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**DerbyCountyinNZ** · 05-04-23, 08:41

Originally posted by RunUnlimited

Overnight at the Australian National Championships, Catronia Bissett laid down a marker for the rest of the season as she ran a world leading 1:58.32, breaking the long standing championship record (1:59.29) set by Tamsyn Mancou back in 2000. (Tamsyn also happened to be part of the Aussie commentary team and commentated on this great run).
Its Bissett's second fastest ever 800m and is the third fastest all time behind her own NR of 1:58.09 and 1996 Atlanta Olympian Toni Hodgkinson's 1:58.25 set during the semi finals. Great stuff!

"Third fastest all time" in Oceania. Hoddy of course being from NZ, not Oz.

**LuckySpikes** · 08-04-23, 17:36

Zharnel Hughes no longer in the 200 at the Miramar Invitational.

Quite windy there. Richardson won her heat in 10.75 (+2.8). One of the other heats was + 4.5m/s.

**Ursus** · 08-04-23, 17:50

70.25 from Allman.

**LuckySpikes** · 08-04-23, 18:08

The YouTube stream for the Miramar Invitational has died. No probs though - it's live for free (without geo-blocking) at

Miramar Invitational

https://miramar-invitational.runnerspace.com/eprofile.php?event_id=14293&do=videos&video_id=356118

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**LuckySpikes** · 08-04-23, 18:35

W 100 at Miramar:
1 Richardson 10.57 (+ 4.1)
2 Terry 10.83

Ato Boldon saying he doesn't care what the wind reading was ... Well, it does kind of matter, Ato!

**LuckySpikes** · 08-04-23, 19:54

Some other results from Miramar:

Women
200 (+1.8): 1 Steiner 22.23, 2 Tamari Davis 22.31
400: 1 Little 50.73 ... 3 Jackson 51.64
100H: 1 Tonea Marshall 12.62 (+2.2)

Men
100: 1 Seville 9.91 (+2.2)
200 (+1.9): 1 Coleman 20.00, 2 Tebogo 20.00, 3 Bednarek 20.37
110H: Eric Edwards 13.21 (+2.7)

Full results - https://live.pttiming.com/?mid=5483

**LuckySpikes** · 09-04-23, 11:44

OK, I promised some regular Japanese reporting (over on the LSL thread). Rather than just list results I like to give some commentary and context when I can, especially for Japanese meetings. I realise they can appear a bit difficult to "get into" what with the language, unfamiliarity of names to Western ears and the sheer number of athletes competing. I'm glad though that cooperw02 is also a fan of Japanese athletics! What's not difficult though is access to live streams of Japanese meetings - there's loads of them!

So, at the Kanaguri Memorial Distance Meeting in Kumamoto yesterday, it was the first of 18 meetings in the Japan GP series this year. It was a bit windy which took its toll on the times in some of the races before it seemed to abate in the evening.

Women's 1500 'A' race
Nozomi Tanaka was well beaten by Yume Goto (4:09.4 PB) who won in 4:17.98. Tanaka just had nothing left in the last 150. They had started off at a reasonably good clip (around 4:10 pace at 800) but I think they found the wind really hard going once the pacer dropped out. JPN # 2, Ran Urabe, and Yuma Yamamoto were both DNS's. After some good indoor races and then her brilliant 14th place at World Cross, Tanaka's form seems to have fallen off a cliff - in New Zealand a few weeks ago she also didn't look great, despite winning.

Men's 1500 'A' race
The surprise winner was Ryoji Tatezawa, beating the "big 3" - 8:09 steepler Ryuji Miura, Kazuki Kawamura (NR-holder) & Nanami Arai - although he does have a 3:38.3 PB. Winning time today 3:41.01, with Miura 2nd in 3:41.82. At this point of the meeting it was becoming clear that if you led for too long into the wind, like Miura & Tanaka had done, you were dead meat for the final 200.

