Maeda and Nakayama Win Sendai International Half Marathon

Conditions at Sunday's Sendai International Half Marathon were too hot for fast times, but for Paris Olympics marathon team members Honami Maeda (Tenmaya) and Naoki Koyama (Honda) it was a pretty good test run for what they'll up against come August. Marathon NR holder Maeda had no problems soloing the win, running 1:11:17 to finish 1:17 ahead of 2nd-placer Yuki Nakamura (Panasonic). Rie Kawauchi (Otsuka Seiyaku) was 3rd in 1:12:58.

Koyama was a little shakier at 6th in 1:03:23 in the men's race, not exactly a bad day but not up to the no-miss form he's had over the last two years either. In his place, Koyama's Honda teammate Ken Nakayama scored the men's win, out kicking Kenyans Paul Kuira (JR Higashi Nihon) and Benard Kimeli (Fujitsu) on the track to take the win in 1:02:31. Kuira was 2nd in 1:02:32 and Kimeli 3rd in 1:02:36.

Sendai International Half Marathon

Sendai, Miyagi, 12 May 2024

complete results

Women

1. Honami Maeda 1:11:17

2. Yuki Nakamura 1:12:34

3. Rie Kawauchi 1:12:58

4. Madoka Nakano 1:13:22

5. Chiharu Ikeda 1:14:30

6. Mao Kiyota 1:15:20

7. Mirai Waku 1:15:23

8. Misato Horie 1:17:46

9. Saya Furumoto 1:18:02

10. Hinako Suzuki 1:19:18

Men

1. Ken Nakayama 1:02:31

2. Paul Kuira (KEN) 1:02:32

3. Benard Kimeli (KEN) 1:02:36

4. Patrick Wambui (KEN) 1:02:44

5. Shunsuke Nagata 1:02:50

6. Naoki Koyama 1:03:23

7. Akihiro Kaneko 1:03:52

8. Kiyohito Akiyama 1:03:54

9. Haruka Kawamura 1:04:06

10. Ryoma Inoue 1:04:23

11. Hiromasa Kumahashi 1:04:36

12. Kenji Yamamoto 1:04:42

13. Yuta Shitara 1:04:54

14. James Bunuka (KEN) 1:04:54

15. Ryota Natori 1:05:04

16. Sota Morohoshi 1:05:16

17. Hayato Miyashita 1:05:22

18. Shoma Hosoya 1:05:25

19. Shun Sadakata 1:05:32

20. Atsumu Yoshida 1:05:36

21. Tatsuya Furukawa 1:05:44

22. Hirosuke Sato 1:05:56

23. Shinya Ohashi 1:05:57

24. Takayuki Matsuura 1:06:12

25. Yuta Shimoda 1:06:20

26. Kyota Iwashima 1:06:22

27. Kenta Murayama 1:06:40

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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