu, 33, will leave the team at the end of March and retire from competition.

Beginning April 1 he will take a position as an assistant coach with the Shiseido women's team. Iwamizu ran in both the Athens and Beijing Olympics.

Beginning in 2001 he competed in five-straight World Championships, setting the Japanese national record of 8:18.93 at the 2003 Paris World Championships.

translated by Brett Larner – Japan Running News

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