News tag: Yusuke Suzuki

Yusuke Suzuki, The Daiwa Scholarship Homestay Olympian

Text by former Daiwa Scholar, Michael Reddish.

On Saturday, 4th August 2012, Yusuke Suzuki will represent Japan in the 20km Race Walk. We first met sixteen years ago during my homestay with the Suzuki family as part of my Daiwa Scholarship.

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Yusuke Suzuki, the Daiwa Scholarship Homestay Olympian, breaks the 20km race walk world record

Japan’s Yusuke Suzuki broke the 20km race walk world record at the Asian Race Walking Championships in his home town of Nomi on Sunday, 15 March, exactly one week after Yohann Diniz set the previous mark.

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