With the stunning silver-medal performance by the men's 4x100-meter relay squad, Japan's track and field team seemed to have left the Rio de Janeiro Olympics on a high note this summer.
But that wasn't necessarily the case.
Overall, the country ended up with just two medals and two other top-eight finishes, outcomes that sounded alarm bells for the future, especially for the upcoming 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
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