Males’s 100 m Last -0.2 m/s
Quickest within the semifinals, Ryuichiro Sakai did it once more within the closing so as to add the 2024 nationwide title to his 2023 win in 10.13 (-0.2). Akihiro Higashida and Hiroki Yanagita went an in depth 2-3 in 10.14, each of them just about guaranteeing that they will be on the Paris staff with Abdul Hakim Sani Brown, who sat Nationals out after operating the Olympic commonplace earlier this season. Former NR holder Yoshihide Kiryu took Fifth in 10.20 and can solely have a shot at being in Paris as a relay alternate.
1. Ryuichiro Sakai (Osaka Fuel) – 10.13
2. Akihiro Higashida (Sekisho) – 10.14
3. Hiroki Yanagita (Toyo Univ.) – 10.14
4. Bruno Dede (Seiko) – 10.25
5. Yoshihide Kiryu (Nihon Seimei) – 10.26
6. Ryo Wada (Miki Home) – 10.26
7. Ryota Suzuki (Suzuki) – 10.29
8. Shoma Yamamoto (Hiroshima Univ.) – 10.31
Males’s 400 m Last
The pre-championships favourite Kentaro Sato did not run the ultimate, which is a little bit of a fear, however Yuki Joseph Nakajima overcame the rain to win one other nationwide title in 45.51 with Fuga Sato subsequent in 45.61. That added just a few factors to Nakajima’s rankings rating with out bettering his place, forty third of forty eighth within the Paris quota. Fuga Sato is already certified, and 2nd means he will likely be added to the Paris staff. However the large concern will likely be whether or not Kentaro Sato is able to go a month from now.
1. Yuki Joseph Nakajima (Fujitsu) – 45.51
2. Fuga Sato (Mizuno) – 45.61
3. Takuho Yoshizu (GK Line) – 45.96
4. Kaito Kawabata (Chukyo Membership) – 46.24
5. Masato Mori (Sunbelx) – 46.52
6. Daichi Inoue (Omatsu Unyo) – 46.84
7. Mizuki Obuchi (Torihei AC) – 47.41
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DNS – Kentaro Sato (Fujitsu)
Ladies’s 100 mH Last -0.2 m/s
The three favorites Mako Fukube, Yumi Tanaka and Asuka Terada delivered within the closing despite the fact that it got here at a few of the peak rain, Fukube profitable in 12.86 (-0.2) after hitting the Paris commonplace within the semifinals, Tanaka subsequent in 12.89 and Terada third in 12.91. Fukube getting the usual pushed Tanaka down from thirty ninth to fortieth of 40 within the Olympic quota, however Tanaka’s efficiency provides 8 factors to her rating and will maintain her hopes alive. Terada got here up brief, although, and can miss the staff except there are a number of cancelations from different nations.
1. Mako Fukube (NKK) – 12.86
2. Yumi Tanaka (Fujitsu) – 12.89
3. Asuka Terada (Japan Create) – 12.91
4. Yuki Omatsu (CDL) – 13.15
5. Chisato Kiyoyama (Ichigo) – 13.17
6. Hitomi Shimura (Rida Japan) – 13.21
7. Hitomi Nakajima (Hasegawa) – 13.23
8. Manaka Shibata (Edion) – 13.29
Males’s 110 mH Last +0.2 m/s
Following his 13.14 (-1.0) season greatest within the semifinals, Rachid Muratake ran the 2nd-fastest time of his profession, 13.07 (+0.2) to win the nationwide title and a spot in Paris within the closing. Shunya Takayama was subsequent in 13.31 and Taiga Yokochi third in 13.39. One of many 3 Japanese with the usual, Shusei Nomoto was solely Fifth in 13.43, organising a troublesome staff choice course of for the 2 spots after Muratake. Takayama is safely contained in the quota, whereas Yokochi’s time and place could have simply gotten him into the highest 40 within the quota. Nomoto and Shunsuke Izumiya, who skipped Nationals, each have the usual. If Yokochi would not survive the ultimate rankings replace this week then it will get simpler, however not straightforward.
1. Rachid Muratake (JAL) – 13.07
2. Shunya Takayama (Zenrin) – 13.31
3. Taiga Yokochi (Crew SSP) – 13.39
4. Tatsuki Abe (Juntendo Univ.) – 13.41
5. Shusei Nomoto (Ehime T&F Assoc.) – 13.43
6. Shuhei Ishikawa (Fujitsu) – 13.47
7. Ryota Fujii (Mie Sports activities Assoc.) – 13.48
Males’s Excessive Leap Last
The boys have been largely leaping in heavy rain, however whereas it meant the heights individuals cleared have been largely one stage decrease than they’d have completed in higher climate it affected everybody equally and there weren’t many surprises. Ryoichi Akamatsu cleared 2.25 m on his first try and took the win. Takashi Eto cleared it on his second attempt to was 2nd. Tomohiro Shinno made it over 2.20 m on his first try and was third. Naoto Hasegawa took 3 tries to recover from 2.25 m however made it and positioned 4th. #3-ranked Japanese man Yuto Seko was the one one of many favorites to have an off day, clearing solely 2.15 m and putting seventh.
