Athletics: Japan sets Asian record in 4x100 relay for bronze at worlds

The Japanese men's team set a new Asian record in the 4x100-meter relay at the athletics world championships on Saturday and finished third to secure a spot in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.The team of Shuhei Tada, Kirara Shiraishi, Yoshihide Kiryu and Abdul Hakim Sani Brown crossed the line in 37.43 seconds to claim its second straight world championship bronze medal, rewriting Japan's previous Asian record of 37.60 set at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games upon capturing a second Olympic silver medal.Great Britain set a European record of 37.36 for silver, while the United States took gold with a wo…READ FULL ARTICLE