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Yomiuri Shimbun
4 days ago
- Sport
- Yomiuri Shimbun
Japanese High Schooler Sorato Shimizu Clocks 10.00 Seconds in 100 Meters; Time Tops World U18 Best Performance
HIROSHIMA — Sorato Shimizu blazed to victory in 10.00 seconds in the boy's 100 meters at the Inter High School Athletics Meet in Hiroshima on Saturday, putting the 16-year-old into a tie for fifth place on Japan's all-time list. Shimizu, a second-year student at Seiryo Senior High School in Ishikawa Prefecture, surpassed the previous national high record of 10.01 set in 2013 by Yoshihide Kiryu of Kyoto's Rakunan High School. Kiryu was a member of the Japan 4×100 relay team that won a silver medal at the 2016 Rio Olympics. According to World Athletics, Shimizu's time also topped the previous world U18 best performance in the men's 100 of 10.06, run by American Christian Miller in 2023. 'Winning at the Inter High was a goal of mine,' Shimizu said. 'And I'm glad I could get into the 10.00 range.' Shimizu's time also cleared the qualifying standard for the upcoming World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, making him eligible for Japan's team.
The Mainichi
4 days ago
- Sport
- The Mainichi
Athletics: Sorato Shimizu logs 10.00 to set U-18 world record in men's 100
HIROSHIMA (Kyodo) -- Sorato Shimizu set an under-18 world record in the men's 100-meter sprint on Saturday, clocking 10.00 seconds at Japan's inter high school athletic meeting. Shimizu, a student at Seiryo High School in Ishikawa Prefecture, ran with a tailwind of 1.7 meters per second in the final in Hiroshima and tied the fifth fastest time recorded by a Japanese in the distance. The 16-year-old also broke the country's high school record of 10.01 set by Yoshihide Kiryu in 2013 when the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics 4x100 relay silver medalist was in his third year at Kyoto's Rakunan High School. "I was determined to run under 10 seconds heading into the final. I'm happy to have set a high school record," said Shimizu, who has cleared the entry standard for the world championships in Tokyo in September. "I'd like to get a taste of it if I can make it."
Kyodo News
5 days ago
- Sport
- Kyodo News
Athletics: Shimizu logs 10.00 to set U-18 world record in men's 100
HIROSHIMA - Sorato Shimizu set an under-18 world record in the men's 100-meter sprint on Saturday, clocking 10.00 seconds at Japan's inter high school athletic meeting. Shimizu, a student at Seiryo High School in Ishikawa Prefecture, ran with a tailwind of 1.7 meters per second in the final in Hiroshima and tied the fifth fastest time recorded by a Japanese in the distance. The 16-year-old also broke the country's high school record of 10.01 set by Yoshihide Kiryu in 2013 when the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics 4x100 relay silver medalist was in his third year at Kyoto's Rakunan High School. "I was determined to run under 10 seconds heading into the final. I'm happy to have set a high school record," said Shimizu, who has cleared the entry standard for the world championships in Tokyo in September. "I'd like to get a taste of it if I can make it."