With that Akamatsu and Shinno are positive to be added to the Paris staff. Eto got here simply in need of scoring sufficient factors to move Seko within the rankings and won’t make the staff. However Hasegawa’s 2.20 m for 4th outscored Seko within the rankings by 1 level, shifting the Budapest World Championships staff member Hasegawa as much as third Japanese and thirty third. With 32 locations out there within the Paris Olympics excessive leap he’ll need to sweat it out this week to see if anybody forward of him cancels.
1. Ryoichi Akamatsu (Seibu Prince) – 2.25 m
2. Takashi Eto (KDL) – 2.25 m
3. Tomohiro Shinno (Kyudenko) – 2.20 m
4. Naoto Hasegawa (Niigata Albirex RC) – 2.20 m
5. Sota Haraguchi (Juntendo Univ.) – 2.15 m
5. Sho Katsuta (Mie Kyoin) – 2.15 m
7. Tsuguru Miyata (Nihon Univ.) – 2.15 m
7. Yuto Seko (FAAS) – 2.15 m
7. Shun Yamanaka (Kyoto Univ.) – 2.15 m
10. So Shibuya (Crew Saru Tamashi) – 2.10 m
Ladies’s Lengthy Leap Last
NR holder and world #6-ranked Sumire Hata was nowhere close to her greatest however nonetheless had a straightforward win, 20 cm forward of 2nd placer Maya Takeuchi and confirming her place in Paris with a 6.56 m (+1.4) leap. 6.36 (+0.5) was a PB for Takeuchi, who beat Miu Kimura for 2nd by simply 1 cm.
1. Sumire Hata (Sumitomo Denko) – 6.56 m (+1.4)
2. Maya Takeuchi (Mizuno) – 6.36 m (+0.5) – PB
3. Miu Kimura (Shikoku Univ.) – 6.35 m (+0.3)
4. Ion Kondo (Arayama Hawkeye) – 6.16 m (+1.0)
5. Nagisa Yamamoto (Hasegawa) – 6.07 m (+0.6)
6. Akira Kobayashi (Smiley) – 6.07 m (-0.3)
7. Yuka Nakao (Fukuoka Univ.) – 6.02 m (-0.2)
8. Riko Shirato (Nihon Univ.) – 6.01 m (+0.4)
9. Mirei Yoshioka (Tsukuba TP) – 6.00 m (+0.9)
10. Kokoro Atsuta (Okuyama T&F Assoc.)- 5.98 m (+0.8)
Ladies’s 200 m Last +0.8 m/s
The ultimate was an incredible back-and-forth between 2023 champ Arisa Kimishima and top-ranked Remi Tsuruta. Kimishima was out quick, however as the one Japanese lady in vary of constructing the Paris quota Tsuruta gave the 23.07 PB she wanted with a view to have an opportunity a critical go and overtook Kimishima. However within the final 50 m Kimishima fought again, taking the win in a PB 23.16 (+0.8) with Tsuruta 2nd in 23.20, the 2nd-best wind-legal time of her profession and solely 0.03 off her greatest. Kimishima’s win gave her the 100-200 double, however Tsuruta did not handle to realize what she wanted for Paris.
1. Arisa Kimishima (DKS) – 23.16 – PB
2. Remi Tsuruta (Minami Kyushu Household Mart) – 23.20
3. Ami Takahashi (Tsukuba Univ.) – 23.79
4. Shuri Aono (ND Software program) – 23.88
5. Midori Mikase (Sumitomo Denko) – 23.92 – PB
6. Aiko Iki (Osaka Fuel) – 24.09
7. Aoi Sato (Aoyama Gakuin Univ.) – 24.29
8. Nanako Matsumoto (Toho Ginko) – 29.08
Ladies’s 800 m Last
See the video on the high of the article. 16-year-old Rin Kubo lived as much as the hype, front-running in opposition to final yr’s nationwide champ Airi Ikezaki and sub-2:03 ladies Ayano Shiomi, Ayaka Kawata and Nozomi Tanaka and outrunning all of them to take the win in 2:03:13. That was a PB by virtually half a second and a brand new U18 NR. Extra to return from this one.
