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World's #1 10-Miler, Dec. 6 Kumamoto Kosa Road Race Canceled for First Time


On July 29 the organizing committee of the Kumamoto Kosa 10-Mile Road Race, the world's premier 10-miler, announced that due to the continued spread of the coronavirus, this year's 45th running scheduled for Dec. 6 has been canceled. It is the first cancelation since the race was first held in 1976.

According to organizers, they had taken steps to reduce the risk of infection at the race, but with the rapid spread of new cases within Kumamoto prefecture they decided it would be too difficult to still manage successfully.

A JAAF-certified course, the race begins and ends at the Kosa village office. Last year 170 elite athletes domestic and foreign ran in the 10 mile (16.093 km) division with additional runners in the high school boys' 10 km, junior high school boys' 5 km and women's 5 km.

Translator's note: Kosa is held the same day as the Fukuoka International Marathon, on the same island just to the southwest.

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translated and edited by Brett Larner

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