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70 relay teams qualify for World Athletics Championships in Guangzhou event
Wednesday, June 11, 2025
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TOKYO: World Athletics has announced that a further 30 teams have qualified for relay events at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo later this year following the final day of action at the World Athletics Relays Guangzhou 25 on Sunday.
Six teams in each of the women’s and men’s 4x100m and 4x400m plus the mixed 4x400m booked their places for Tokyo on Day 2. The first 40 qualified teams were confirmed on Saturday and the final 30 on Sunday, following a second World...
Morocco and Japan win gold at Africa Triathlon Cup Dakhla
Tuesday, November 23, 2021
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Rabat: Moroccan Jawad Abdelmoula and Japanese Minori Ikeno won the fifth edition of the Africa Triathlon Cup Dakhla, organized by the Royal Moroccan Triathlon University. This endurance multisport race consisted of a 750-meter swim, 20-kilometer bike ride and 5-kilometer run.
Abdelmoula finished the race in 52:27 minutes, ahead of Japan’s Ren Sato (52:32), while Russia’s Denis Beloborodov finished third in 52:38.
In the women’s race, Minori Ikeno won gold in 1:00:...
Tokyo inaugurates Olympic Aquatic Center
Saturday, October 24, 2020
Tokyo - (PanOrient News) Governor of Tokyo Yuriko Koike and Minister of the Tokyo Olympics Seiko Hashimoto were accompanied by members of the Olympic Committee and representatives from the metropolitan government at the inauguration of the Olympic Aquatic Center, which was scheduled to take place last March but was postponed to October due the coronavirus pandemic.
In the facility designed by architect Kazuo Tange, which will accommodate more than 15,000 spectators during the Olympic Games, a...
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