Shusei Nomoto
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| Nationality | Japanese | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 25 October 1995 | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
Event | Hurdles | ||||||||||||||
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| Personal bests | 60m hurdles: 7.49 (Toryń, 2026) NR 100m hurdles 13.20 (Fukui, 2023) | ||||||||||||||
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Shusei Nomoto (date 25 October 1995) is a Japanese hurdler. He was Japanese national champion in 2022 over 60m hurdles and won the silver medal in the 60 metres hurdles at the 2026 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships. He ran the Japanese national record of 7.49 seconds in the final of the 60 m hurdles at the 2026 World Athletics Indoor Championships.[1]
Biography
Nomoto won the Japanese indoor championships in Osaka in March 2022, over 60m hurdles, running a time of 7.58 seconds.[2] Competing at the 2022 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Belgrade later that month, he reached the semifinals and missed out on a chance to run in the final after a drawing-of-lots, having run a dead-heat time of 7.57 seconds with British athlete David King.[3][4]
In July 2025, he was runner-up over 110 metres hurdles at the Japanese Athletics Championships in a time of 13.23 seconds. He was one of seven athletes named that month to represent the Japanese national team at the 2025 World Athletics Championships, held in Tokyo.[5][6] He was a semi-finalist competing in the men's 110 metres hurdles at the Championships, placing fourth in his heat in 13.30 seconds to advance to the semi-finals, before running 13.29 seconds to place third in his semi-final without qualifying for the final.[7]
In February 2026, he won the silver medal in the 60 metres hurdles at the 2026 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships in Tianjin, China.[8] In March 2026, he was a finalist over 60 metres hurdles at the 2026 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Toruń, Poland, running 7.49 seconds to place sixth overall in a Japanese national record time.[9][10]
References
- ^ "Shusei Nomoto". World Athletics. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
- ^ "105th Japan Championships". World Athletics. 12 March 2022. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
- ^ "King finishes sixth in world final after surviving nerve-wracking draw". Plymouth Sports Gazette. 20 March 2022. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
- ^ Rowbottom, Mike (21 March 2022). "Hurdlers locked together from gun to tape in Belgrade". Inside the Games. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
- ^ "Japanese Championships". World Athletics. 4 July 2025. Retrieved 8 July 2025.
- ^ Kano, Shintaro (7 July 2025). "Japan name first athletes for World Athletics Championships; Kitaguchi Haruka eyes late August return at Diamond League Lausanne". Olympics.com. Retrieved 8 July 2025.
- ^ "World Athletics Championships, Tokyo 2025". World Athletics. 16 Sep 2025. Retrieved 24 September 2025.
- ^ "12th Asian Indoor Athletics Championships". World Athletics. 9 Feb 2026. Retrieved 9 Feb 2026.
- ^ "World Athletics Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 21 March 2026. Retrieved 23 March 2026.
- ^ "The world's most prestigious indoor athletics competition. 10 Japanese athletes selected!". jaaf.org.jp. 12 March 2026. Retrieved 12 March 2026.