The Beppu-Oita Mainichi Marathon was a strictly amateur race on the women’s side, Chika Yokota running a 2:43:45 PB for the win. But with 6 spots at the L.A. Olympics marathon trials on the line all the Japanese men were obsessed over getting their places reserved early. 2 first-half falls knocked Ethiopian Abe Gashahun and 2024 Nobeoka Nishi Nippon Marathon winner Yota Ifuku out of the race,
Arop was the lone Canadian athlete who signed on to Grand Slam Track in the racer category
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Six months after being arrested on a domestic assault charge, Richardson has been booked for excessive speeding on a Florida freeway
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After the Osaka International Women’s Marathon and Osaka Half Marathon last weekend Japan’s winter road season rolls on with 3 big races Sunday. The Kagawa Marugame International Half Marathon has a good field up front in the women’s race with 5 runners, Eilish McColgan, Dolphine Omare, Isobel Batt-Doyle, Charlotte Purdue and Yuka Ando, with sub-1:09 bests and the debut of #1 collegiate runner
