Japan dominates Asian Championships

by Erin Greene on 16 Jun, 2015 11:27 • Español

Japan dominated the Asian Championships in New Taipei over the weekend, sweeping both the men’s and women’s podiums, as well as the Mixed Relay.

Despite exiting the water more than a minute and a half down from teammates Juri Ide and Markio Adachi, a strong performance on the bike saw Ai Ueda bridge up to her teammates only to blow by them on the run for gold.

Ueda has dominated the Asian circuit, having won the Asian Games, Asian Beach Games and scored silver at the Yokohama World Triathlon last year. Ide and Adachi followed for silver and bronze nearly four minutes ahead of teammate Yuka Sato.

Similar to the women’s race, it was 2014 Asian Games champion Yuichi Hosoda who proved strongest. He and teammate Ryosuke Yamamoto left the water a minute down from fellow Japanese Jumpei Furuya.

Equally as strong on the bike as the swim, Furuya didn’t show signs of slowing until the run when he was caught first by Hosoda and then by Yamamoto. Hosoda sailed across the finish line first, followed by Yamamoto & and then Furuya.

With the two wins, Japan secured two spots at the 2016 Rio Olympics.

Mixed Relay:
It was again Japan that reigned supreme in the Mixed Relay, clocking in 1:35 ahead of South Korea and nearly four minutes ahead of bronze medallists Hong Kong.

While South Korea’s men out split the Japanese men, Japan’s lead athlete Yuka Sato secured a lead that was insurmountable. South Korea made a move to catch Jumpei Furuya, but Ai Ueda ensured the team’s anchor Yuichi Hosoda was in the clear to take the team gold.

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Related Event: 2015 New Taipei ASTC Triathlon Asian Championships

11 - 14 Jun, 2015 • event page • all results

Results: Elite Men
1.	Yuichi Hosoda	JPN	02:00:18
2.	Ryosuke Yamamoto	JPN	02:00:32
3.	Jumpei Furuya	JPN	02:00:52
4.	Hui Wai Wong	HKG	02:03:06
5.	Kohei Tsubaki	JPN	02:04:43

Results: Elite Women
1.	Ai Ueda	JPN	02:09:23
2.	Juri Ide	JPN	02:09:59
3.	Mariko Adachi	JPN	02:10:19
4.	Yuka Sato	JPN	02:14:01
5.	Yurie Kato	JPN	02:15:54

Results: U23 Men
1.	Seung Hun Seo	KOR	01:04:03
2.	Temirlan Temirov	KAZ	01:04:18
3.	Kotaro Watanabe	JPN	01:04:53
4.	Hayate Namatame	JPN	01:05:33
5.	Wei Kai Wang	TPE	01:05:36

Results: U23 Women
1.	Shiho Sato	JPN	01:09:40
2.	Hiraku Fukuoka	JPN	01:10:34
3.	Akane Makita	JPN	01:12:05
4.	Winona Howe	SGP	01:12:22
5.	Ma. Claire Adorna	PHI	01:12:53

Results: Junior Men
1.	Yu Hang Kok	HKG	01:02:34
2.	Shing Him Yu	HKG	01:03:08
3.	Ayan Beisenbayev	KAZ	01:03:25
4.	Oscar Coggins	HKG	01:03:48
5.	Koki Yamamoto	JPN	01:03:55

Results: Junior Women
1.	Hye Rim Jeong	KOR	01:08:53
2.	Minami Kubono	JPN	01:09:54
3.	Sukhyeon Choi	KOR	01:10:55
4.	Ting-Ting Chang	TPE	01:11:25
5.	Miyu Sakai	JPN	01:13:09

Results: Mixed Relay
1.	Team I Japan	JPN	01:15:55
2.	Team I South Korea	KOR	01:17:17
3.	Team I Hong Kong, China	HKG	01:19:38
4.	Team I Chinese Taipei	TPE	01:22:09
5.	Team I Philippines	PHI	01:22:50