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Olympic spots up for grabs at Asian Champs

By Chelsea White | 29 Apr, 2016

Olympic qualifying spots are up for grabs this weekend at the 2016 Hatsukaichi ASTC Triathlon Asian Championships. The Japanese city is offering up a full schedule of racing that includes juniors, U23s, paratriathlon, elite and a 4 X mixed relay event.

As the last continental confederation to have its qualifying race, the winner of the elite men’s and women’s race will automatically qualify an Olympic spot for their National Federation for Rio this summer.

In the men’s field, Japan stacks the start list by marking the first three names on the roster with Yuichi Hosoda, Ryosuke Yamamoto and Jumpei Furuya. Hosoda returns as the 2015 ASTC Champion, so he will be looking to reclaim his title. But with the motivation to gain an Olympic spot for their federation, the competition will be heated as many athletes are vying for a spot. One will be Jordan’s Lawrence Fanous, who has been making the rounds on World Cup calendar this season

On the women’s side Japan’s own Ai Ueda tops the start list. She won the ASTC Championships last year in New Taipei, so she has the chance to become a back-to-back champion. She also is one of the top Japanese women on the WTS and World Cup circuits, she just recently finished in the top-ten in the WTS Gold Coast and is within the top-ten rankings for Olympic qualifying points.

Related Event: 2016 Hatsukaichi ASTC Triathlon Asian Championships
29 - May, 2016 • event pageall results
Results: Elite Men
LAP. Gurudatt Devidas Gharat IND LAP
LAP. Jonard Saim PHI LAP
LAP. Ehsan Aminyan Dehkordi IRI LAP
DSQ. Temirlan Temirov KAZ DSQ
DSQ. Valentin Mechsheryakov KAZ DSQ
DSQ. Ayan Beisenbayev KAZ DSQ
DNF. Min Ho Heo KOR DNF
DNF. Shen-Yen Hsieh TPE DNF
DNF. Javohir Yunusov UZB DNF
DNF. Dilip Kumar IND DNF
Results: Elite Women
1. Ai Ueda JPN 02:04:04
2. Yurie Kato JPN 02:04:15
3. Yuka Sato JPN 02:04:35
4. Yuko Takahashi JPN 02:04:49
5. Lianyuan Wang CHN 02:05:21
6. Mariko Adachi JPN 02:06:00
7. Aoi Kuramoto JPN 02:07:04
LAP. Pooja Nareshbhai Chaurushi IND LAP
LAP. Zukhra Vakhitova UZB LAP
DNF. Kate Rutherford HKG DNF
Results: U23 Men
1. Ryousuke Maeda JPN 01:58:26
2. Takanori Sugihara JPN 01:58:40
3. Eun Sung Lee KOR 01:58:49
4. Kotaro Watanabe JPN 01:58:53
5. Koki Yamamoto JPN 02:01:54
6. Seung Jun Lee KOR 02:02:02
LAP. Mohammad Mehdi Rahmati Dehkordi IRI LAP
DNF. Rikigoro Shinozuka MAS DNF
DNF. Man Kit Chao MAC DNF
DNF. Chin Ngou Che MAC DNF
Results: U23 Women
1. Hiraku Fukuoka JPN 02:10:14
2. Fumika Matsumoto JPN 02:13:42
3. Honami Nakajima JPN 02:15:49
4. Shiho Sato JPN 02:20:01
5. Sayu Arizono JPN 02:20:35
6. Ma. Claire Adorna PHI 02:28:08
DNF. Winona Howe SGP DNF
DNF. Pallavi Retiwala IND DNF
Results: Junior Men
1. James Tan HKG 00:57:55
2. Michael Lam HKG 00:58:01
3. Shing Him Yu HKG 00:58:03
4. Izumi Aoki JPN 00:58:28
DSQ. Suphakit Sukatiphum THA DSQ
DSQ. Masood Alizadeh IRI DSQ
DNF. Fredric Chiongbian PHI DNF
DNF. Ruslan Gorbatov KAZ DNF
DNF. Wai Ip Cheang MAC DNF
DNF. Oscar Coggins HKG DNF
Results: Junior Women
1. Hye Rim Jeong KOR 01:01:36
2. Minami Kubono JPN 01:02:32
3. Solji Om KOR 01:02:42
4. Fuka Sega JPN 01:03:15
5. Nanami Nakayama JPN 01:04:08
6. Mina Edamitsu JPN 01:04:22
7. Gihyeon Nam KOR 01:04:33
8. Yuki Sugihara JPN 01:04:44
9. Konami Ushioda JPN 01:04:50
10. Cha Hee Pyeon KOR 01:05:32
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