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Big Japanese Results in Berlin

Results at this year’s Berlin Marathon were big overall, with 6 women under 2:21 and 14 men under 2:07, and in both the women’s and men’s races multiple Japanese athletes had great days. In the women’s race Paris Olympics marathon alternate Ai Hosoda (Edion) and Tokyo Olympics marathon alternate Mizuki Matsuda (Daihatsu) ran the entire way together, 1:10:13 through halfway and 2:13:09 at 40 km.

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Niinae Breaks Through With 3000 mSC Win at Yogibo Athletics Challenge Cup Win

Coming up through the ranks as Japan’s next top-level steeper, Yutaro Niinae broke through with a 5-second PB of 8:20.36 to win at the Yogibo Athletics Challenge Cup Sunday in Niigata and bump himself up to all-time Japanese #6. With pacing early on from Aisan Kogyo teammate Philemon Kiplagat, Niinae had the confidence to break away from the field of 6 just after halfway, opening over 10 seconds

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Brilliant in Berlin – Weekend Round Up

An excellent morning for Calli Hauger Thackery and Philly Bowden on the streets of Berlin are amongst the highlights of a busy racing weekend. James Rhodes runs through the action in the weekend round up. Brilliant in Berlin The BMW Berlin Marathon is well known for delivering fast times and often near-perfect conditions. This year’s […]

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