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Scratches Announced from Sunday’s Osaka International Women’s Marathon

Two days out from the Jan. 26 Osaka International Women’s Marathon a few scratches have been announced near the bottom of the very short entry list. Out with injury is 2:26:50 runner Madoka Nakano, along with two collegiate runners who were set to make their debuts, Rio Einaga and Nanako Miwa.That’s not going to impact the race up front, but it does make what is already a very small race for

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Tokyo Marathon Elite Field

The Tokyo Marathon elite field is out, and it’s a pretty good one. On the women’s side are the last 3 winners, Sutume Asefa Kebede, Rosemary Wanjiru and Brigid Kosgei, 2022 world champion Gotytom Gebreslase, last year’s Dubai winner Tigist Ketema and another 6 women in the 2:17-2:19 range. Top Japanese draw Ai Hosoda hopes to get into the sub-2:20 club after a 2:20:31 PB in Berlin last fall.The