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by Brett Larner A summary of Japanese results from the final day of the Asian Junior Athletics Championship 2010 in Hanoi, Vietnam: Seiya Kato won the gold medal in the boys' 400 m hurdles in 50.83, with teammate Yuichi Nagano scoring bronze in 51.21. Mahiro Akamatsu likewise won gold in the girls' 3000 m, running 9:36.47, while teammate Naoko Koizumi was only 5th. Ikuto Yufu and Ikki Takeuchi took silver and bronze in the boys' 5000 m, Yufu losing by less than one second to Kenyan-born Bahraini Edwin Chebii Kimurer . Manabu Aoki took the silver medal in the boys' 10000 m race walk in 45:01.73. Taishi Nakayama won bronze in the boys' 200 m in 21.05 after winning his semi-final. Winner Chimdee Suppachai of Thailand set a new Games record of 20.80. Naohiro Yokoyama was eliminated at the semi-final stage. The boys' 4x400 m relay team won silver in 3:12.14, while the boys' 4x100 m relay team won bronze in 40.64. Sho Kawamoto was 5th in the boys' 8...

by Brett Larner Japanese results from the third day of the Asian Junior Athletics Championship 2010 in Hanoi, Vietnam: Haruka Shibata scored the gold medal in the girls' 400 m hurdles, running 1:00.20. Ryota Matono was the silver medalist in the boys' 1500 m in 3:58.28, with Komazawa University standout first year Ikuto Yufu 4th in 4:02.60. Chikako Mori took the bronze medal in the girls' 1500 m in 4:35.26 with Saki Komiya 4th in 4:37.13. Boys' 100 m bronze medalist Kazuki Baba came 4th in the 110 m hurdles final. Yuichi Nagano and Seiya Kato both won their heats in the boys' 400 m hurdles to advance to the final. Mizuki Ito advanced to the final in the girls' 200 m after finishing 2nd in her heat in 25.36. Taishi Nakayama and Naohiro Yokoyama likewise advanced to the final in the boys' 200 m as they finished 1st and 2nd in their heats in 21.67 and 22.06. Yuko Enomoto took silver in the girls' pole vault, clearing 3 m 65. Miya Itoman finishe...

by Brett Larner Ahead of this month's IAAF World Junior Championships, the 14th Asian Junior Athletics Championships got underway July 1 in Hanoi, Vietnam. Among the Japanese results on the meet's first day: Hiroaki Koike won the boys' 3000 m steeplechase in 9:10.66, beating Kenyan-born Bahraini runner-up Isaac Kemboi Chelimo by over 20 seconds. Katsuki Suga was 2nd in the girls' 5000 m in 16:31.22, less than 10 seconds behind Ethiopian-born Bahraini winner Tejitu Daba Chalchissa . Eri Tayama finished 5th. Kazuki Baba and Farouq Ishimoto went 3-4 in the boys' 100 m, clocking 10.86 and 10.91. Mizuki Ito finished last in the girls' 100 m final, running 12.64. Both Japanese runners in the boys' 400 m qualified for the final, Kengo Yamasaki winning Heat 1 in 48.11 and Suguru Ito coming in 2nd in Heat 2 in 49.00. For complete results from the first day of competition, click here . (c) 2010 Brett Larner all rights reserved