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JAAF Names Team of Six for 17th Asian Marathon Championships

On Oct. 30 the JAAF announced a team of three men and three women for the Asian Athletics Association's 17th Asian Marathon Championships to be held Dec. 22 in Dongguan, China. Times listed are athletes' best performances in the last three years.

Men
Daichi Kamino (Cell Source) - 2:10:18 (Tokyo 2018)
Ryoichi Matsuo (Asahi Kasei) - 2:13:26 (Nobeoka 2019)
Koki Tanaka (Kanebo) - 2:13:36 (Hokkaido 2019)

Women
Mao Uesugi (Starts) - 2:28:02 (Nagoya 2019)
Marie Imada (Iwatani Sangyo) - 2:29:35 (Saitama 2018)
Mirai Waku (Universal Entertainment) - 2:33:37 (Nagoya 2019)

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