Sydney Olympic gold medal-winning marathoner Naoko Takahashi has an objection, saying a Japan Association of Athletics Federations decision takes irreplaceable opportunities away from the runners.
The decision?
On Thursday, the JAAF announced that its national marathon and race walk race squads for the IAAF World Athletic Championships in Moscow,squads that wouldn't fill all five spots for the women's marathon team. Instead, Japan will have only three female marathon runners, Ryoko Kizaki, Mizuki Noguchi and Kayoko Fukushi.
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