First Japanese to receive Gold Level: Professor Yamada of Toba Commercial Marine, qualified as a race walking judge, Mie

[Toba] Professor Hideo Yamada (55), a professor of the Department of General Education at Toba National College of Maritime Technology in Mie Prefecture, became the first Japanese person to pass the World Association of Athletics Federations (WA) gold-level qualification exam for race walking judges. With this gold-level qualification, he will serve as the chief assistant race walking judge at the World Athletics Championships to be held in Toky…