At the Yodogawa Kanpei Half Marathon in Hirakata, Osaka on Dec. 15, Kaede Hagitani, 24, took over 10 minutes off the women’s course record to win in 1:10:37. Hagitani ran the 5000 m at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics and is targeting the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics. Men’s winner Koki Hosokawa, 31, broke his own CR with a 1:08:03 to win for the 2nd year in a row.In 5˚ temperatures the race set off along the
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