Tokyo Marathon Hopes to Make Decision About Next Year by October

On Aug. 31 it was learned from an involved source that the Tokyo Marathon organizers are considering a contingency plan to hold next year's race in the fall of 2021 if the coronavirus crisis makes it impossible to hold the event on its scheduled date of Mar. 7. The organizers hope to make a final decision in October based on their assessment of the likely future conditions. The Tokyo Marathon Foundation has already stated that it does not plan to hold another elite-only race and intends to go forward with a mass-participation race. Only elite athletes were allowed to run the 2020 Tokyo Marathon, with mass-participation entrants given the option of shifting their entries to either 2021 or 2022.

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