The_German_Dude
Yuki Kawauchi (JPN) 2:12:56 at Dusseldorf Marathon 4/30/2012 7:16AM Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
Not sure what happened, he hit halfway in 1:04:13 with the leaders.

Looks like his Olympic dream is over, unless he gives it another try in a couple of weeks. As we have come to know Kawauchi, this may very well be his plan.
Patrick stare*
RE: Yuki Kawauchi (JPN) 2:12:56 at Dusseldorf Marathon 4/30/2012 7:23AM - in reply to The_German_Dude Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
he ran a marathon a couple of weeks ago too that is probably why he crashed.

the japanese olympic officials have already decided that he will not be on the team a while ago after.
The_German_Dude
RE: Yuki Kawauchi (JPN) 2:12:56 at Dusseldorf Marathon 4/30/2012 7:27AM - in reply to Patrick stare* Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
Patrick stare* wrote:

he ran a marathon a couple of weeks ago too that is probably why he crashed.

the japanese olympic officials have already decided that he will not be on the team a while ago after.


What did he run 2 weeks ago? Time?
ryong
RE: Yuki Kawauchi (JPN) 2:12:56 at Dusseldorf Marathon 4/30/2012 7:56AM - in reply to The_German_Dude Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
The marathon (Kasumigaura) was only a training run (2:22:xx).
But the week before that ran a half and the week before the half a 10 miler. He'll do another half in two weeks.
The olympic team was anounced in mid March.
The_German_Dude
RE: Yuki Kawauchi (JPN) 2:12:56 at Dusseldorf Marathon 4/30/2012 8:09AM - in reply to ryong Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
ryong wrote:
The olympic team was anounced in mid March.


I believe it was Kawauchis plan to run 2:06/2:07 so the Japanese would have to reconsider their squad.
ryong
RE: Yuki Kawauchi (JPN) 2:12:56 at Dusseldorf Marathon 4/30/2012 4:40PM - in reply to The_German_Dude Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
The_German_Dude wrote:

[quote]ryong wrote:
The olympic team was anounced in mid March.


I believe it was Kawauchis plan to run 2:06/2:07 so the Japanese would have to reconsider their squad.[/quote]

What lead you to that belief?
Kawauchi certainly never said anything of that kind and most of all there is no way the Japanese federation would ever do such a thing after having officially nominated three other guys.