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Tokyo Marathon


The is an annual marathon sporting event in Tokyo, the capital of Japan. It is an IAAF Gold Label marathon and one of the six World Marathon Majors. The latest edition of the race took place on 3 March 2019. It is sponsored by Tokyo Metro. The first Tokyo Marathon was held on 18 February 2007. However, years prior to 2007, Tokyo Marathon actually consisted of two marathons - the Tokyo International Marathon which took place on even years, and Tokyo - New York Friendship International Marathon which took place on
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2015 Tokyo Marathon


The 2015 Tokyo Marathon () was the ninth edition of the annual marathon race in Tokyo, Japan and was held on Sunday, 22 February. An IAAF Gold Label Road Race, it was the first World Marathon Majors event to be held that year and represented the third occasion that the Tokyo race was part of the elite-level marathon series. The elite race winners were both from Ethiopia – the first such time that athletes from the same nation won the men's and women's division. Endeshaw Negesse was just over
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World Marathon Majors


on a one-off lapped course. These races are the biennial IAAF World Championships Marathon, and the quadrennial Olympic Games Marathon. Each World Marathon Majors series originally spanned two full calendar years; the second year of a series overlapped with the first year of the next. Starting in 2015, each series began with a defined city race and ended with the following race in the same city. So, series IX started in February 2015 at the 2015 Tokyo Marathon and ended there in February 2016 at the 2016 Tokyo Marathon.
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List of final standings of the World Marathon Majors


contested, the marathon at the respective event is also included. Each World Marathon Majors series originally spanned two full calendar years; the second year of a series overlapped with the first year of the next. Starting in 2015, each series began with a defined city race and ended with the following race in the same city. So, series IX started in February 2015 at the 2015 Tokyo Marathon and ended there in February 2016 at the 2016 Tokyo Marathon. Series X started at the 2016 Boston Marathon and finished at the 2017
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Sports in Tokyo


May, and September). Football clubs in Tokyo include FC Tokyo and Tokyo Verdy, both of which play at Ajinomoto Stadium in Chōfu. Tokyo hosted the 1964 Summer Olympics. National Stadium, also known as Olympic Stadium, Tokyo is host to a number of international sporting events. With a number of world-class sports venues, Tokyo often hosts national and international sporting events such as tennis tournaments, swim meets, marathons, American futbol exhibition games, judo, and karate. In 2013, Tokyo was announced as the
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Birhane Dibaba


Birhane Dibaba (born 11 September 1993) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner who competes in road running events. At the 2014 Tokyo Marathon, Birhane Dibaba ran a personal best time of 2:22:30 hours for second place, behind Ethipion teammate Tirfi Tsegaye. At the 2015 Tokyo Marathon, Birhane ran a time of 2:23:15 hours for first place. During the post-race interviews of the 2015 Tokyo Marathon, she gave her responses via a Japanese-to-Ethiopian translator, and her mannerisms displayed her apparent shyness at interviews.
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Tokyo Marathon


the 2015 Tokyo marathon 308,810 people had applied for the full marathon, and 1,014 had applied for the 10km race. This gave a total number of 309,824 applicants and an oversubscription rate of 11.3 for the marathon. For the 2019 event, there were 331,211 applicants. 330,271 of the applications were for the full marathon and 940 were for the 10km race. Apart from the invited athletes, runners registered with JAAF who satisfy the following requirement can register in the Elite field.br In 2014, the requirements were:br Men:
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Davide Caparini


to 2013 he has been vice president of Padania Sport, today Hercules Sports Athletics & Running Team, sports club affiliated with Sport Padania (sports promotion Team recognized by CONI) and with FIDAL. Long-time marathoner, member of the Montecitorio Running Club, Caparini runs today under the insignia of Smarathon Onlus (which raises money for spinal muscular atrophy research). He has raced all the major marathons (New York, Berlin, Chicago, Tokyo, London and, in 2013, the Boston marathon, marred by a bomb
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Chișinău Marathon


The Chișinău Marathon is an annual marathon and sport event hosted by the city of Chișinău, Moldova since 2015. It is held in April. The event includes the following races: The first Chisinau International Marathon was held on April 26, 2015; it became the first Chisinau Marathon race since 1986. It was organized by the public sports organization Sporter.md with the support of the Ministry of Youth and Sports of Moldova and the sponsorship of the oil and gas company - Petrom. The organizer and the sponsor provided in equal parts the
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Tokyo


to be replaced by the New National Stadium. With a number of world-class sports venues, Tokyo often hosts national and international sporting events such as basketball tournaments, women's volleyball tournaments, tennis tournaments, swim meets, marathons, rugby union and sevens rugby games, football, American football exhibition games, judo, and karate. Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium, in Sendagaya, Shibuya, is a large sports complex that includes swimming pools, training rooms, and a large indoor arena. According to Around the Rings, the gymnasium
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Tokyo International Marathon


