Dark horse Masato Arao and Paris Olympics marathon team alternate Ai Hosoda took the top Japanese spots in the TCS Sydney Marathon’s first edition as part of the Abbott World Marathon Majors, both finishing 6th.Ranked 20th in the field, Arao, who this time last year was working a full-time job after not getting a corporate team contract post-college, came to Sydney for his international debut
Source: japanrunningnews.blogspot.com