Competing in the stadium which will host Olympic athletics action this summer, Kazuki Kurokawa and Ryuji Miura were among the athletes to rise to the occasion at the Ready Steady Tokyo meeting, part of the World Athletics Continental Tour Gold series, on Sunday (9).

Underscoring her position as Asia's top-ranked athlete, Salwa Naser added two more gold to her hefty medal haul this week to highlight the final day of the Asian Athletics Championships in Doha on Wednesday (24).

Yuki Hashioka leapt into prominence last summer after taking the world U20 long jump title in Tampere.

On what was a memorable night for Japan, Yuki Hashioka upset the odds to claim gold in the men’s long jump, the 19-year-old producing a stunning 8.03m leap in the third round which saw him through to the top step of the podium.