The Tokyo International Marathon was a marathon for male elite runners held in Tokyo, Japan, from 1980 until 2006. It actually consisted of two marathons - the "Tokyo International Marathon" which took place on even years, and "Tokyo-New York Friendship International Marathon" which took place on odd years. In the inaugural year, 1981, both marathons took place. However, because it was not possible to support two marathons a month apart in the same city, from 1982, the alternating format went into effect.
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Yao Yuanhao


roles. For "Three Exits To Love", he once again needed to learn basic dancing with an instructor. He said that the biggest challenge in his 2014 "Lion Dancing" film was performing the lion dance. Yao enjoys skateboarding, surfing, and extreme sports. He usually joins race marathons, including a 42-km marathon during the 'Tokyo Marathon' in February 2013; he was a sports brand ambassador at that time. He also entered the 2013 Taiwan International Surfing Competition. He was the first Taiwanese artist to compete
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twenty seconds off the course record with 2:06:00 hours while Berhane Dibaba took the women's title in 2:23:15. It was the first major marathon win for both athletes, although Berhane Dibaba had been runner-up in Tokyo the previous year. The reigning Olympic and world champion Stephen Kiprotich was runner-up in the men's race and Dickson Chumba was third, failing to defend his title. The women's podium was rounded out by Helah Kiprop (2014 winner of the Seoul International Marathon) and reigning Olympic champion Tiki Gelana.
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) London Marathon 2017:(5º) Boston Marathon 2011:(5º) New York Marathon 2017:(7º) Tokyo Marathon 2018:(14º) New York Marathon 2006 (10º), 2007 (9º), 2008 (12º), 2009 (8º), 2010 (9º) , 2011 (10º). 2013 (11ª). 2014 y (15º). 2015 (11º). 2016 (12º), 2017 (7º) and 2018 (15º) London Marathon: 2008 (9º), 2009 (8º), 2010 (12º) 2011 (
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2013 Tokyo Marathon


The 2013 Tokyo Marathon () was the seventh edition of the annual marathon race in Tokyo, Japan and was held on Sunday, 24 February. An IAAF Gold Label Road Race, it was the first World Marathon Majors event to be held that year and represented the first occasion that the Tokyo race was part of the elite-level marathon series. The 2013 Tokyo Marathon featured marathon races for runners and wheelchair racers. A 10-kilometre race was also held for the disabled and runners under eighteen years. Dennis Kimetto won the men
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Full Marathon 2:23, Half Marathon 1:01:30, 10K (Road) 28:10br Women: Full Marathon 2:54:00, Half Marathon 1:11:00, 10K (Road) 32:10br Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building - Iidabashi - Nihonbashi (10km Finish) - Asakusa - Koto (Halfway Point) - Nihonbashi - Ginza - Shinagawa - Hibiya Park - Tokyo Station (Full Marathon Finish) Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building - Tokyo Imperial Palace - Hibiya Park (10km Finish) - Shinagawa - Ginza - Nihonbashi - Asakusa - Tsukiji - Tokyo Big Sight (Full
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Deena Kastor


, while running in the Rock 'n' Roll Half-Marathon in Philadelphia. In October 2015, she broke the U.S. Women's Masters marathon record by almost a minute at the 2015 Chicago Marathon, running 2:27:47. Kastor was selected as the top women's marathoner in the world in 2006 by "Track and Field News" magazine. Among the honors Kastor has received from the USATF are: She was inducted into the New York Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 2001, and into the National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame
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Skopje Marathon


Representative for the country, helped spark the revival. The 2013 Skopje Marathon will feature a full marathon, a half marathon and a 5K race, and takes place on 12 May 2013. Skopje Marathon was in the list of Qualifying Marathon Races in 2012 for the Olympic Games in London. It has been a member race of the Association of International Marathons and Distance Races (AIMS) since 2009. The 2015 edition was cancelled due to the 2015 Macedonian protests. The Skopje Marathon became one of the biggest sporting events in
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Rosa Mota


