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Japanese Overseas Results

2011 Savo Games
Lapinlahti, Finland, 7/24/11
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Men's 3000 m
1. Yusuke Takabayashi (Team Toyota) - 7:55.98
2. Craig Miller (U.S.A.) - 7:56.72
3. Yasuhiro Tago (Team Chugoku Denryoku) - 7:58.04
4. Tsuyoshi Ugachi (Team Konica Minolta) - 7:58.95
5. Chihiro Miyawaki (Team Toyota) - 7:59.23
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10. Kazuya Deguchi (Team Asahi Kasei) - 8:05.79

Women's 3000 m
1. Erin Donohue (U.S.A.) - 8:55.07
2. Viktoriia Pohoryselska (Ukraine) - 9:19.13
3. Minori Hayakari (Kyoto Koka AC) - 9:22.48
4. Janica Makela (Finland) - 9:35.37
5. Elina Lindgren (Finland) - 9:37.38

BMC Nike Grand Prix
Trafford, U.K., 7/23/11
Men's 3000 m A-Heat
1. James Wilkinson (U.K.) - 7:56.84
2. Sean Connolly (Ireland) - 7:57.21
3. Jonathan Taylor (U.K.) - 7:58.83
4. Tetsuya Yoroizaka (Meiji Univ.) - 7:58.90
5. Luke Gunn (U.K.) - 8:00:19
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9. Takuya Fukatsu (Team Asahi Kasei) - 8:07.34
16. Masato Kihara (Team Kanebo) - 8:19.24

Race Results Weekly reports that women's 1500 m national record holder Yuriko Kobayashi (Team Toyota Jidoshokki) won the West End 3 km road race at altitude in Boulder, CO in 9:59 on July 21.

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