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Principality Cardiff Half Marathon Preview

Competitive elite fields will contest the 21st edition of the Principality Cardiff Half Marathon on Sunday (6 October).  A string of established Kenyan athletes will be chasing fast times somewhere underneath the course record of 59:30 in the men’s race. Meanwhile, a strong field that includes two-time European Cross Country Champion Fionnuala McCormack is set […]

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Yohei Ikeda Honored at Hometown City Hall After All-Time JPN #2 Run at Berlin Marathon

After running the 2nd-fastest time ever by a Japanese man, 2:05:12, to finish 6th at the Sept. 29 Berlin Marathon, Yohei Ikeda (26, Kao) made an appearance at city hall in his hometown of Shimada, Shizuoka on Oct. 3. Ikeda told Mayor Kinuyo Someya, 70, “I’m disappointed that I missed my goal of breaking the Japanese national record by 16 seconds. But the work I put in paid off. This was a race

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SLR Cameras Banned at National Sports Festival to Prevent Secret Photography of Female Athletes

 On Oct. 2 the organizers of the 2024 National Sports Festival set to take place Oct. 11-15 in Saga announced that single-lens reflex (SLR) cameras are banned at the stadium where track and field competition will take place to prevent people from secretly shooting pictures and video of athletes. “These are likely the strictest restrictions on photography put in place at any national-level