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Two weeks after running 2:32:30 at the Tokyo Marathon and a week after a 2:34:49 in Nagoya, Hiroko Yoshitomi (Memolead) ran Taiwan's Wan Jin Shi Marathon . Hoping to break the 2:34:53 course record, Yoshitomi led the lead pack of six women through most of the first half. But nearing the turnaround point she faded, leaving eventual winner Naomi Jepkosgei Maiyo (Kenya) to claim the win in a new course record time of 2:34:08. Runner-up Meseret Gola Sisay (Ethiopia) was also under the old course record, just, in 2:34:51. Yoshitomi fell off pace to take 6th in 2:48:45. The course record also fell in the men's race, with winner Matthew Kipsaat (Kenya) negative splitting a 2:11:17 for the win. Kipsaat was the only runner to go under the old course record of 2:13:05. Eriko Kushima (Noritz) was faster than Yoshitomi at the Seoul Marathon , running 2:40:55 for 10th. Kazuki Takeshita (SDF) ran 2:14:14 for 12th in the men's race, the best time by a Japanese man outside Japan s...

Following within 24 hours of Yuki Kawauchi 's win at the BMW Oslo Marathon and Yuta Shitara 's national record at the Usti nad Labem Half Marathon , Shota Hattori (Honda) made it an overseas hat trick for men from Japan's Saitama prefecture when he won the Sydney Marathon in 2:15:16. Having debuted at February's Nobeoka Nishi Nippon Marathon with a 2:14:19 for 2nd, Hattori outlasted Ethiopian Werkuneh Seyoum Aboye , Kenyan Sammy Kigen Korir (Kenya) and compatriot Ryoma Takeuchi (Hitachi Butsuryu) to become the third-straight Japanese men's Sydney champ, winning by a margin of 20 seconds over Aboye. Congratulations to Shota Hattori, male winner of the Blackmores Marathon – with a time of 02:15:16. #SydneyRunningFestival pic.twitter.com/R47w8TCG2X — SydneyRunFestival (@officialbsrf) September 17, 2017 No Japanese women made the podium in the marathon, but in the accompanying half marathon both the men's and women's races saw Japanese runners-up. I...

2012 Zevenheuvelenloop 15 km Nijmegen, Netherlands, 11/18/12 click here for complete results Women 1. Tirunesh Dibaba (Ethiopia) - 47:08 2. Tiki Gelana (Ethiopia) - 48:09 3. Beatrice Mutai (Kenya) - 48:52 4. Lucy Macharia (Kenya) - 49:00 5. Gelete Burka (Ethiopia) - 49:26 6. Aki Odagiri (Japan) - 50:57 7. Merel de Knegt (Netherlands) - 51:43 8. Eriko Kushima (Japan) - 51:49 9. Hikari Yasuhara (Japan) - 52:14 10. Miranda Boonstra (Netherlands) - 52:23 11. Mei Matsuyama (Japan) - 52:59 ----- 19. Ai Furukubo (Japan) - 55:16 Men 1. Nicholas Kipkemboi (Kenya) - 42:01 2. Leonard Komon (Kenya) - 42:18 3. Nguse Amlosom (Ethiopia) - 42:28 4. Kennedy Kimutai (Kenya) - 42:29 5. Abera Kuma (Ethiopia)

89th Kansai Regional University T&F Championships Nagai Stadium, Osaka, May 10-13, 2012 click here for complete results Women's 10000 m 1. Chinami Mori (Bukkyo Univ.) - 33:16.28 2. Chika Ogawa (Bukkyo Univ.) - 33:18.12 3. Ayako Mitsui (Ritsumeikan Univ.) - 33:57.40 4. Eriko Kushima (Kyoto Sangyo Univ.) - 34:03.48 5. Kanade Iida (Osaka Geidai Univ.) - 34:05.40 6. Aya Goto (Ritsumeikan Univ.) - 34:19.36 7. Aiko Sakata (Ritsumeikan Univ.) - 34:43.77 8. Rina Asano (Osaka Gakuin Univ.) - 34:54.86 9. Shiori Hayashida (Osaka Geidai Univ.) - 35:06.84 10. Nanae Fukaumi (Kyoto Sangyo Univ.) - 35:07.19 (c) 2012 Brett Larner all rights reserved