The worldwide part could be very small, however at the very least there’s one, not a simple factor to place collectively given Japan’s nonetheless in-place border restrictions even when the federal government is making noises that it will calm down them a bit come Mar. 1. On the high of the listing are Kenyan-born 2020 Tokyo Marathon course report breaker Lonah Chemtai Salpeter working below the Israeli flag, and 2019 world champion Ruth Chepngetich of Kenya. Given the prize cash for 1st it isn’t a serious shock Salpeter is opting to run right here as an alternative of defending in Tokyo. Chepngetich has run 2:17 to match Salpeter’s greatest, nevertheless it was again at Dubai in early 2019, and regardless of her world title and a win in Chicago final fall she hasn’t damaged 2:22 since then.
Reia Iwade (Adidas), Sinead Diver (Australia) and Rie Kawauchi (Otsuka Seiyaku) make up the subsequent tier, with one other 5 girls simply behind on the 2:26~2:27 stage. In Kawauchi’s case, she’s doubling again off a 2:25:35 PB in Osaka final month in an effort to attempt to seal up an early place within the 2024 Olympic trials. Her best path to getting there’s to run at the very least 2:30:25, making the grade by having two races throughout the qualifying window averaging 2:28:00 or higher.
Test again nearer to race date for choices on following Nagoya dwell from outdoors Japan.
Nagoya Girls’s Marathon
Nagoya, Aichi, 13 Mar. 2022
occasions listed are greatest inside final three years besides the place famous
Lonah Chemtai Salpeter (Israel) – 2:17:45 (Tokyo 2020)
Ruth Chepngetich (Kenya) – 2:22:05 (London 2020)
Yuka Ando (Wacoal) – 2:22:41 (Nagoya 2020)
Reia Iwade (Adidas) – 2:23:52 (Nagoya 2019)
Sinead Diver (Australia) – 2:24:11 (London 2019)
Rie Kawauchi (Otsuka Seiyaku) – 2:25:35 (Osaka Int’l 2022)
Mirai Waku (Common)- 2:26:30 (Nagoya 2021)
Ai Hosoda (Edion) – 2:26:34 (Nagoya 2020)
Haruka Yamaguchi (AC Kita) – 2:26:35 (Osaka Int’l 2020)
Hanae Tanaka (Daiichi Seimei) – 2:26:49 (Nagoya 2021)
Chiharu Ikeda (Hitachi) – 2:27:39 (Nagoya 2021)
Ayano Ikemitsu (Kagoshima Ginko) – 2:28:26 (Osaka Int’l 2021)
Ikumi Fukura (Otsuka Seiyaku) – 2:28:31 (Nagoya 2021)
Natsuki Omori (Daihatsu) – 2:28:38 (Nagoya 2021)
Kanako Takemoto (Daihatsu) – 2:28:40 (Nagoya 2021)
Yuma Adachi (Kyocera) – 2:29:00 (Nagoya 2021)
Eloise Wellings (Australia) – 2:29:42 (London 2021)
Anna Matsuda (Denso) – 2:29:52 (Osaka Int’l 2021)
Miharu Shimokado (SID Group) – 2:32:48 (Osaka Int’l 2020)
Madoka Nakano (Iwatani Sangyo) – 2:32:56 (Osaka Int’l 2021)
Nana Sato (Begins) – 2:33:42 (Hofu 2021)
Debut / Do-Over
Kaena Takeyama (Daihatsu) – 1:09:12 (Nat’l Corp. Half 2020)
Momoko Watanabe (Tenmaya) – 1:10:43 (Sanyo Women Half 2021)
Minami Yamanouchi (Raffine) – 1:10:44 (Sanyo Women Half 2018)
Kotomi Tsubokura (Wacoal) – 1:11:02 (Sanyo Women Half 2021)
Mayu Hirata (Wacoal) – 1:11:15 (Nat’l Corp. Half 2021)
Yuko Kikuchi (Hokuren) – 1:11:32 (Sanyo 2019)
Hikari Onishi (Japan Put up) – 1:11:48 (Nat’l Corp. Half 2021)
Hiromi Katakai (Mitsui Sumitomo Kaijo) – 1:12:00 (Nat’l Corp. Half 2022)
Yuka Suzuki (Daito Bunka Univ.) – 31:37.88 (Yamaguchi Time Trials 2019)
Kotona Ota (Japan Put up) – 32:42.63 (Kyoto Time Trials 2021)
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