Kayoko Fukushi (JPN) (© Getty Images)
Kayoko Fukushi made her final tuneup prior to her participation in the inaugural IAAF World Road Running Championships in Debrecen, Hungary, by taking a fast 10,000m track win at the all-Japan Corporate team Track & Field Championships that were held in Oita, 30 September and 1 October.
Fukushi, who is part of the Japanese team next weekend (8 October) in Debrecen, Hungary, won the 10,000m in 30:57.90. Running alone from the start, Fukushi had a margin of more than 20 seconds over Kenyan Ongori Philes.
Although she failed in her attempt to set the national record, Fukushi now holds the second to the sixth fastest ever 10,000m times by a Japanese runner.
Ndambiri - fastest 10,000m on Japanese soil
On the first day of the champs, Josphat Ndambiri, a Kenyan who runs for Komori Corporation, won the men’s 10,000m in 27:04.79. Ndambiri won the race by more than 10 seconds from John Kariuki, a Kenyan who runs for Toyota Boshoku. Ndambiri’s time is the fastest 10,000m on the Japanese soil, replacing 27:08.00 by Kenyan Samuel Wanjiru, which was recorded in Shizuoka in May of 2005.
On the second day, Ndambiri ran the 5000m, but finished second to Martin Mathathi, a Kenyan who runs for Suzuki Motors. Mathathi, who finished fifth at 10,000m in the World Championships in Helsinki and third in the long course at the 2006 World Cross Country Championships, won both the 1500m and 5000m in Oita.
Lucy Wangui, the Kenyan who runs for Suzuki Motors, won the women’s 1500m and finished second in 5000m, the race won by a Kenyan Windfridah Kebaso. Finishing second to Wangui at 1500m was Japan’s Miho Sugimori, who also won the 800m, an event at which she holds the national record.
The other national record holders, who won their events were Shingo Suetsugu, who won the 200m in 20.36, Naoyuki Daigo, the High Jump in 2.21m, Sakie Nobuoka, the 200m in 23.26, Kumiko Ikeda the Long Jump (and 100mH) and Yuka Murofushi, who won the Discus Throw with 52.60m.
Ken Nakamura for the IAAF
Results:
MEN
100m (0.0m/s)
1) Shigeyuki Kojima 10.47
2) Nobuharu Asahara 10.48
200m (0.2m/s)
1) Shingo Suetsugu 20.36
2) Yusuke Omae 20.74
400m
1) Yoshihiro Horigome 45.88
2) Mitsuhiro Sato 46.58
800m
1) Naoto Suzuki 1:50.06
2) Hiroshi Sasano 1:50.36
1500m
1) Martin Mathathi (KEN) 3:38.57
2) Fumikazu Kobayashi 3:38.95
5000m
1) Martin Mathathi (KEN) 13:13.82
2) Josphat Ndambiri (KEN) 13:15.29
3) Charles Kamathi (KEN) 13:22.48
4) Mwangi Murigi (KEN) 13:23.15
10,000m
1) Josphat Ndambiri (KEN) 27:04.79 All comers record
2) John Kariuki (KEN) 27:14.84
3) James Mwangi (KEN) 27:57.35
4) Cyrus Njui (KEN) 28:13.33
110mH 0.0m/s
1) Masato Naito 13.73
2) Yuji Ohashi 13.80
400mH
1) Naohiro Kawakita 49.17
2) Mahau Sugimachi 49.64
3000mSC
1) Hidenobu Koshikawa 8:40.16
2) Satoshi Kato 8:41.34
10000mW
1) Yuki Yamazaki 40:55.25
2) Ken Akashi 41:10.99
HJ
1) Naoyuki Daigo 2.21m
2) Yoshihiko Edo 2.15m
PV
Masafumi Moribe 5.10m
LJ
1) Daisuke Arakawa 7.74m (0.4m/s)
2) Manabu Suda 7.55m (1.2m/s)
TJ
1) Kazuyoshi Ishikawa 16.13m (0.2m/s)
2) Hiroyuki Inaba 16.10m (0.4m/s)
SP
1) Yohei Murakawa 17.51m
2) Satoshi Hatase 17.44m
DT
1) Shigeo Hatakeyama 55.10m
2) Jun Fujiwara 51.41m
HT
1) Hiroaki Doi 66.72m
2) Hiroshi Noguchi 62.31m
JT
1) Yukifumi Murakami 74.55m
2) Toyofumi Muronaga 71.83m
WOMEN
100m 0.0m/s
1) Tomoko Ishida 11.70
2) Motoka Kojima 11.72
3) Sakie Nobuoka 11.83
200m 1.0m/s
1) Sakie Nobuoka 23.62
2) Ayumi Shimazaki 24.25
3) Mayu Kida 24.29
400m
1) Satomi Kubokura 53.66
2) Mayu Kida 54.42
800m
1) Miho Sugimori 2:03.52
2) Nanae Kuwashiro 2:05.10
1500m
1) Lucy Wangui (KEN) 4:12.44
2) Miho Sugimori 4:12.54
5000m
1) Winfreidah Kebaso (KEN) 15:18.6
2) Lucy Wangui (KEN) 15:18.8
3) Ongori Philes (KEN) 15:19.9
10,000m
1) Kayoko Fukushi 30:57.90
2) Ongori Philes (KEN) 31:18.85
3) Wnfridah Kebaso (KEN) 31:19.92
4) Evelyne Kimwei (KEN) 31:22.68
5) Kayo Sugihara 31:47.60
6) Yoshimi Ozaki 31:48.92
7) Harumi Hiroyama 31:49.15
8) Noriko Matsuoka 31:49.89
100mH 0.0m/s
1) Kumiko Ikeda 13.25
2) Mami Ishino 13.27
400mH
1) Satomi Kubokura 56.24
2) Makiko Yoshida 57.66
3000mSC
1) Haruna Mori 10:07.65
2) Ayumi Minami 10:18.22
5000mW
1) Ryoko Sakakura 21:36.41
2) Fumika Kiryu 23:08.23
HJ
1) Miyuki Aoyama 1.87m
2) Kiyoka Fujisawa 1.81m
PV
1) Tomoko Maeda 3.80m
2) Erika Kanafuda 3.50m
LJ
1) Kumiko Ikeda 6.44m (-0.6m/s)
2) Maho Hanaoka 6.39m (0.5m/s)
TJ
1) Megumi Noda 12.54m (0.2m/s)
2) Yayoi Fujita 12.26m (0.0m/s)
SP
1) Yukiko Shirai 14.88m
2) Miho Goto 13.63
DT
1) Yuka Murofushi 52.60m
2) Sachiyo Yokoyama 48.07
HT
1) Masumi Aya 65.48m
2) Yuka Murofushi 60.28m
JT
1) Yuko Kojima 50.58m
2) Harumi Yamamoto 49.11m
