Nagayama and Morita Win Nagano Marathon - Weekend Road Race Roundup

Ayumi Morita (Tokyo Metro) won the women's race at Sunday's Nagano Marathon in dominant style, finishing almost 5 minutes ahead of runner-up Chifumi Ito (MRA) in 2:32:58. Hiroki Nagayama (Sumitomo Denko) had a narrower win in the men's race, running down breakaway leader Kiyohito Akiyama (Aichi Seiko) after 35 km to win 2:12:56 to 2:13:27, with last year's winner Kento Nishi (Osaka Gas) 3rd in 2:15:48.

Elsewhere, Sachi Ito (Pacer TC) won the Kasumigaura Marathon in 2:46:38, a 45-minute improvement on her last appearance at Kasumigaura 8 years ago. Yuki Kawauchi (ANDS) won the men's race in 2:19:10. Australian Ciaran Rushton won Kasumigaura's 10-mile race in 49:36 by 4 seconds over Nozomi Sugaya (Komazawa Univ.), with Aya Inden (Takushoku Univ.) winning the women's 10-miler in 59:30.

At the Shanghai Half Marathon Aoi Ota (GMO) made his corporate league debut with a 1:03:05, far off the podium in a race that saw top 3 Roncer Kipkorir, Edmond Kipngetich and Isaac Kipkemboi all finish with 8 seconds with Kipkorir getting the win in 1:01:07. Ethiopian Ftaw Zeray won the women's race with an excellent 1:06:36 CR.

27th Nagano Marathon

Nagano, 20 April 2025

complete women's results

complete men's results

Women

1. Ayumi Morita (Tokyo Metro) - 2:32:58

2. Chifumi Ito (MRA) - 2:37:43

3. Saki Shimada (OKB) - 2:43:04

4. Catherine Wanjiru Njunge (Kenya) - 2:45:21

5. Seika Iwamura (Y&I) - 2:48:42

6. Chika Ueno (Team FOR) - 2:52:38

7. Asami Morino (Restart) - 2:54:42

8. Asami Furuse (unattached) - 2:58:17

9. Sayaka Yasukawa (awake) - 2:59:35

10. Kaori Aman (65 Base) - 3:03:00

Men

1. Hiroki Nagayama (Sumitomo Denko) - 2:12:56

2. Kiyohito Akiyama (Aichi Seiko) - 2:13:27

3. Kento Nishi (Osaka Gas) - 2:15:48

4. Kosuke Tsujimura (Osaka Gas) - 2:18:01

5. Ethan Shuley (U.S.A.) - 2:18:13

6. Naoto Hashimoto (Otsuka Seiyaku) - 2:18:34

7. Shusei Ohashi (Kodaira T&F Assoc.) - 2:18:56

8. Yuta Yoshitomi (Nishitetsu) - 2:19:33

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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