Kazuhiko Yamazaki, Japan’s team leader at the World Athletics Championships, met with the media on Wednesday and said he was pleased with both the crowds and the performance of Team Japan after the first four days of competition at Tokyo’s National Stadium.
Hayato Katsuki captured Japan’s only medal of the competition so far in the men’s 35-kilometer race walk on the opening day, but six Japanese athletes have produced top-8 finishes, including Rachid Muratake, who was fifth in the men’s 110-meter hurdles on Tuesday night.
The event has drawn impressive crowds, with attendance surpassing 300,000 over the first four days.
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