http://www.sponichi.co.jp/sports/news/2008/12/04/05.html
translated by Brett Larner
Beijing Olympics marathoner Tsuyoshi Ogata (35, Team Chugoku Denryoku) has withdrawn from the Dec. 7 Fukuoka International Marathon, a selection race for next year's Berlin World Championships marathon, after developing pain in his right thigh muscles and the tendons in his right knee which reduced strength and limited mobility in his right leg. Ogata won Fukuoka in 2004 and a bronze medal in the 2005 Helsinki World Championshps marathon. After finishing a disappointing 13th in the Beijing Olympic marathon, Ogata had planned to run his next marathon as a speed race, saying, "I have to do something to make up for Beijing."
translated by Brett Larner
Beijing Olympics marathoner Tsuyoshi Ogata (35, Team Chugoku Denryoku) has withdrawn from the Dec. 7 Fukuoka International Marathon, a selection race for next year's Berlin World Championships marathon, after developing pain in his right thigh muscles and the tendons in his right knee which reduced strength and limited mobility in his right leg. Ogata won Fukuoka in 2004 and a bronze medal in the 2005 Helsinki World Championshps marathon. After finishing a disappointing 13th in the Beijing Olympic marathon, Ogata had planned to run his next marathon as a speed race, saying, "I have to do something to make up for Beijing."
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