1960-03-08 — Page 7

JAPAN'S LONG-RANGE PLAN

FOR TEENAGE ATHLETES

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Tokyo, Mar, 7. |

japanese toonagem who aro Experience at the Olympics wanted as much as medals

expected to figure pro- minently in their coun- try's team at the Olympic Games in Rome this year, he had one of the best techniques | minute 80.9 seconds) upd 1,000 they had seen but he needed metres (3 minutes 52.1 seconds) more weight.

inst year.

want experience as much as modals.

They hope this experience will yield them dividends when thei 1004 Olympic Games are held in their win plină.

Dr Kinichi Asano, Vice-Pre- sident of the Japan Amateur} Athletic Association said recent- ly the team for Rome would pro- bably include a few seasoned and internationally-known athletes, but the greater number would

(2) Sportsmanship on the field of play. likely be teenagers. Numinations should be addressed to the Editor, China Mail, Wyndham Street.

To the Editur, China Mail,

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Lisbon, Mar. 7. soccer linouman was on the danger list today from a stoning ho received from fans who disagreed with ono of his decisions.

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He was rushed to hospital with skull injuries, bruises and shock.-AP.

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UK soccer results

London, Mar. %. Results of tonight's British

football matches were:

ENGLISH LEAGUE Division III Coventry 1, Port Vale I. Newport 5. Southampton 1. Queen's Park 2, Reading 0.

Division IV Millwall 3, Stockport 2.

SCOTTISH LEAGUE Division I

Other leading athletes ex- pected to be selected for the team were Kurao Eltroshima, for the marathon, event, Kofl Sakural, Hiroshi Shihala and the Motomilau Korake for hop, step guð jump event, Sakurai and Shibata competed in the Melbourne Games in 1950. Kogake also competed but was handicapped by an injured inkle. Before the Games he held the world record for the event.

Japan, in past years, had always had a large number of good distance runners. This was because of the sport's popularly. More than 000 distance raees were held throughout Japan each your.

Dr Asano sald Japan wan weak in women's evants, One of she strongest women

athletes WILS Junko Shida.

Bhs not a new national record (50.35 metres) for the Javelin fast year. She competed in the Melbourne Gürses.

Main hope

"I do not expect Any Some of the best Japanese athletes to win medals at Home." he added. Dr Asano said some of tho

#Three might finish

within best teenage athletes Included the first six in their events Saburo Yokomizo, 19, who sCL but the fact is that compari- | the new national record of 14 Masako Fukuda. 21, sel a new sons show Japanese standards

minutes 14.8 seconds for the 3.000 national record (4.180 points) well below world times and metres last year, and a 17-year for the pentathlon. Dr Asano oki high school student, anii she would be the main hope

distances.

cords,

"Japan is 1 eight years be-Kuniyoshi Sugioka, who cleared for the brand jump. She hud a hind the rest of the world in 2.01 metres for the high jump. good build and was expected to clear six metres in the event this Athletle performances. Sice the He stood 1.81 metres high.

The best prospects in the year. end of the Pacife War, Japanese

events were Masayuki Before Japon's team compeled athletes have broken all but, sprint three of the then-existing re- Izahl, a high school student aged in Rome, Dr Araso said, it would 18, Kurtzo Sato, aged 10, and tour other European countries Kimitada Hayage, 19-year-old for experience. "But the gap between Japanese university student. and world standards has hardly lessened for new world records are set up as fast as Japanese national records are established.

Japanese athletle officials want to change all this.

Launching-point

and 5

In Oslo on August 4 These three athletes could run representatives from Japan, Nog- would and leeland 100 metres in between 48 and 49 way, Italy

a hold an athletle meeting. seconds. This gave Japan chance in the 4 x 100 metren Tho Japanese team would stay zolay.

in Oslo for a week then move Dr Asano , said Kunlaki to West Germany and comp Three weeks. Watanabe, aged 10, was Japan's there for two best hope for the middle dis- athletle meetings would be held

They rozard Rome as the tances. He set new national re- in West Germany--China Mail launching-point for a long-range cords for the 000 metres (1) Special. programume to turn promising teenagers into world record

beaters.

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As part of this plan, outstand- ing young Japanese athletes will be sent to the United States and Europe for coaching. The best high school athletes will selectos for this specialised training.

The Japanese track and told tenma for the Rome Olymples will be chosen in April. About 50 candidates for the team of about 20 have been selected. They have gone to special train- ing camps in Japan.

Dr Asano said Noboru Okamoto in the hammer throw was one of Japan's best prospects for this the He held year's Games. national record with a throw of Celtic 1, Hibernian .

and might come 62.85 metres (Postponed from March 5) within reach of a medal at Home. Reuter.

West German athletic officials who visited Japan last year sold

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