Taiju Goto
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| Born | 5 May 2009 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Hurdles | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal bests | 400m hurdles: 48.09 (2026) WU18B | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Taiju Goto (born 5 May 2009) is a Japanese hurdler, who primarily competes over 400 metres hurdles. In 2026, he set a world under-18 best mark at the discipline and won the senior Japanese Athletics Championships that year as a 17 year-old.[1]
Biography
In May 2026, Goto ran 49.34 seconds for the 400 metres hurdles in Osaka. Aged 17 years-old, Goto competed at the 2026 Asian U20 Athletics Championships, where he ran 49.25 seconds in the 400 metres hurdles to set a new meeting record, surpassing the previous best set by Ismail Doudai Abakar of Qatar in 2023.[2][3] The following month, he set a new world U18 best with a time of 48.31 seconds for the 400 metres hurdles at the Japanese Athletics Championships in Aichi Prefecture before improving to win the title in 48.09 seconds, becoming the Japanese champion at the age of 17 years-old competing against senior athletes.[4][5][6]
In August 2026, he was a finalist in the 400 metres hurdles at the 2026 World Athletics U20 Championships winning the silver medal in 49.23 seconds.[7][8]
References
- ↑ "Taiju Goto". World Athletics. Retrieved 13 June 2026.
- ↑ "Teen hurdler Goto smashes 50‑second barrier". Asian Athletics. 31 May 2026. Retrieved 13 June 2026.
- ↑ "Pooja and Park steal the show at Asian U20 Championships in Hong Kong". World Athletics. 31 May 2026. Retrieved 12 June 2026.
- ↑ "History Rewritten in Aichi: 17-Year-Old Taiju Goto Runs 48.31 to Shatter U18 World Best". My Best Runs. 13 June 2026. Retrieved 17 June 2026.
- ↑ Benatti, Andrea (June 14, 2026). "Madness!!!! Taiju Goto breaks the U18 world record again: 48.09 and wins the Japanese title in the 400m hurdles – VIDEO". Retrieved 17 June 2026.
- ↑ "WU20 Oregon 26 preview: hurdles and steeplechase". World Athletics. Retrieved 5 August 2026.
- ↑ "Italy break world U20 mixed 4x100m record to get gold in Oregon". worldathletics.org. 8 August 2026. Retrieved 8 August 2026.
- ↑ "Taylor anchors USA to world U20 4x100m record in Oregon". World Athletics. 9 August 2026. Retrieved 10 August 2026.