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is a Japanese sprinter who specializes in the
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. Born in
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, Kiryū played
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while at elementary school and became interested in
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at junior high school, as his brother took part in the sport. In 2011, he won the under-16 national title in the 100 metres at the
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, with a time of 10.58 seconds. The following year, Kiryū ran in the under-18 category at the same competition and broke the world youth best for the 100 metres by bettering
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's record of 10.23 seconds by two hundredths of a second on 5 October 2012. Less than a month later, on 3 November 2012, Kiryū lowered his own record to 10.19 seconds. On 29 April 2013, Kiryū (still a student at Rakunan High School in
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) ran at the Oda Memorial meet and tied the World junior record of 10.01 seconds co-held by
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and
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. The
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subsequently rejected the inclusion of the time as an official record due to the use of unapproved wind-speed measurement equipment on the track. At the
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, Kiryū won a silver medal in the
4 × 100 metres relay The 4 × 100 metres relay or sprint relay is an athletics track event run in lanes over one lap of the track with four runners completing 100 metres each. The first runners must begin in the same stagger as for the indiv ...
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Yoshihide Kiryū – Paris 2024
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Yoshihide Kiryū – Tokyo 2020
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Yoshihide Kiryū
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Paris 2024 Summer Olympics The 2024 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad () and branded as Paris 2024, were an international multi-sport event held in France from 26 July to 11 August 2024, with several events started from 24 July. P ...
* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kiryu, Yoshihide 1995 births Living people Japanese male sprinters World Athletics Championships medalists World Athletics Championships athletes for Japan Asian Athletics Championships winners Japan Championships in Athletics winners Asian Games gold medalists for Japan Asian Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Asian Games Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games Olympic athletes for Japan Olympic male sprinters Olympic silver medalists for Japan Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Athletes from Shiga Prefecture 21st-century Japanese sportsmen