Kipkemoi and Nyaga Win Inaugural Tokyo Legacy Half Marathon

Tokyo's newest elite-level road race happened Sunday on the course used for Japan's 2020 Olympic marathon trials and the 2020 Paralympic Games marathon, with the first edition of the Tokyo Legacy Half Marathon bringing 15,000 to the streets.

Kenyan Vincent Kipkemoi outran Japan-based world all-time #4 Alexander Mutiso for the win 1:00:10 to 1:00:29, with 3rd and 4th-placers Benard Kimeli and Vincent Raimoi also getting under 61 minutes despite the tough uphill finish. With prize money running 8 deep Kenyans took the top 8 spots. Winning a three-way sprint finish on the track for 9th and top Japanese honors was Kenta Murayama, outkicking marathoners Daisuke Uekado and Yusuke Nishiyama by 1 second in 1:02:14.

In the women's race, unknown Caroline Nyaga outran 2022 National Corporate Half Marathon champ Dolphine Omare Nyaboke for the win, breaking her PB by over a minute and a half in 1:08:23. Nyaboke was 2nd in 1:09:46. On the climb back up to the stadium 2022 Hokkaido Marathon winner Haruka Yamaguchi broke away from American Betsy Saina to take 3rd in 1:10:35. Saina faded badly in the last 2 km but held off marathoner Mao Kiyota by 5 seconds for 4th in 1:11:13.

Tokyo Legacy Half Marathon

Tokyo, 16 Oct. 2022

complete results

Men

1. Vincent Kipkemoi (Kenya) - 1:00:10

2. Alexander Mutiso (ND Software) - 1:00:29

3. Benard Kimeli (Fujitsu) - 1:00:36

4. Vincent Raimoi (Suzuki) - 1:00:56

5. Macharia Ndirangu (Aichi Seiko) - 1:01:11

6. Joseph Karanja (Aichi Seiko) - 1:01:32

7. Joel Mwaura (Kurosaki Harima) - 1:02:04

8. Benson Tunyo (Kenya) - 1:02:07

9. Kenta Murayama (Asahi Kasei) - 1:02:14

10. Daisuke Uekado (Otsuka Seiyaku) - 1:02:15

11. Yusuke Nishiyama (Toyota) - 1:02:15

Women

1. Caroline Nyaga (Kenya) - 1:08:23

2. Dolphine Omare Nyaboke (U.S.E.) - 1:09:46

3. Haruka Yamaguchi (AC Kita) - 1:10:35

4. Betsy Saina (U.S.A.) - 1:11:13

5. Mao Kiyota (Suzuki) - 1:11:18

6. Natsuki Omori (Daihatsu) - 1:11:46

7. Kotona Ota (Japan Post) - 1:11:54

8. Beatrice Cheburet (Kenya) - 1:12:33

9. Ikumi Fukura (Otsuka Seiyaku) - 1:13:33

10. Rie Kawauchi (Otsuka Seiyaku) - 1:14:47

11. Kotomi Tsubokura (Wacoal) - 1:14:51

12. Ai Ikemoto (Tokyo T&F Assoc.) - 1:15:32

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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