Former national record holder Abdul Hakim Sani Brown became the first Japanese runner to qualify for the Paris Olympic men's 100 meters after finishing second at the Diamond League meet in Oslo on Thursday.The 25-year-old clocked 9.99 seconds to come in just under the Japan Association of Athletics Federations' Olympic qualifying standard of 10 seconds.He ran strongly from the outside lane but could not rein in South African Akani Simbine, the winner in a time of 9.94 seconds.The result nevertheless came as a relief to Sani Brown, who had yet to break the 10-second threshold this season."It…READ FULL ARTICLE
