Fukuoka Worldwide Marathon Elite Discipline

The Dec. 1 Fukuoka Worldwide Marathon is the primary of this winter season’s wide selection races for the house soil workforce for subsequent 12 months’s Tokyo World Championships, and the home discipline is a superb one. Kenya Sonota, 2:05:59 in Tokyo final 12 months, and a couple of:06 males Yusuke Nishiyama, Yuya Yoshida, Kazuya Nishiyama and Daisuke Doi make up the principle contenders to get a spot, with internationals Lemeck Too, Jie He, Bethwel Yegon, Vincent Raimoi, final 12 months’s winner Michael Githae, and Shaohui Yang completely positioned so as to add momentum to the shot on the 2:06:30 Worlds commonplace that they’re going to all be taking. 8 different Japanese males within the 2:07 to 2:09 vary make it one of the crucial aggressive Fukuoka editions in a protracted, very long time.

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Fukuoka Worldwide Marathon Elite Discipline Highlights

Fukuoka, 1 Dec. 2024

occasions listed are athletes’ greatest in final 3 years besides the place famous

Kenya Sonota (JR Higashi Nihon) – 2:05:59 (Tokyo 2023)

Lemeck Too (Kenya) – 2:06:29 (Rotterdam 2024)

Yusuke Nishiyama (Toyota) – 2:06:31 (Tokyo 2024)

Yuya Yoshida (GMO) – 2:06:37 (Osaka 2024)

Kazuya Nishiyama (Toyota) – 2:06:45 (Osaka 2023)

Daisuke Doi (Kurosaki Harima) – 2:06:54 (Osaka 2024)

Jie He (China) – 2:06:57 (Wuxi 2024)

Bethwel Yegon (Kenya) – 2:06:57 (Vienna 2023)

Vincent Raimoi (Kenya/Suzuki) – 2:07:01 (Fukuoka Int’l 2022)

Michael Githae (Kenya/Suzuki) – 2:07:08 (Fukuoka Int’l 2023)

Shaohui Yang (China) – 2:07:09 (Fukuoka Int’l 2023)

Koki Yoshioka (Kyudenko) – 2:07:28 (Osaka 2023)

Shin Kimura (Honda) – 2:07:34 (Tokyo 2024)

Derese Workneh (Ethiopia/Hiramatsu Byoin) – 2:07:58 (Beppu-Oita 2024)

Bedan Karoki (Kenya/Toyota) – 2:07:59 (Tokyo 2024)

Kazuya Azegami (Toyota) – 2:08:29 (Osaka 2023)

Kiyoshi Koga (Yasukawa Denki) – 2:08:30 (Beppu-Oita 2022)

Ryu Takaku (Yakult) – 2:08:38 (Fukuoka Int’l 2021)

Naoki Aiba (Chudenko) – 2:08:44 (Beppu-Oita 2022)

Kenta Murayama (Asahi Kasei) – 2:09:00 (Osaka 2024)

Kohei Futaoka (Chudenko) – 2:09:14 (Fukuoka Int’l 2021)

Jianhua Peng (China) – 2:09:59 (Seoul 2023)

Tesema Moges (Israel) – 2:10:31 (Rotterdam 2023)

Takumi Kumagai (Sumitomo Denko) – 2:10:41 (Fukuoka Int’l 2021)

Yusuke Tobimatsu (Hioki Metropolis Corridor) – 2:10:47 (Hofu 2021)

Luka Musembi (Kenya/Tokyo T&F Assoc.) – 2:10:49 (Hokkaido 2022)

Asuka Tanaka (Runlife) – 2:11:09 (Tokyo 2022)

Bo Li (China) – 2:11:23 (Nanchang 2023)

Tadese Getahon (Israel) – debut – 1:00:47 (Copenhagen Half 2024)