Lisbon Half Marathon 1991 Despite all her success Rosa Mota was suffering from sciatica and asthma as a child, yet, in 1991, she continued winning, this time the London Marathon. Later that year, Mota had to abandon the Tokyo World championships and she finally considered retirement after failing to finish the 1992 London marathon. Mota ran 21 marathon races between 1982 and 1992. She averaged two marathons a year for a decade and won 14 of those races. Considered an Ambassador of Sport, in 1998 she won the Abebe Bikila
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Mara Yamauchi


she finished 18th and won a team bronze medal. In November 2005 she ran another PB, this time in the Tokyo International Women’s marathon (2:27:38). In December 2005 she was selected for GB’s support scheme for elite athletes, the Lottery-funded UK Sport World Class Performance Programme. In January 2006 she took unpaid leave from the FCO to focus on preparing for the 2008 Beijing Olympic marathon, and moved to Tokyo, Japan with her husband. Yamauchi won the bronze medal at the 2006 Commonwealth Games 10,000m
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Yokohama Women's Marathon


The Yokohama Women's Marathon was a marathon held in Yokohama, Japan, and hosted by Japan Association of Athletics Federations, TV Asahi, the Asahi Shimbun. It is one of the major Japanese women's marathon races which is used to decide selection for the Olympics, along with the Nagoya Marathon and Osaka International Ladies Marathon. The competition replaced the Tokyo International Women's Marathon which was held in Tokyo from 1979 until 2008. Following the creation of the annual Tokyo Marathon in 2007, which featured its own annual women's marathon
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Janet Rono


an invitation to the 2014 Tokyo Marathon, where she ended the race in fourth with another best of 2:26:03 hours. Dropping down in distance, she won the BIG 25 Berlin, but managed only fifth at the Olomouc Half Marathon. She returned to the top of the podium at the Ljubljana Marathon in October 2014. She was down the order in ninth at the 2015 Prague Half Marathon and returned to the city for the Prague International Marathon, where despite a fast start she ended up fourth. A month later she had her
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Endeshaw Negesse


Endeshaw Negesse Shumi (born 13 March 1988) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner who competes in the marathon. He won the Tokyo Marathon in 2015 and the Florence Marathon in 2012. His personal best is 2:04:52 hours. He had tested positive for doping (meldonium) in early 2016. Endeshaw had his first international win at the Singelloop Breda in 2011. A half marathon debut followed in February 2012 and he made the top ten of the race in Barcelona. He made his debut over the marathon distance the following month
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Sports Backers


the Member of the Year by the National Association of Sports Commissions in 2006, 2009, 2011 and 2015. Jon Lugbill is the organization's executive director and has been leading the organization since 1993. The Sports Backers training teams provide local residents a way to prepare for local road races. The Sports Backers Marathon, Half Marathon and 8k training teams prepared runners for the three races of the Anthem Richmond Marathon. The Sports Backers added a number of programs in 2012 under the shared moniker of Active RVA, a region-wide
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Rui Kumae


Jisedai Idol Hakkutsu Variety: Ninki-sha ni narou!" as a candidate for Nikkei Telegenic 2015, and was elected Nittelegenic 2015 on 10 September, and on 18 December she released the image DVD "Ryuki's Color Time". In 28 February 2016, she participated in the Tokyo Marathon. On 19 March of the same year, she was elected as the Tokyo Girls Collection Official Running Team Tokyo Girls Run 5th grader, and on 25 March became a regular weather presenter on "Pon!" on Mondasy, and
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Endeshaw Negesse


In the 2014 season, he struggled to recapture that form. He failed to finish at the Xiamen International Marathon, was a distant runner-up to Gilbert Yegon at the Düsseldorf Marathon in a time of 2:08:32, and was yet slower at the Shanghai Marathon, coming fourth. He took a high profile win at the 2015 Tokyo Marathon, beating the reigning Olympic and world champion Stephen Kiprotich among others, and recorded the second-fastest time of his career at 2:06:00 hours. He was selected for the Ethiopian squad for the
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2014 Tokyo Marathon


The 2014 Tokyo Marathon () was the eighth edition of the annual marathon race in Tokyo, Japan and was held on Sunday, 23 February. An IAAF Gold Label Road Race, it was the first World Marathon Majors event to be held that year and represented the second occasion that the Tokyo race was part of the elite-level marathon series. Both elite race winners set new course records: Dickson Chumba ran a men's record of 2:05:42 and Tirfi Tsegaye's run of 2:22:23 was a women's record. Following on
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Stephen Kiprotich


