Adane Leads High 4 Beneath CR, Kondo 2:05:39 Debut, Mekasha Defends at Osaka Marathon

It was a bit too chilly and windy for actually quick occasions and snow began falling during the last quarter of the race, however that did not cease the highest 4 males on the Osaka Marathon from going below the course report. A 1:02:29 first half saved not less than 16 males along with the two:04:56 Japanese nationwide report in sight, amongst them NR holder Kengo Suzuki in what he hoped can be a comeback run. By 30 km in 1:28:56, nonetheless near NR tempo regardless of bike cops main them too far previous a turnaround cone, the lead group was all the way down to a dozen, and the large uphill simply after that actually broke issues up.

Molla held on for fifth in 2:06:04, and simply 1 second behind was debuting Asahi Kuroda of 2025 Hakone Ekiden champion Aoyama Gakuin College, who broke his teammate Hiroki Wakabayashi‘s 2:06:07 debut and collegiate report on the Beppu-Oita Mainichi Marathon 3 weeks in the past. As a memorial for his teammate Sena Minawatari, an Osaka native who handed away from most cancers on Wednesday, Kuroda’s run could not have been higher.

Shunya Kikuchi, NR holder Suzuki an Yugo Kashiwa took the following 3 spots, all of them clearing the two:06:30 Tokyo World Championships qualifying customary. With the Tokyo Marathon nonetheless to come back subsequent weekend it is protected to say Japan has nothing however choices for the ultimate group lineup for its residence soil World Championships. Regardless of the lower than excellent circumstances, excluding the three debuts, 17 out of the highest 30 ran PBs, all sub-2:10. The weekend’s different large marathon, Seville, had a quicker successful time than Osaka, 2:05:15, however just one man below 2:06 and 28 below 2:10. What is going to Tokyo deliver?

Making contact round 25 km, they stated goodbye to her on the hill previous 30 km and have been content material to sit down it out for a 3-way dash end. 2024 champ Mekasha had the wheels to win in 2:26:33, Godfay subsequent in 2:26:40 and Alemu third in 2:26:43. Ocampo light to 4th in 2:28:26, with Japan’s Anna Matsuda operating a 6-minute PB of two:28:50 for fifth.

Osaka Marathon

Osaka, 24 Feb. 2025

Males

1. Yihunlign Adane (Ethiopia) – 2:05:37 – CR, PB

2. Ryota Kondo (Mitsubishi Juko) – 2:05:39 – debut report (CR)

3. Abdisa Tola (Ethiopia) – 2:05:52 (CR)

4. Kyohei Hosoya (Kurosaki Harima) – 2:05:58 – PB (CR)

5. Getaneh Molla (Ethiopia) – 2:06:04

6. Asahi Kuroda (Aoyama Gakuin Univ.) – 2:06:05 – debut, collegiate report

7. Shunya Kikuchi (Chugoku Denryoku) – 2:06:06 – PB

8. Kengo Suzuki (Fujitsu) – 2:06:18

9. Yugo Kashiwa (Konica Minolta) – 2:06:28 – PB

10. Benard Kimani (Kenya/Comodi Iida) – 2:07:28 – PB

11. Riki Nakanishi (Toenec) – 2:07:29 – PB

12. Toshiki Sadakata (Mitsubishi Juko) – 2:07:34

13. Shoma Hosoya (Logisteed) – 2:07:48 – PB

14. Kento Kikutani (Toyota Boshoku) – 2:07:53

15. Koki Takada (Sumitomo Denko) – 2:07:57 – PB

16. Yuki Takei (JR Higashi Nihon) – 2:08:06 – PB

17. Kosei Machida (Chuo Hatsujo) – 2:08:17 – PB

18. Shota Nishiwaki (JR Higashi Nihon) – 2:08:19 – PB

19. Takumi Komatsu (NTT Nishi Nihon) – 2:08:24 – PB

20. Taiyo Iwasaki (JFE Metal) – 2:08:25 – debut

21. Yuta Koyama (Toenec) – 2:08:37

22. Masatoshi Sakata (NTN) – 2:09:08 – PB

23. Kento Nishi (Osaka Gasoline) – 2:09:09

24. Kenta Uchida (SID Group) – 2:09:11

25. Mizuki Higashi (Aisan Kogyo) – 2:09:13

26. Eikichi Kazaoka (JFE Metal) – 2:09:13 – PB

27. Kei Kawanishi (JR Higashi Nihon) – 2:09:14 – PB

28. Yuta Inage (Press Kogyo) – 2:09:14 – PB

29. Tsukasa Koyama (Subaru) – 2:09:25

30. Takumi Iwata (JFE Metal) – 2:09:28 – PB