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Tomescu, Mota, Taniguchi and More in Tokyo as Guest Runners




by Brett Larner

Once again this year, the Tokyo Marathon has invited an all-star lineup of major international names current and historic to take part in the event's 10 km and marathon divisions as special guest runners. A listing of this year's scheduled guests:

Marathon
Keizo Yamada - 1953 Boston Marathon winner and 1953 Olympics marathoner
Kenji Kimihara - 1968 Olympics marathon silver medalist and 1966 Boston Marathon winner
Hideki Kita - 1981 Tokyo International Marathon winner and 1980 Olympics track runner
Hiromi Taniguchi - 1991 World Championships marathon gold medalist and 1992 Olympics marathoner
Eriko Asai - 1988 Olympics and 1987 World Championships marathoner
Mari Tanigawa - 1991 Tokyo International Women's Marathon winner

10 km
Constantina Tomescu-Dita (Romania) - 2008 Olympics marathon gold medalist
Rosa Mota (Portugal) - 1988 Olympics marathon gold medalist
Kaori Icho - 2004 and 2008 Olympics freestyle wrestling 63 kg. gold medalist
Chiharu Icho - 2004 and 2008 Olympics freestyle wrestling 48 kg. silver medalist
Tomohiro Matsunaga - 2008 Olympics freestyle wrestling 55 kg. silver medalist
Seiko Yamamoto - 4-time World Championships freestyle wrestling winner
Miyu Yamamoto - 3-time World Championships freestyle wrestling winner
Junichi Miyashita - 2008 Olympics 400 m swim relay bronze medalist

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