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Nagoya Extravaganza

There are too many articles about tomorrow's Nagoya International Women's Marathon to translate. Here are a few of the more interesting ones.

Click here on race day for live updates every 5 km. The race begins at 12:10 p.m.

All the previous winners along with Kenyan Joice Kirui at the pre-race presss conference.

Yoshio Koide says debutante Yurika Nakamura will be Naoko Takahashi's main competition.

Two histories of Naoko Takahashi's career.

Team Suzuki's Kaori Akagawa and Yoko Yagi excited for their marathon debuts.

Profile of Yuri Kano.

Profile of veteran Harumi Hiroyama.

Two profiles of Kiyoko Shimahara.

Naoko Sakamoto back in one piece.

Chika Horie looking forward to running with former teammate Naoko Takahashi.

Takami Ominami running on home ground.

Takahashi's sponsor Phiten collects 90,000 messages of support for her from fans.

5 former Nagoya winners to compete (published prior to Yasuko Hashimoto's withdrawal).

There was also an article up prior to Hashimoto's withdrawal which said that her team, Sega Sammy, will be dissolved at the end of this month, but the article was taken down when she pulled out of the race this week with a knee injury.

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