Defending gold medalist Haruki Okayama was bronze this time, with Toru Somiya just over 2 minutes behind Okayama in 4th. Japanese women were shut out of the medals, 24-hour world record holder Miho Nakata placing highest at 4th.
Quote of the day - Jakob Ingebrigtsen (NOR) - “Cross country is something that I really enjoy. It's very different from my other competitions. There's something special and exciting about being 100 people at the starting line, going for the first turn. There's a lot of fighting and pushing and shovi...
On the team success, she added, “It is amazing to have such good girls domestically. I knew we could do it as a team, we did it last year, and I knew the girls were just as good, if not better. Really pleased to come away with the gold – the girls deserve it too.”
In addition to Hiltz’s national record, athletes could challenge the USA all-comers records in Honolulu (3:56.58 for men and 4:28.0 for women), as well as the fastest time in the world by a woman this year (4:30.3), and the fastest times on U.S. soil this year (3:56.97 and 4:32.20). There will be p...
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