The boys’s half is dominated by 4 Japanese males who broke 1:01 on the Nationwide Company Half in February, that means that if the climate is first rate then the 1:01:16 CR is prone to fall to Shunsuke Shikama, Koki Kamata, Soshi Suzuki or Daisuke Doi. That is a giant if, although, with >50% likelihood of rain and a headwind within the 2nd half that is forecast to get stronger because the race goes alongside.
The favourite for the win and a shot at American Lindsay Flanagan‘s 2:24:43 occasion document is Kenyan Visiline Jepkesho, 2:22:52 in Seoul this 12 months. Japan’s Rie Kawauchi and Ethiopian Sichala Kumeshi are each podium contenders, Kawauchi with a 2:25:35 in Osaka two years in the past and Sichala 2:26:53 in Hamburg final 12 months. Japanese girls received the marathon on the Gold Coast seven occasions within the ten years from 2007 to 2016, however since Misato Horie‘s win in 2016 they’ve solely had two Third-place finishes, one by Risa Takenaka in 2017 and the opposite by Shiho Kaneshige in 2022. Each Horie and Kaneshige are again this time, with Aynalem Kasahun Teferi and Kaneshige rounding out the checklist of present sub-2:30 girls within the race.
Japanese males have received it 4 of the final 5 editions, and the final time a Japanese man wasn’t within the prime two was 2015. Final 12 months Naoki Koyama set a course document 2:07:40, then went on to win the Paris Olympic marathon trials, then ran 2:06:33 in Osaka this previous February. On condition that type of development, the sphere this 12 months is filled with 2nd-tier Japanese males hoping to have the identical success, ten of them who’ve run 2:07 to 2:09 within the final two years.
Many of the motion seems to be prefer it’ll be down across the Third to Fifth-ranked runners, with 2:07:53 Kenyan Timothy Kipkorir Kattam trying like the most effective guess to interrupt the Japanese streak carried this 12 months by Yuta Koyama, 2:07:57 in Osaka final 12 months, and Mizuki Higashi, 2:08:03 in Osaka this 12 months. High-ranked Kenyan Felix Kandie has a 2:07:18 in Seoul two years in the past, however with solely a 2:11:57 season finest final 12 months it will be powerful for him to remain in competition right here. Six different Japanese are available in with current occasions between 2:08:29 and a pair of:08:44, and with the climate trying higher for Sunday count on to see all of them go together with the lead tempo group at 3:01/km.
Gold Coast Half Marathon and Marathon Elite Discipline Highlights
Gold Coast, Australia, 7 July 2024
occasions listed are finest in 2022~2024 besides the place famous
Half Marathon Ladies
Sara Corridor (U.S.A.) – 1:07:15 (Houston 2022)
Leanne Pompeani (Australia) – 1:09:07 (Gold Coast 2023)
Natasha Wodak (Canada) – 1:10:01 (New York 2022)
Rinka Hida (Japan) – 1:10:10 (Osaka 2023)
Yukari Nagatomo (Japan) – 1:10:34 (Nationwide Company Half 2024)
