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'Great North Run 2022: Uganda’s Jacob Kiplimo Wins Men’s Race With Sub-Hour Victory After Tributes to Queen'

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mark said…
What do you know about Osako san “unretiring” ? Future plans? If I am not mistaken, he pb’ed this weekend, although many of his half marathons since 2010 have been quite similar in time.
September 13, 2022 at 10:30 AM
Stefan said…
Fantastic run from Suguru Osako!
September 13, 2022 at 4:15 PM
Brett Larner said…
He ran 1:01:01 at an uncertified half a while back, but while WA lists this GNR result as his PB the GNR course is point-to-point. He's entered in NYCM, so GNR was a good choice for a tune-up race.

As far as the unretirement, Osako announced on July 29, 2021 that he was going to retire after the Olympic marathon, which he ran on Aug. 8, 2021. On Feb. 7, 2022 he announced that he was coming out of retirement. It would probably take a lawyer to determine for sure whether that announcement happened exactly on the last day of a 6-month period following the Olympic marathon, but TV ratings in Japan for the men's marathon were more than double those for the women's marathon and it's safe to say a big part of that was due to Osako saying it was going to be his last race.
September 14, 2022 at 6:40 PM
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