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Osako, Kosgei and Others Pull Out of Tokyo Marathon

The Tokyo Marathon announced some withdrawals and additions to the field for next week's race today. Names are as below with reasons given on the Tokyo Marathon website:

Men's Marathon Withdrawals
Suguru Osako (Japan/Nike) - declines to participate
Benard Koech (Kenya/Kyudenko) - in poor condition
Hidekazu Hijikata (Japan/Asahi Kasei) - injury
Tadashi Isshiki (Japan/NTT Nishi Nihon) - injury
Takumi Oishi (Japan/Suzuki) - injury
Keigo Yano (Japan/Kao) - injury
Tatsuro Oyazaki (Japan/Shindengen) - injury

Men's Marathon Additions
Hiroaki Furukawa (Japan/Tokyo University Grad School) - 2:16:14 (Kumamoto 2024)

Women's Marathon Withdrawals
Brigid Kosgei (Kenya) - in poor condition
Tirunesh Dibaba (Ethiopia) - in poor condition

Men's Wheelchair Withdrawals
Jin Hua (China) - injury

Women's Wheelchair Withdrawals
Eden Rainbow-Cooper (Great Britain) - injury

Women's Wheelchair Additions
Yen Hoang (U.S.A.)

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