On Aug. 26 women’s marathon national record holder Honami Maeda of the Tenmaya corporate team talked about her unfortunate withdrawal from the Paris Olympics after suffering a stress fracture. After that she went on leave from the team to focus on her recovery.Q. What have you been doing since the Olympics?Maeda: I’ve just been back home taking it easy and seeing friends. Taking it slow and
To start the week Lindie Naughton brings us all the Irish endurance action and news from the weekend just gone (Monday 26th August) Visiting athletes dominated the Antrim Coast International Half Marathon in Larne with Alex NzIoka Matata the winner in 59.46 and Yalemzerf Yehualao first woman in 65.31. Best of the Irish in eighth […]
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Middle-distance star Rachel Forsyth of London, Ont., leads a strong Canadian team of 27 athletes at the 2024 World U20 Athletics Championships, which start on Aug. 27
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By: Greg KochThis past weekend, Sioux Falls Marathon participants were met with a tough decision from the event organizers: the full marathon was canceled due to excessive heat warnings. The half marathon and 5K went on as planned, but the decision to cancel the full marathon left many asking if it was the right choice.Having run the Houston Marathon in 2017 under nearly identical weather conditions, I can say from experience that a marathon can be held in such heat. However, just because […]
The Lima World U20 Championships start tomorrow. Despite having its best-ever overall medal haul across all sports the Paris Olympics were almost a complete bust for Japan in athletics, with Haruka Kitaguchi’s gold in the women’s javelin throw its only gold medal. But there are a lot of medal prospects in Lima, and overall it’s probably the best team Japan has ever sent to the U20
