http://www.sendaihalf.com/news/#id218 translated and edited by Brett Larner We regret to announce that special invited athlete Reia Iwade (Team Noritz) has withdrawn from the May 14 Sendai International Half Marathon due to pain in her right ankle. Other notable withdrawals are listed below: Men Daichi Kamino (Konica Minolta) - illness Chihiro Miyawaki (Toyota) - illness Yuichiro Ueno (DeNA) - illness Keita Baba (Honda) - illness Kazuki Yamashita (Komazawa Univ.) - injury Makoto Ozawa (Sekino Kosan) - injury Kazuki Muramatsu (Sumitomo Denko) - other Benjamin Ngandu (Fujitsu) - illness Hiroaki Sano (Honda) - illness Hiroki Miura (Sumitomo Denki) - other Alexander Mutiso (ND Software) - illness Shota Kawano (Heisei Kokusai Univ.) - other Hinata Abe (Heisei Kokusai Univ.) - other Women Reia Iwade (Noritz) - injury Haruna Maekawa (Juhachi Ginko) - injury Miharu Shimokado (Shimamura) - team transfer Kotomi Takayama (Sysmex) - injury
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