With less than a month until the track and field competition begins at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics, the Japanese delegation for the sport assembled at Tokyo's National Training Center for a send-off event hosted by the Japan Association of Athletics Federations on Friday.
Kazunori Asaba, the delegation's head coach, said during the event that Team Japan set these goals for Brazil: to win one medal and have five top-eight finishes.
The first day of the track and field program at the Olympics is Aug. 12 and will continue until Aug. 21.
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