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After one-medal showing in London, Japan track team aims for better performance in Rio

Women's team captain and javelin thrower Yuki Ebihara (left), men's captain and pole vaulTer Daichi Sawano (center) and now-retired hammer thrower Koji Murofushi, are seen at the National Training Center in Tokyo on Friday. The Japan Association of Athletics Federations hosted a send-off event for the Japan track and field team before the Rio de Janeiro Olympics on the same day. | KYODO

By Kaz Nagatsuka
Staff Writer

Jul 15, 2016

With less than a month until the track and field competition begins at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics, the Japanese delegation for the sport assembled at Tokyo's National Training Center for a send-off event hosted by the Japan Association of Athletics Federations on Friday.

Kazunori Asaba, the delegation's head coach, said during the event that Team Japan set these goals for Brazil: to win one medal and have five top-eight finishes.

The first day of the track and field program at the Olympics is Aug. 12 and will continue until Aug. 21.

After one-medal showing in London, Japan track team aims for better performance in Rio

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