Women's 5000
Well, the 'A' race was a bit odd. I expected the Kenyans to make it quite fast (stereotyping on my part??) Instead, Nanami Watanabe took out the pace (not super fast) then three of the Kenyans took the lead after 2 laps but just 300m later decided better of it, dropping back in behind Watanabe! So, at 3000m the race was slower than the 'B' race pace. Only a significant injection of speed by Eva Cherono at 3500m saved it from that fate. 18yo debutante Caroline Kariba (KEN) took a big win in 15:23.69 by two-tenths from Cherono. Nagisa Shimotabira was the first Japanese, a super race for her, running the last 2km in 6:03 to bag a 7s PB with 15:32.94. Given her closing speed that probably represents a bigger breakthrough than her finish time would initially suggest. Nanami Watanabe, was 4s back from her. 20yo Haruka Kokai ran a 4s PB in 15:42.03. My "most intriguing entrant of the whole meet", Sarah Chelangat (UGA), was sadly a DNS!

There was a really good last lap battle in the 'B' race between Rina Nabeshima and Sairi Maeda, two very good athletes working their way back to form. Nabeshima just took it, 15:36.88 to 15:37.17, with 21yo Kazuna Kanemoto hanging on to them until 200 to go for 3rd in 15:39.91 (a 2.4s PB). I think Nabeshima has had some injury issues since 2020 so this is a good step back for the 15:11 / 31:29 athlete. After three years out of the sport Sairi Maeda, a 2:22:48 marathoner, is also returning well (not to be confused with Honami Maeda, also a very good marathoner). This was just Sairi's 4th race since 2019 and follows her 2:25 marathon in January.

In the 'C' race Honoka Sugiura had a very handy turn of pace (33-mid last 200) to win with a 6s PB, 16:09.53. It's not often you see a 16 minute runner finish like that so it suggests to me that she has plenty more in the tank and perhaps can get, at least, into the mid-15:50s this year. Track times play a very large part in the selection of teams for the big Ekidens in the autumn and winter so these kinds of improvements often have extra importance over and above the athlete's success/progression on the track.

Men's 5000
The Men's 'A' race was even more cagey than the Women's, passing 4000 outside 13:30 pace before a last lap burn-up. With 350m to go 13:16 man Kazuya Shiojiri made a bold bid to win but was hunted down, eventually finishing 4th. Emmanuel Korir Kiplagat took a narrow win in 13:24.54. 19yo Keita Satoh (13:22.9 NU20R) finished just outside 13:30.

The 'C' race was won in 13:24.73. 19yo Peter Kibui Wangari (KEN) crossed the line first (12s PB) in the same time as 20yo compatriot James Mwanzia Mutuku (9.5s PB). The 'B' race wasn't as quick (13:27).

Women's 10,000
The field was somewhat decimated by withdrawals with only 5 of the original 9 athletes toeing the line. Nevertheless, of the remainder, 3 of them ran PBs. Dolphine Nyaboke Omare (KEN) ran away to a 31:44.67 PB in her first 10,000 in 6 years. It seemed to me that 31:58 athlete Wakana Itsuki was mainly there to pace her Kyudenko team-mate Misaki Hayashida. IIRC, the qualifying standard for the Japanese Championships is usually 32:30 within the last 18 months (or 2 years?) and, if that's correct, the pacing job was a success. Despite falling slightly off their halfway 32:08 pace, Hayashida ran 32:15.97 (a 23s PB) and Itsuki 32:20.94, followed closely by Kaede Kawamura smashing her PB with 32:22.23 (now much more in line with, in fact superior to, her 15:47 5000 PB).

The depth of Japanese long distance running always amazes me. In a race of 4 Japanese women with only one of their 2nd-tier best (Itsuki), 3 women still ran under 32:23, a time that only 36 Brits have ever beaten. To date 223 Japanese women have done that from a population less than twice that of GB & NI.

Men's 10,000
All but a couple of the field passed through halfway around 14:01. That was the cue for a 64s lap by Vincent Yegon which really stretched them out and within 2km a group of 7 headed the race including 2 Japanese - Kotaro Shinohara and Tomoki Ota (27:33 PB). Bedan Karoki was in that group but 26:55 man Rodgers Kwemoi must have fallen asleep when the pace increased and was furiously trying to regain contact (never succeeding). At the line Vincent Yegon took victory in 27:37.85. Ota was an excellent 3rd, 27:42.49 and 20yo Kotaro Shinohara 4th in 27:43.13 PB. He's also run a 60:11 Half Marathon this year. What a talent! Karoki, 27:54 and Kwemoi, 28:06.

