Athletics: 1,000-km road relay held in support of disaster-hit areas completed

A 1,000-kilometer road relay was completed Wednesday, connecting Tokyo and cities in northeastern Japan that were hit by the 2011 deadly earthquake and tsunami.Olympic marathon champion Naoko Takahashi and Paralympic long jumper Atsushi Yamamoto joined about 200 runners in the final 1.6 km before finishing at Tokyo's Komazawa Olympic Park.The "Road to Tomorrow" relay was held in support of the recovery efforts in areas devastated by the disaster.The course ran along Japan's Pacific coast, where damage from the tsunami was the heaviest, passing through six prefectures of Aomori, Iwate, Miyag…READ FULL ARTICLE