A late addition to the sector, Kurgat took off and instantly left it behind, going by way of 10 km in 27:48 and by no means trying again. Though he slowed on the uphill again as much as Tokyo’s Nationwide Stadium within the final 5 km, Kurgat was by no means in peril and gained simply in a course report 59:52, 18 seconds underneath the previous report set by Vincent Kipkemoi within the race’s 1st version two years in the past.
Bedan Karoki was the primary runner to interrupt from the chase pack, taking 2nd in 1:00:38. The following 4 runners got here into the stadium collectively, with final yr’s Ageo Metropolis Half winner Paul Kuira having the kick to take third in 1:00:49. The highest Japanese man at February’s Tokyo Marathon in 2:06:31, Yusuke Nishiyama was the primary Japanese man throughout the road right here too, simply off his PB in 1:01:13 for eighth.
Chemnung was simply as alone all through her race however had the good thing about selecting off semi-elite Japanese males the entire means. Regular on mid-66 tempo as she hit 10 km in 31:35, Chemnung additionally slowed on the uphill however nonetheless went underneath Gladys Chepkurui‘s 1:08:03 CR from final yr, successful in a brand new report of 1:07:27.
Mongolian NR holder Khishigsaikhan Galbadrakh and top-ranked Japanese lady Mao Kiyota ran the primary half of the race collectively earlier than Galbadrakh opened a small lead at 10 km, however within the second half Kiyota got here again to move her and take 2nd in 1:11:29. Operating as a tuneup for subsequent month’s New York Metropolis Marathon, Galbadrakh held off the remainder of the Japanese area for third in 1:12:12, narrowly clearing the 5 minute margin behind the winner’s time to keep away from a discount of her look price.
Paralympians Tomoki Suzuki and Wakako Tsuchida gained the wheelchair races, Suzuki over two minutes forward of nearest competitor Hiroki Kishizawa in 43:57. Tsuchida had about the identical margin over Tsubasa Kina, successful in 55:49.
third Tokyo Legacy Half Marathon
Tokyo, 20 Oct. 2024
Males
1. Amos Kurgat (Chudenko) – 59:52 – CR
2. Bedan Karoki (Toyota) – 1:00:38
3. Paul Kuira (JR Higashi Nihon) – 1:00:49
4. Vincent Yegon (Honda) – 1:00:50
5. Benard Kimeli (Fujitsu) – 1:00:52
6. Cleophas Kandie (Mitsubishi Juko) – 1:00:54
7. Andrew Lorot (YKK) – 1:01:04
8. Yusuke Nishiyama (Toyota) – 1:01:13
Girls
1. Loice Chemnung (Kenya) – 1:07:27 – CR
2. Mao Kiyota (Suzuki) – 1:11:29
3. Khishigsaikhan Galbadrakh (Mongolia) – 1:12:12
4. Kanako Takemoto (Daihatsu) – 1:12:37
5. Ayako Murao (Daihatsu) – 1:13:36
6. Natsuki Ogawa (Suzuki) – 1:14:08 – PB
7. Shiho Kaneshige (GRlab Yamaguchi) – 1:16:20
8. Miyu Ota (Suzuki) – 1:16:30 – debut
Males’s Wheelchair
1. Tomoki Suzuki – 43:57
2. Hiroki Kishizawa – 46:01
3. Ryuta Yoshida – 47:20
Girls’s Wheelchair
1. Wakako Tsuchida – 53:43
2. Tsubasa Kina – 55:49
3. Kazumi Takimura 1:00:51
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