Question about hurdlers from Japan.

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Shunsuke Izumiya's 13"07 was a very impressive performance last week in Yokohama.
If you watch the world 110m/h top-list today, you can observe a talented generation of Japanese hurdlers, with already 4 sub-13"40 performers this month.
I can imagine Izumiya will possibly become the first sub-13"00 Japanese hurdler this year.
Can anyone here say a word about their hurdle training methods/traditions?

[Atticus]

Shunsuke Izumiya's 13"07 was a very impressive performance last week in Yokohama.

His best outside of Japan is 13.26 (0.6). He needs to go 13.10 elsewhere for a proper analysis to be conducted.

[LuckySpikes]

Yeah, they need to perform outside Japan. Izumiya reached the semis of both Tokyo 2021 and Eugene 2022. In Tokyo (yep, I know it's not outside Japan!) he was close to making the final, finishing 3rd in his semi.

Rachid Muratake (he's mixed-race) is very promising. 21 years old with a 13.25 PB. However, he pulled up early this month with what seemed to be a hamstring issue and hasn't raced since.

Their women have been doing very well also, although at a lower level. Until August 2019 their national record was 13.00 but now they have 5 women sub-13 (two of them for the first time this year) and 4 of those have run sub-12.90. All 5 athletes ran sub-13 in the Yokohama race last week which is amazing in the context of Japanese women's hurdling! The NR now is Mako Fukube's 12.73.

It looks like they'll have a full Women's high hurdles team in Budapest.

Clearly they're doing something right but I have no idea regarding their training.

[nztrackfan]

His best outside of Japan is 13.26 (0.6). He needs to go 13.10 elsewhere for a proper analysis to be conducted.

True! A bit like the myriad of NCAA athletes who never seem to do much outside of the collegiate season.

[Atticus]

True! A bit like the myriad of NCAA athletes who never seem to do much outside of the collegiate season.

Absolutely, many just disappear.

[typpo]

Shunsuke Izumiya's 13"07 was a very impressive performance last week in Yokohama.
If you watch the world 110m/h top-list today, you can observe a talented generation of Japanese hurdlers, with already 4 sub-13"40 performers this month.
I can imagine Izumiya will possibly become the first sub-13"00 Japanese hurdler this year.
Can anyone here say a word about their hurdle training methods/traditions?

Doesn't look like the most technically gifted hurdler the world's ever seen either, so there's a lot of upside and I'd be interested to see what he can do in a year or two with more elite level competition and training. Is the not competing OS a COVID thing, because he's been running fast times for a couple of years now.

[Vault-emort]

It looks like they'll have a full Women's high hurdles team in Budapest.

Except that the women's sprint hurdles are not that high lol