photo © 2025 Victah Sailer/PhotoRunEven with a few withdrawals there was a massive group of Japanese athletes at the Berlin Marathon this year, most of the group that typically goes to the Chicago Marathon seeming to opt for Berlin instead. With men’s winner Sebastian Sawe taking a shot at the world record, Akira Akasaki, Yuhei Urano and NR holder Kengo Suzuki sat back in a 3rd group targeting
Pop star meets pavement: Harry Styles smashed his first sub-three-hour marathon on Sunday
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Bumped by a local election from its usual date at the beginning of September to the same day as the Berlin Marathon, the Volksbank Muenster Marathon saw its most competitive men’s race ever. With pacers assigned to go 3:04/km with a halfway split of 1:04:30-45, the lead men went through 5 km way ahead of that in 15:02 and 15 km in 45:17.Running his first race in Europe and hoping for a low-2:10
After competing in four events, the Canadian was forced to pull out of the championships due to ongoing back issues
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This will be easy. Japan closes out its home soil World Athletics Championships with one last race, and one of its traditionally strong ones, the men’s 4×100 m relay.21:20 – Men’s 4×100 m Relay FinalPrognosis: This is the entry pool:Abdul Hakim Sani Brown (Toray) – 9.96 (+0.5) – 4th, Heat 7, NationalsYoshihide Kiryu (Nihon Seimei) – 9.99 (+1.5) – 1st, NationalsYuhi Mori (Daito Bunka
