Japanese team named for World Athletics Half Marathon Championships Gdynia 2020

Fujimoto is the second-fastest Japanese runner in history for the half marathon distance following his 1:00:06 clocking in Marugame earlier this year. Shogo Nakamura, who won the Marathon Grand Championship, Japan’s selection race for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, has also been selected for Gdynia. The 27-year-old set a PB of 1:01:40 in Tochigi last month.

Fellow team members Kiyoshi Koga (1:00:49), Jun Nobuto (1:00:56) and Takahiro Nakamura (1:00:57) all set PBs at the recent Corporate Team Half Marathon Championships in Yamaguchi.

Kanae Takeyama, who won in Yamaguchi in a PB of 1:09:12, is the fastest member of the women’s team. She will be joined in Gdynia by Sara Miyake, who clocked 1:09:23 last year, Rui Aoyama, Ayumi Hagiwara and Toshika Tamura.

Japanese team for Gdynia

Men: Taku Fujimoto, Kiyoshi Koga, Shogo Nakamura, Takahiro Nakamura, Jun Nobuto

Women: Rui Aoyama, Ayumi Hagiwara, Sara Miyake, Kanae Takeyama, Toshika Tamura

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