Sprinter Kiryu returns to Japan

Sprinter Kiryu returns to Japan

Japanese sprinter Yoshihide Kiryu meets the press after his arrival at Narita airport, near Tokyo, on March 30, 2015, from the United States. The 19-year-old Kiryu clocked a wind-assisted unofficial mark of 9.87 seconds in the men's 100 meters at a track competition in Austin, Texas, on March 28. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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