The first Japanese man to make an Olympic 110 m hurdles final, NR co-holder Rachid Muratake turned in the best performance by a Japanese athlete so far at the Paris Olympics when he took 5th in the final. Only 8th in the field o…
Day 6 of athletics at the Paris Olympics saw almost every Japanese athlete eliminated, with only one moving on thanks to a successful appeal. After missing out on making the 5000 m final, Nozomi Tanaka had a lucky break in the fi…
Athletics competition kicked off at the Paris Olympics with the men's and women's 20 km race walks. One of Japan's best medal chances, the men's race saw Koki Ikeda and Yuta Koga sit in the second pack through the…
Newly crowned women's 800 m national champion Rin Kubo, 16, anchored one of two 4x800 m teams from Higashi Osaka Keiai H.S. at a time trial meet in Higashi Osaka Friday, setting a new Japanese NR of 8:33.77. The team, which i…
Following yesterday's five new Japanese National Track and Field Championships meet records, two more meet records fell on day three, both less than 0.1 off the national records and one an incredible new U20 NR. Complete res…
Japan's Olympic trials, National Championships and National U20 Championships, continue Saturday in Niigata at Denka Big Swan Stadium. Live results will be here. The schedule:FinalsMen's Discus Throw Final 12:15No Japanes…
Great conditions on the second day of Japan's National Track and Field Championships, U20 National Championships and Paris Olympics trials helped athletes set new National Championship meet records in the women's pole vau…
Japan's Olympic trials, National Championships and National U20 Championships, continue Friday in Niigata at Denka Big Swan Stadium. Live results will be here. What's on the menu:FinalsWomen's Discus Throw Final - 14:…
Entry lists are out for Japan's National Championships at the end of the month in Niigata. Top three there with the standard or inside their event quota is the primary way for people who haven't yet to score places on th…
The two-day Hyogo Relay Carnival was the biggest meet of the weekend on the Japanese calendar. Sarah Wanjiru (Daito Bunka Univ.) kicked off her 2nd academic year with a 31:48.11 win in the GP women's 10000 m, beating Pauline…