Tokyo Marathon with a time of 2:07:50. Kiprotich was inspired in part by John Akii-Bua, the only previous Ugandan Olympic gold medalist, who won the 400 metres hurdles in the 1972 Olympics in Munich, Germany, setting a new world record in the process. He then went on to win the London 2012 Olympic Marathon, ahead of Kenyan runners Abel Kirui and Wilson Kipsang Kiprotich who finished second and third respectively. In 2012, Kiprotich won the Nile Special-Uspa Sports Personality of the Year award, the Ugandan sports
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Saitama International Marathon


The Saitama International Marathon is a women's marathon held in Saitama, Japan, and hosted by Japan Association of Athletics Federations, Saitama Prefecture, Saitama City, Nippon Television Network and the Yomiuri Shimbun. The event is an IAAF Silver Label Road Race. The competition took the place of the Yokohama Women's Marathon which was held in Yokohama from 2009 until 2014 and itself a successor event to the Tokyo International Women's Marathon, which was held in Tokyo from 1979 until 2008. Following the creation of the annual Tokyo Marathon in
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128th IOC Session


cities, Lausanne, Switzerland, and Brașov, Romania, were shortlisted in early December. Participants of session have considered the sports to be added to the Tokyo 2020 program. A new shortlist of eight sports were unveiled on June 22, 2015. These sports include baseball/softball, bowling, karate, roller sports, sport climbing, squash, surfing, and wushu. The federations of the eight sports made their presentations in Tokyo on August 7–8, 2015. In September 2015, organisers will recommend one or more of the
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Felix Limo


the 2011 Tokyo Marathon, finishing in a time of 2:10:50. He decided to retire from the sport at the start of 2013. Back problems had reduced his capacity to train and he felt the very top level was now beyond him: "I feel confident I could still run marathons in 2:09 or 2:10 [but] those times are not going to get me into the top three of the best marathons these days". He paid tribute to his coach, Patrick Sang, and said that he hoped to spend more time
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Sport in Kenya


New York, London, Berlin, Chicago and Tokyo. Ibrahim Hussein won the first of his three Boston Marathon victories in 1988, less than a year after winning the New York City Marathon. Hussein would have back-to-back victories at Boston in 1991–92. Kenyan men broke the tape at the Boston Marathon 20 times since 1988, including 10 times in a row from 1991 to 2000. Kenyan women have 10 victories at Boston, four of them by one woman. The notable winners: Hussein's win in the
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Edna Kiplagat


(11th place). She finished 5th place at the 2015 IAAF World Championships in Beijing with a time of 2:28:15 hours. 2016 saw Kiplagat return to the Top 3 of major races with significantly faster finishing times than just one year prior. She finished in 2:22:36 hours for 3rd place at the 2016 Tokyo Marathon, and in 2:23:28 hours for 2nd place at the 2016 Chicago Marathon. At age 37, Kiplagat won the 2017 Boston Marathon in a time of 2:21:52 hours. This victory was her debut Boston Marathon after over a
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Minsk Half Marathon


Minsk Half Marathon is an annual road running event over the half marathon distance which is held in September on the streets of Minsk, Belarus. The competition comprises three main parts: a 21.0975 km half marathon race, a 10,55 km race, and a 5,5 km race. Awards ceremony is organized near the Minsk Sports Palace main entrance. In 2015 the running event was organized with financial support from Volkswagen Polo. It was called 'Minsk Polo Marathon'. In 2015 the number of participants reached 16 099 people from 36 countries
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Masakazu Fujiwara


Masakazu Fujiwara (born 6 March 1981 in Ōkawachi, Hyōgo), in Japanese 藤原正和, is Japanese long-distance runner, who specializes in the marathon. He has a personal best of 2:08:12 hours for the event. He was the 2013 Japanese champion in the marathon and won the 2010 Tokyo Marathon. He trains at Honda Sports team. He graduated from Chuo University, where he competed in track and field. He ran an Asian junior record of 28:17.38 minutes for the 10,000 metres. He participated four times in the Hakone
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Tokyo International Women's Marathon


