On the lads’s aspect you’ve got obtained sub-60 Kenyans Alexander Mutiso, Cleophas Kandie, Bedan Karoki and Emmanuel Maru with one other 15 males sub-61 proper behind them. The Japanese crew is led by frequent coaching companions Tomoki Ota, 1:00:08, and Kotaro Shinohara, 1:00:11. Though they do it within the massive ekidens on a regular basis, no Japanese man has ever damaged the one hour barrier in an official half marathon. C’mon already, that is the possibility. Get it finished.
Kagawa Marugame Worldwide Half Marathon
Elite Discipline Highlights
Marugame, Kagawa, 2 Feb. 2025
instances listed are athletes’ greatest in final 3 years besides the place famous
Girls
Dolphine Omare (Kenya/Uniqlo) – 1:06:07 (Marugame 2024)
Sarah Corridor (U.S.A.) – 1:07:15 (Houston 2022)
Pauline Kamulu (Kenya/Route Inn Resorts) – 1:07:22 (Marugame 2023)
Dominque Scott (South Africa) – 1:07:32 (Houston 2022)
Rika Kaseda (Daihatsu) – 1:08:11 (Marugame 2023)
Calli Hauger-Thackery (Nice Britain) – 1:08:20 (Houston 2024)
Isobel Batt-Doyle (Australia) – 1:09:09 (Melbourne 2024)
Kaede Kawamura (Iwatani Sangyo) – 1:10:17 (Nationwide Company Half 2022)
Debut
Haruka Kokai (Daiichi Seimei) – 30:57.67 (Nationwide 10000 m Championships 2023)
Males
Alexander Mutiso (Kenya/ND Software program) – 58:48 (Ras Al Khaimah 2022)
Cleophas Kandie (Kenya/Mitsubishi Juko) – 59:18 (Marugame 2023)
Bedan Karoki (Kenya/Toyota) – 59:37 (Buenos Aires 2023)
Emmanuel Maru (Kenya/Toyota Boshoku) – 59:43 (Barcelona 2024)
Tomoki Ota (Toyota) – 1:00:08 (Marugame 2023)
Amos Bett (Kenya/Tokyo Kokusai Univ.) – 1:00:11 (Marugame 2024)
Kotaro Shinohara (Komazawa Univ.) – 1:00:11 (Marugame 2023)
Dennis Kipruto (Kenya/Nihon Yakka Univ.) – 1:00:17 (Yosenkai Half 2023)
Reishi Yoshida (Chuo Gakuin Univ.) – 1:00:31 (Marugame 2023)
David Shunqeya (Kenya/Reitaku Univ.) – 1:00:32 (Marugame 2024)
Josphat Ledama Kisaisa (Kenya/Kao) – 1:00:36 (Nationwide Company Half 2023)
Kazuya Nishiyama (Toyota) – 1:00:41 (Nationwide Company Half 2022)
Tomoya Ogikubo (Hiramatsu Byoin) – 1:00:43 (Nationwide Company Half 2022)
Ayumu Yamamoto (Koku Gakuin Univ.) – 1:00:43 (Nationwide Company Half 2022)
Ayumu Kobayashi (NTT Nishi Nihon) – 1:00:44 (Nationwide Company Half 2022)
James Mutuku (Kenya/Yamanashi Gakuin Univ.) – 1:00:46 (Yosenkai Half 2023)
Masashi Nonaka (Toyota) – 1:00:48 (Nationwide Company Half 2022)
Daiki Hattori (Toyota Boshoku) – 1:00:49 (Nationwide Company Half 2024)
Brian Kiptoo (Kenya/Reitaku Univ.) – 1:00:53 (Den Haag 2023)
Rory Linkletter (Canada) – 1:01:02 (Houston 2024)
Suguru Osako (Japan) – 1:01:05 (Nice North Run 2022)
Koki Asai (Juntendo Univ.) – 1:01:09 (Marugame 2024)
Aoi Ito (Komazawa Univ.) – 1:01:16 (Marugame 2024)
Eikichi Kazaoka (JFE Metal) – 1:01:26 (Marugame 2024)
Brett Robinson (Australia) – 1:01:27 (Marugame 2024)
Joseph Muigai (Kenya/Heisei Kokusai Univ.) – 1:01:29 (Marugame 2024)
Takuma Yamakawa (Komazawa Univ.) – 1:01:36 (Marugame 2023)
Kazura Munakata (Daito Bunka Univ.) – 1:01:38 (Ageo 2024)
Dejene Tesfalem (Eritrea/Nansatsu Tokyo) – 1:01:38 (Marugame 2024)
Taiga Tosen (Surugadai Univ.) – 1:01:40 (Marugame 2024)
Koki Yoshioka (Kyudenko) – 1:01:40 (Osaka 2023)
Daichi Shibata (Chuo Univ.) – 1:01:41 (Marugame 2024)
Takashi Ichida (Asahi Kasei) – 1:01:41 (Nationwide Company Half 2022)
Taisei Nakamura (Yakult) – 1:01:41 (Nationwide Company Half 2022)
Andy Buchanan (Australia) – 1:01:42 (Melbourne 2024)
Renato Ogata (Toyo Univ.) – 1:01:42 (Marugame 2024)
Tim Vincent (Australia) – 1:01:43 (Rome Ostia 2022)
Kenji Yamamoto (Mazda) – 1:01:44 (Osaka 2024)
Shuho Dairokuno (Asahi Kasei) – 1:01:45 (Tokyo Legacy Half 2024)
Rei Yonemitsu (Konica Minolta) – 1:01:45 (Marugame 2024)
Yusuke Ogura (Yakult) – 1:01:48 (Ageo 2022)
Rei Matsunaga (JR Higashi Nihon) – 1:01:56 (Ageo 2023)
Shinichiro Nakamura (Kyudenko) – 1:01:57 (Marugame 2024)
Yudai Kiyama (Komazawa Univ.) – 1:01:59 (Ageo 2024)
Haruki Minatoya (NTT Nishi Nihon) – 1:01:59 (Nationwide Company Half 2024)
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