Olympic champ Takahashi to leave Sekisui Chemical team

TOKYO, Japan - Olympic marathon champion Naoko Takahashi said in Tokyo on Jan. 30 she will leave the Sekisui Chemical athletics team at the end of February and move to Sakura Athlete Club to continue to train with her longtime coach Yoshio Koide. Sakura club was founded by Koide two years ago in Chiba Prefecture.

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