Asuka Terada got things rolling for the small Japanese team with a silver in the women's 60 mH, running 8.18 to win her heat and then 8.21 in the final behind Indian gold medalist Jyothi Yarraji's 8.12.
After overuse injuries in January resulted in rare DNS in his races since then, Yuki Kawauchi (ADHS) could only manage a 58:34 for 67th. Misaki Hayashida (Kyudenko) won the women's 10 km in 33:13, Koshiro Tanimoto (Omuta H.S.) the high school boys' 10 km in 29:28, and Shiena Kanamori (Chikushi Joshi...
“I never get used to it, especially with all these people cheering on home soil,” Bol said in her trackside interview. “It’s a dream come true to run another world record and it’s wonderful to have all these Dutch fans enjoying the most beautiful sport in the world.”
NYRR works with more than 250 local running clubs during the year through its quarterly Club Council meetings, and encourages competition among clubs at NYRR races, many of which are scored and designated as club points races.
Newly-crowned marathon NR holder Honami Maeda set the 30 km NR of 1:38:35 in Ome four years ago, and anything near that would be a great day for Ichiyama. Saki Fukui (Mitsui Sumitomo Kaijo) leads the women's 10 km field with a 32:38.29 best on the track.
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