At a press conference on Feb. 9 the JAAF announced that the Marathon Grand Championship (MGC) race, Japan’s marathon trials event for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics, will be held Oct. 3, 2027 in Nagoya. Details on the course will be announced at a later date.The MGC race was first held before the 2021 Tokyo Olympics and again before the 2024 Paris Olympics, both times in Tokyo. 16 men including
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A runner racing her first half-marathon reached the podium in the women’s field
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The 66th Karatsu Road Race took place Feb. 8 in Karatsu, Saga. In his first time running the men’s 10 mile, Taisei Kiyono (Chugoku Denryoku) ran 47:12 to win. The race came down to a 4-way sprint finish, with Kiyono pulling away on the track to beat 2nd place by just 1 second. 2nd on the 12.3 km opening leg at the Jan. 1 New Year Ekiden, Kiyono already had proven ability. “I was pretty confident
