Athletics athlete Toyoda Kane makes first Olympic team appearance at 400m hurdles Japan Championships

Athletics athlete Toyoda Kane makes first Olympic team appearance at 400m hurdles Japan Championships


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The second day of the Japan Athletics Championships, which also served as the qualifying tournament for the Paris Olympics, was held on the 28th at Denka Big Swan Stadium in Niigata City. In the men’s 400m hurdles final, Toyoda Kane (Keio University), who has already broken the Olympic qualifying standard, won his first title with a time of 47.99 seconds, the third fastest time in Japan’s history, and met the Japan Association of Athletics Federations’ selection criteria, securing his first Olympic spot. Ogawa Daiki (Toyo University) came in second, and Tsutsue Kaito (Sports Techno Kazuhiro) came in third…

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