On June 17 the JAAF introduced its crew of 4 males and 4 girls for the thirty first IAU 100 km World Championships to be held Aug. 27 in Berlin, Germany. Held each two years, the final version of the 100 m World Championships was scheduled for 2020 in Winschoten, the Netherlands, however was canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic. 2018 gold medalist Hideaki Yamauchi (Hamamatsu Hotniks RC) and world file holder Nao Kazami (Aisan Kogyo) lead the Japanese males’s crew, with 2018 bronze medalist Mai Fujisawa (Sapporo Excel AC) main the ladies’s crew. The total crew rosters:
Males
Nao Kazami (Aisan Kogyo) – 6:09:14 (Lake Saroma 2018)
Haruki Okayama (Comodi Iida) – 6:16:47 (Shibanuma 2022)
Hideaki Yamauchi (Hamamatsu Hotniks RC) – 6:18:22 (Los Alcazares, 2016)
Junpei Yamaguchi (Eldoreso) – 6:22:38 (Shibunuma 2021)
Ladies
Mai Fujisawa (Sapporo Excel AC) – 7:37:56 (Lake Saroma 2018)
Aiko Kanematsu (Staff RxL) – 7:38:41 (Shibanuma 2022)
Miho Nakata (Chiba T&F Assoc.) – 7:40:06 (Shibanuma 2021)
Mikiko Ota (Kyoto Sumiyama RC) – 7:44:01 (Lake Saroma 2018)
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translated by Brett Larner