The next few Japanese meetings on the live streams will be:

Sun 16 Apr - Takayoshi Yoshioka Memorial Izumo Meet (Izumo) - Japan GP series; The GP events here are just the 100m & 300m but there are other events on the programme too
Sat 22 Apr - TOKYO Spring Challenge (Tokyo) - WA Continental Tour Challenger meeting; 200, 400, 600 & 5000; This is a brand new meeting (and so I'm not certain of streaming)
Fri 21 - Sun 23 Apr - Japanese University Individual T&F Championships (Hiratsuka) - This will also be the selection meeting for the Universiade (World University Games) starting late July; There's also a University Team T&F Championships in September
Sat 22 - Sun 23 Apr - Hyōgo Relay Carnival (Kobe) - WA Continental Tour Challenger meeting & Japan GP series; This isn't just relays but sprints, distance and field too

Already on the entry lists for the 3 "pro" meets above, I also see athletes from Australia, Taipei, Phillipines and, of course, the Japanese-based East Africans.

Japanese athletes are building towards their national Championships in Osaka which, from 1st to 4th June, are much earlier than most nations' championships. Their trials for the 10,000 (for Worlds, Asian Champs & Asian Games teams) are on 4th May at the terrific Golden Games in Nobeoka meeting.

PS I will try to keep my future recaps shorter! 😀 I got a bit carried away, what with it being the first big Japanese meeting of the season.

**Ursus** · 12-04-23, 12:59

68.39 WL for Alekna in his first comp of the season.

**LuckySpikes** · 12-04-23, 19:19

At this evening's ASA Grand Prix Meet 1 in Tshwane, South Africa (WACT Challenger) ...

Women
400: 1 Zeney van der Walt 50.81 (PB by 0.6s)
800: 1 Prudence Sekogdiso 2:02.41

Men
100: 1 Omanyala (KEN) 10.12
400: 1 Samba (QAT) 45.37, 2 Zakhiti Nene 45.57 ... 7 Makwala (BOT) 47.42 ! ... Lythe Pillay DNS
400H: 1 Wiseman Were Mukhobe (KEN) 49.23
LJ: 1 Thapelo Monaiwa (BOT) 8.12 (+0.3) (PB by 17cm)

**philipo** · 15-04-23, 10:26

Adeleke at Tom Jones classic ran a new Irish record for 200m at 22.34 with a +1.8 tail wind. It was won by Julien Alfried in 21.91!!

**CAML** · 15-04-23, 11:17

After running 22.5 indoors, that new Irish record almost feels a bit anti climactic. A tad harsh I know, but Adeleke is going to be a superstar. ETH ran 23.2 at the same meet, bizarre timing differentials.

**philipo** · 15-04-23, 12:50

Originally posted by CAML

After running 22.5 indoors, that new Irish record almost feels a bit anti climactic. A tad harsh I know, but Adeleke is going to be a superstar. ETH ran 23.2 at the same meet, bizarre timing differentials.

Bizarre you said it!

**whatwouldIknow** · 15-04-23, 13:20

Australian Under Age Championships Brisbane, today 15th of April
Gout Gout (born 29/12/07) competing in the under 18 event (rather than the under 17s') ran 20.87-seconds (-0.1), defeating his competitors by almost half a second to win the title and punch his seventh qualifying time for the Commonwealth Youth Games over the distance. In setting the new record, Gout overtakes Australian athletics legend Darren Clarke (remember he was 4th in an Olympic final after leading in 1984 as an 18 year old), and two others who have all recorded 20.90 over a 41-year period.
The days events are on Youtube and his race at the +/- 3:46:00 mark of the broadcast https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CG9lh1DJcrY

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**Occasional Hope** · 15-04-23, 19:49

Nia Ali beat last year's sensation Tobi Amusan at the Tom Jones invitational, 12.53 to 12.59, wind legal times.

**Occasional Hope** · 15-04-23, 20:02

49.90 NR for Adeleke in the 400 at the TJ meeting, behind the US's Britton Wilson. (Not sure about wind reading though.)

Our own Amber Anning a bit disappointing in 6th with 52.35.

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