Japan finished 3rd in the medal count at the 23rd Summer Deaflympics in Samsun, Turkey this week, winning 2 gold, 2 silver and 2 bronze medals. The golds both came in men's sprints, with Maki Yamada winning the 200 m before returning to lead the 4x100 m relay team to gold. Five other Japanese athletes finished just out of the medals in 4th, all but one behind Russia athletes unrestricted from competing by the current IAAF ban. Russia dominated the medals with 21 gold, 8 silvers and 14 bronze, Kenya a distant 2nd with 5 gold, 5 silver and 6 bronze medals. Results of all Japanese finalists over the week: 23rd Summer Deaflympics Samsun, Turkey, July 23-29, 2017 click here for complete results Women's 100 m Final (-1.9 m/s) 1. Suslaidy Girat Rivero (Cuba) - 12.40 2. Beryl Wamira (Kenya) - 12.59 3. Marina Grishina (Russia) - 12.66 ----- 4. Ayaka Komatsu (Japan) - 12.68 Men's 100 m Final (-0.9 m/s) 1. Dmytro Vyshynskyi (Ukraine) - 10.96 2. Hashem Yadegari (Ir...
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