1. Rin Kubo (Higashi Osaka Keiai H.S.) – 2:03.13 – U18 NR
2. Ran Urabe (Sekisui Kagaku) – 2:04.26
3. Ai Watanabe (Sonoda Gakuen Joshi Univ.) – 2:04.33
4. Ayano Shiomi (Iwatani Sangyo) – 2:04.70
5. Airi Ikezaki (Daiso) – 2:04.80
6. Ayaka Kawata (Niconiconori) – 2:05.06
7. Nozomi Tanaka (New Steadiness) – 2:05.14
8. Yuki Hirota (Niigata Albirex RC) – 2:06.91
Males’s 800 m Last
As with Kubo within the ladies’s race, 17-year-old Ko Ochiai fearlessly frontran in opposition to NR holder Sho Kawamoto and the remainder of the sphere in pursuit of the Paris Olympics commonplace after having missed Kawamoto’s 1:45.75 NR by solely 0.07 within the semifinal. However a slower first lap, 53 vs. his 52 in his semi, ended Ochiai’s hopes of going to Paris as the primary Japanese man beneath 1:45. Ultimately he held that tempo to win in 1:46.56 with a fair larger margin of victory than within the semifinals, 1.10 over Kawamoto. On the end Ochiai went to his knees and pounded the observe in frustration, then coated his face with each arms in disappointment. However much more than Kubo, there appeared to be much more to return from this athlete nonetheless in highschool.
1. Ko Ochiai (Shiga Gakuen H.S.) – 1:46.56
2. Sho Kawamoto (Suzuki) – 1:47.66
3. Yugo Shikata (Takatsuka T&F Assoc.) – 1:47.94
4. Yukichi Ishii (Penn State) – 1:47.99
5. Sota Okamura (Kanoya Taiiku Univ.) – 1:48.02 – PB
6. Shuri Sato (Kanoya Taiiku Univ.) – 1:48.23
7. Ryuto Hayakawa (Smiley) – 1:48.45
8. Hinata Maeda (Kantaiheiyo Univ.) – 1:48.70
Ladies’s 400 mH Last
Largely off her type this season, 2023 nationwide champion Ami Yamamoto broke 57 for the primary time this yr with a 56.60 to win the ultimate. High-ranked Eri Utsunomiya pale to complete final in 59.01, leaving Satsuki Umehara to outrun Moe Matsuoka for 2nd in 57.38 after a breakthrough run from Matsuoka within the semifinals.
1. Ami Yamamoto (Ritsumeikan Univ.) – 56.60
2. Satsuki Umehara (Sumitomo Denko) – 57.38
3. Moe Matsuoka (Chuo Univ.) – 57.61
4. Meri Masuko (Chuo Univ.) – 58.07
5. Akane Minamisawa (Matsumoto Doken) – 58.26
6. Hikari Okubo (Enjoyable and Run) – 58.65
7. Mio Tsujii (Osaka Ikuei Univ.) – 58.73
8. Eri Utsunomiya (Hasegawa) – 59.01
Ladies’s Shot Put Last
Discus throw nationwide champion Nanaka Kori, a Niigata native, picked up a second title within the shot put the place she was additionally the defending champ. Kori’s 15.67 m throw on her third try was sufficient to beat Haruka Osako‘s 15.45 m PB on her 2nd try and settled the highest 2. Fumika Ono was third with a Fifth-round 15.28 m throw.
1. Nanaka Kori (Niigata Albirex RC) – 15.67 m
2. Haruka Osako (Somay-Q) – 15.45 m – PB
3. Fumika Ono (Tsukuba Univ.) – 15.28 m
4. Honoka Oyama (Imamura Byoin) – 14.84 m
5. Ami Tanaka (Kyushu Kyoritsu Univ.) – 14.46 m
6. Akari Imanishi (Kyushu Kyoritsu Univ.) – 14.30 m
7. Ryoka Hinatsu (Fukuoka Univ.) – 14.12 m
8. Chiharu Saka (Osaka Namisho H.S.) – 14.11 m
9. Sena Kikuchi (Kumagoro) – 14.07 m
10. Kotomi Okuyama (Okayama Shoka Univ.) – 14.03 m
Males’s Shot Put Last
On his 2nd try final yr’s winner Hitoshi Okumura threw a season greatest 18.53 m to win the boys’s shot put once more. Collegiate star Jason Atuobeng additionally delivered a season greatest on his closing throw however got here 18 cm in need of Okumura at 18.35 m, the one different man over 18 m.
1. Hitoshi Okumura (Senko) – 18.53 m
2. Jason Atuobeng (Fukuoka Univ.) – 18.35 m
3. Daichi Morishita (Kagotani) – 17.61 m
4. Hikaru Murakami (Nittai Univ.) – 17.36 m
5. Shinichi Yukinaga (Shikoku Univ. AC) – 17.29 m
6. Akito Yamada (Hosei Univ.) – 17.26 m
7. Hayate Inafuku (Nohhi) – 16.96 m
8. Hyogo Watanabe (Niigata Iryo Fukushi Univ.) – 16.93 m
9. Masahira Sato (Niigata Albirex RC) – 16.59 m
10. Takuto Sano (Biwako Seikei AC) – 16.39 m
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