On Mar. 2 it was learned that the members of the men's and women's marathon teams for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics will visit the grave of 1964 Tokyo Olympics marathon bronze medalist Kokichi Tsuburaya . According to a JAAF spokesperson, the three men and three women on the 2020 team will visit Tsuburaya's hometown of Sukagawa, Fukushima next week following the final determination of the team lineup at the Mar. 8 Nagoya Women's Marathon and Lake Biwa Marathon. Before their own tough battle against the world, the members of the team will inherit the legacy of Tsuburaya, who ran to his limit on home soil before slipping from this world. Tsuburaya finished 6th in the 10000 m at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. In the marathon his teammate Toru Terasawa had the fastest PB on the Japanese team while Kenji Kimihara had won the final selection race, but after racing in the lead pack Tsuburaya entered the Olympic Stadium in 2nd place behind Ethiopian legend Abebe Bikila . On the final...
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