It took place on Sunday in Takahata in Japan the 54 edition of the All Japan Race Walking of 50km, of which the World March had announced on 4 October 2015, the subscribers list.
Thanks to the cooperation of our friend now Japanese Tomoya Ishii we are pleased to present a brief report and the results of all the races.
On October 25 the 54th All Japan Race Walking Meet took place in Tahahata town, Japan. Men 50km was held as a selection to decide a Japanese representative to Rio 2016. Other events were non-selective races.
50km road walk men
In men 50km, 30 athletes started, 16 could reach the finish line.
The winner was Koichiro Morioka in 3:44:27 in spite of the cold and windy condition. The temperature was 10.6 degrees centigrade when the race started. It was 12.7 when Morioka finished, although it was so warm, around 22 the day before.
As a result of that he got the passport to Rio next summer.
The second was Tomofumi Kanno at 3:54:24.
The third was Takuya Yoshida at 3:54:55.
The split and lap time of Morioka is below.
5km 22:20
10km 44:31 (22:11)
15km 1:06:49 (22:18)
20km 1:29:13 (22:26)
25km 1:51:37 (22:25)
30km 2:13:58 (22:21)
35km 2:36:00 (22:02)
40km 2:58:28 (22:28)
45km 3:21:17 (22:45)
50km 3:44:27 (23:10)
20km road walk men
In men 20km, Satoshi Maruo won the first place in 1:20:57.
Tomohiro Noda won the second place in 1:21:05 and the third was Eiki Takahashi in 1:22:34.
20km road walk women
In women 20kmW, Ai Michiguchi finished in 1:32:34 and won the first place.
The second was Masumi Fuchise in 1:35:04 and the third was Rena Goto in 1:35:25.
Also participated in the race, the Australian walker Regan Lamble, which ranked in the second place overall ,with a time of 1:32:36 which represent the entry standard to Olympic in Rio de Janeiro.
Other results of other age groups in the sections results.
(Tomoya Ishii - Japan - Report and photos)
Full results in the section Results or directly download from this link: click here
50 km men - After the start
20 km men - After the start
20 km women - After the start
50 km men - Koichiro Morioka lead the race
50 km men - Koichiro Morioka lead the race