A native of Shimabara, Nagasaki, Ryota Kondo, 25, visited Nagasaki City Hall ahead of September’s Tokyo World Championships where he will represent Japan in the marathon. At February’s Osaka Marathon Kondo set a debut marathon national record of 2:05:39, finishing 2nd overall and in the top Japanese spot to earn himself a place on the Japanese national team for the World Championships.”I like to
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