Mathenge Breaks National Corporate Half Marathon Course Record

Patrick Mathenge Wambui (NTT Nishi Nihon) ran a PB of nearly a minute to win the 2021 National Corporate Half Marathon Championships men's race Sunday in Yamaguchi. Wambui had pressure until almost 20 km from 2016 national cross-country champion Takashi Ichida (Asahi Kasei) before kicking away for the win, crossing the line in a world-leading 1:00:12 to take 6 seconds off the course record. Ichida was next in 1:00:19, a PB by almost two minutes, the fastest Japanese time on the corporate nationals course by 13 seconds, and the fourth-fastest ever by a Japanese man.

Benard Kimani (Comody Iida) was the only other man under 61 minutes at 1:00:30 for 3rd, with the top 26 all breaking 62 minutes. Further back, 48-year-old Satoshi Emoto (Mitsubishi Okazaki) ran 1:06:28, bettering Martin Rees' age 48 world record by 1 second.

Last year's Nagoya Women's Marathon runner-up Yuka Ando (Wacoal) dominated the women's race, running each 5 km split progressively faster to win in 1:09:54. Sakiho Tsutsui (Yamada) was 2nd in 1:10:10 with Ayari Harada (Daiichi Seimei) 3rd in 1:10:17. 14 women broke 71 minutes.

49th National Corporate Half Marathon Championships

Yamaguchi, 14 Feb. 2021

complete men's results

complete women's results

Men

1. Patrick Mathenge Wambui (NTT Nishi Nihon) - 1:00:12 - CR

2. Takashi Ichida (Asahi Kasei) - 1:00:19

3. Benard Kimani (Comody Iida) - 1:00:30

4. Kiyoshi Koga (Yasukawa Denki) - 1:01:13

5. Masashi Nonaka (Osaka Gas) - 1:01:14

6. Kyohei Hosoya (Kurosaki Harima) - 1:01:16

7. Yuki Muta (Hitachi Butsuryu) - 1:01:17

8. Sho Nagato (Hitachi Butsuryu) - 1:01:19

9. Shun Yuzawa (SGH Group) - 1:01:19

10. Wataru Tochigi (Hitach Butsuryu) - 1:01:21

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25. Yusuke Tamura (Kurosaki Harima) - 1:01:53

50. Yusuke Osumi (JR Higashi Nihon) - 1:02:38

75. Kazuya Yamaguchi (Chugoku Denryoku) - 1:03:15

100. Junpei Kanisawa (Toyota Boshoku) - 1:03:48

125. Ryunosuke Hayashi (SGH Group) - 1:04:41

150. Takuya Kumashiro (Sanyo Tokushu Seiko) - 1:05:33

174. Satoshi Emoto (Mitsubishi Okazaki) - 1:06:28

175. Hideaki Ishii (Fujitsu) - 1:06:32

200. Kazuto Arishige (JR Nishi Nihon) - 1:07:40

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DNF - Kota Murayama (Asahi Kasei)

DNF - Biyazen Yeneblo (Yachiyo Kogyo)

Women

1. Yuka Ando (Wacoal) - 1:09:54

2. Sakiho Tsutsui (Yamada) - 1:10:10

3. Ayari Harada (Daiichi Seimei) - 1:10:17

4. Natsumi Matsushita (Tenmaya) - 1:10:18

5. Ikumi Fukura (Otsuka Seiyaku) - 1:10:21

6. Yumi Yoshikawa (Uniqlo) - 1:10:23

7. Wakana Itsuki (Kyudenko) - 1:10:23

8. Kaori Morita (Panasonic) - 1:10:28

9. Saya Nishitani (Route Inn Hotels) - 1:10:38

10. Rei Ohara (Tenmaya) - 1:10:46

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25. Hanae Tanaka (Shiseido) - 1:11:50

50. Risa Yokoe (Otsuka Seiyaku) - 1:14:16

75. Kasumi Ogawa (Starts) - 1:19:03

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DNF - Miku Daido (Iwatani Sangyo)

Japan's First Goldless Day - Asian Athletics Championships Day Four Highlights

Day 4 of the Bangkok Asian Athletics Championships was the first without a single gold medal going to Japan, but there were still enough silvers and bronzes to go around. Robyn Lauren Brown of the Philippines outclassed the rest of the women's 400 mH final field, taking gold in 57.50. Eri Utsunomiya and Ami Yamamoto made it a Japanese 2-3, Utsunomiya running 57.73 for silver and Yamamoto 57.80 for bronze. Yusaku Kodama also scored silver in the men's 400 mH, running 48.96 behind Qatari winner Bassem Hemeida 's 48.64. Yuki Yamasaki won bronze in the heptathlon with 5696 points, Uzbekistan's Ekaterina Voronina taking gold in 6098 and Swapna Barman silver in 5840. Teammate Karin Odama was 4th in 5487. Another bronze came in the mixed 4x400 m relay, with Japan running 3:15.71 behind India's 3:14.70 and Sri Lanka's 3:15.41. Naoto Hasegawa and Ryoichi Akamatsu both cleared 2.23 m in the men's high jump, Hasegawa finishing 4th overall and Akamatsu 5th. ...

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