Moe Shimizu (Japan) – 1:10:37 (Nationwide Company Half 2024)
Andrea Seccafien (Canada) – 1:11:33 (New York 2022)
Jessica Stenson (Australia) – 1:11:35 (Gold Coast 2022)
Half Marathon Males
Shunsuke Shikama (Japan) – 1:00:41 (Nationwide Company Half 2024)
Koki Kamata (Japan) – 1:00:47 (Nationwide Company Half 2024)
Soshi Suzuki (Japan) – 1:00:49 (Nationwide Company Half 2024)
Daisuke Doi (Japan) – 1:00:51 (Nationwide Company Half 2024)
Tim Vincent (Australia) – 1:02:01 (Marugame 2024)
Haruki Abe (Japan) – 1:02:05 (Marugame 2023)
Naoya Sakuda (Japan) – 1:02:22 (Gifu 2022)
Riley Cocks (Australia) – 1:02:43 (Marugame 2023)
Rei Yamahira (Japan) – 1:02:48 (Setagaya 2022)
Cameron Avery (New Zealand) – 1:02:50 (Gold Coast 2023)
Ed Goddard (Australia) – 1:02:52 (Valencia 2023)
Andrew Buchanan (Australia) – 1:03:12 (Sunshine Coast 2023)
Kenya Sonota (Japan) – 1:03:14 (Nationwide Company Half 2018)
Seth O’Donnell (Australia) – 1:03:40 (Gold Coast 2023)
Jo Fukuda (Japan) – 1:04:41 (Osaka 2024)
Marathon Ladies
Visiline Jepkesho (Kenya) – 2:22:52 (Seoul 2024)
Rie Kawauchi (Japan) – 2:25:35 (Osaka 2022)
Sichala Kumeshi (Ethiopia) – 2:26:53 (Hamburg 2023)
Aynalem Kasahun Teferi (Ethiopia) – 2:29:11 (Seville 2022)
Shiho Kaneshige (Japan) – 2:29:12 (Gold Coast 2022)
Min Liu (China) – 2:29:24 (Wuxi 2024)
Sarah Klein (Australia) – 2:30:10 (Eugene 2022)
Yuki Nakamura (Japan) – 2:30:31 (Nagoya 2024)
Irene Jerobon (Kenya) – 2:30:51 (Castellon 2024)
Misato Horie (Japan) – 2:32:10 (Osaka 2022)
Tara Palm (Australia) – 2:32:25 (Osaka 2024)
Ai Ikemoto (Japan) – 2:34:17 (Hofu 2022)
Gemma Maini (Japan) – 2:35:25 (Melbourne 2023)
Ella McCartney (Australia) – 2:38:43 (Gold Coast 2023)
Abigail Nordberg (Australia) – debut – 1:11:53 (Launceston 2022)
Brigid Dennehy (New Zealand) – debut – 1:15:00 (Southport 2023
Marathon Males
Felix Kipchirchir Kandie (Kenya) – 2:07:18 (Seoul 2022)
Yuki Kawauchi (Japan) – 2:07:35 (Osaka 2023)
Timothy Kipkorir Kattam (Kenya) – 2:07:53 (Milan 2023)
Yuta Koyama (Japan) – 2:07:57 (Osaka 2023)
Mizuki Higashi (Japan) – 2:08:03 (Osaka 2024)
Yuki Nakamura (Japan) – 2:08:29 (Hofu 2022)
Kiyoshi Koga (Japan) – 2:08:30 (Beppu-Oita 2022)
Daiji Kawai (Japan) – 2:08:31 (Tokyo 2022)
Kenji Yamamoto (Japan) – 2:08:33 (Tokyo 2024)
Naoki Aiba (Japan) – 2:08:44 (Beppu-Oita 2022)
Rintaro Takeda (Japan) – 2:08:48 (Osaka 2022)
Masaki Tsuda (Japan) – 2:10:40 (Beppu-Oita 2023)
Kibet Soyekwo (Uganda) – 2:10:58 (MIlan 2023)
Joshua Iżewski (U.S.A.) – 2:11:09 (Orlando 2024)
Geoffrey Birgen (Kenya) – 2:11:22 (Buriram 2024)
Akihiro Kaneko (Japan) – 2:11:39 (Osaka 2022)
Keisuke Yokota (Japan) – 2:11:43 (Osaka 2023)
Belay Tilahun (Ethiopia) – 2:11:49 (Dalian 2023)
Thomas Do Canto (Australia) – 2:11:51 (Valencia 2023)
Kenneth Omulo (Kenya) – 2:12:38 (Izmir 2023)
Reece Edwards (Australia) – 2:14:34 (Melbourne 2023)
Anubaike Kuwan (China) – 2:14:34 (Beijing 2022)
Liam Boudin (Australia) – debut – 1:03:02 (Sunshine Coast Half 2022)