The Tokyo International Women's Marathon was a marathon for female elite runners held in Tokyo from 1979 until 2008 in November. It was first held in November 1979, and this race was the first women's marathon officially sanctioned by the International Amateur Athletic Federation (IAAF). After Adriaan Paulen, the IAAF president, watched this event, he announced his support for the women's Marathon to be included in the Olympic Games. After the 30th edition the organisers (Japan Association of Athletics Federations (JAAF), Asahi Shimbun and
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Timeline of women's sports


in South Australia's premier men's competition. 2015 – Afghanistan held its first marathon; among those who ran the entire marathon was one woman, Zainab, age 25, who thus became the first Afghan woman to run in a marathon within her own country. 2015 – Michelle Payne, from Australia, became the first female jockey to win the Melbourne Cup. 2015 – Michelle Rowe, from the United Kingdom, became the first woman to walk the length of Malawi. 2015 - The Raleigh Flyers of the American Ultimate Disc
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from the Tokyo Marathon's induction into the World Marathon Majors circuit, high calibre and international fields were invited for the men's and women's elite races. In the men's race, invitees included Tadese Tola (2013 world medallist), Abel Kirui (a two-time world champion), Peter Some (2013 Paris Marathon winner), Dickson Chumba (2013 Eindhoven Marathon winner), and former Tokyo champion Michael Kipyego. In total, seven of the invited men's field had personal bests faster than two hours and
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2019 Tokyo Marathon


The 2019 Tokyo Marathon () was the thirteenth edition of the annual marathon race in Tokyo and was held on Sunday, 3 March. An IAAF Gold Label Road Race, it was the first World Marathon Majors event to be held that year. The men's race was won by Birhanu Legese in 2:04:48 hours (the second fastest time recorded in Japan) while the women's race was won by Ruti Aga in 2:20:40. The marathon race garned a total of 37,604 starters. Male entrants outnumbered women by more than 3 to
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Sport in Kenya


the latter in a world-record time of 2:03:38. The newest of the World Marathon Majors, the first Tokyo Marathon was held in 2007. Daniel Njenga won the inaugural race in 2:09:45. Kenyan runners have won the race four times, including the 2013 champion Dennis Kimetto, who set a course record (2:06:50). Samuel Wanjiru became the first Kenyan to become an Olympic champion in the marathon when he ran an Olympic Games record 2:06:32 to win the gold medal in Beijing in 2008. Lately, there has been controversy
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Dickson Chumba


of the race. Although he struggled in the final two kilometres he won by a margin of half a minute and set a new course record (and personal best) of 2:05:46. He started the 2013 Xiamen race quickly, but dropped out after an ill-timed surge to the front. He placed seventh at the 2013 Boston Marathon and then came eighth at the Amsterdam Marathon in October. He won the 2014 Tokyo Marathon in 2:05:42, improving the course record by more than a minute. In October 2015 he won the
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Jörg Peter


Jörg Peter (born 23 October 1955 in Dresden) is a former German long-distance runner. He held the German record over the marathon distance from 1988 till 2015. Peter won bronze at the 3000 m run at the 1978 European Indoor Championships. In 1980 he competed for the DDR at the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow in the men's 10,000-meter run and finished in 6th place. In February 1988, he won the Tokyo International Men's Marathon with a 2:08:47, which remained the German Record until October 25, 2015
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Marathon High School (Texas)


Marathon High School is a public high school located in Marathon, Texas (USA). It is part of the Marathon Independent School District located in northeastern Brewster County and classified as a 1A school by the UIL. Typically due to its isolation, Marathon generally has the lowest high school enrollment in the state. Marathon High School serves grades 7-12. In 2015, the school was rated "Met Standard" by the Texas Education Agency. The Marathon Mustangs compete in the following sports - (Both teams were undefeated)
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Anastasia Ndereba


competed in the Torino Half Marathon, in Torino, Italy in September 23, 2001. She won this race with a time of 1:12:36. In April 2002, Anastasia made her debut in the Turin Marathon in Turin, Italy. She won this race after placing a time of 2:29:27. Four months later, she won the Lille Métropole half marathon in Lille, France. She did this in 1:11:45. A month later, in 22 Sep 2002, she won the Turin Half marathon with a time of 1:12:09, improving her
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Long-distance running


the elite level. The marathon is the only road running event featured at the IAAF World Championships in Athletics and the Summer Olympics, although there is also the IAAF World Half Marathon Championships held every two years. The marathon is also the only road running event featured at the IPC Athletics World Championships and the Summer Paralympics. The World Marathon Majors series includes the six most prestigious marathon competitions at the elite level – the Berlin, Boston, Chicago, London, Tokyo, and New York City marathons. The Tokyo Marathon was most
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Tokyo Marathon


first Japanese male winner at the fourth edition. The 2011 Tokyo Marathon was held on Sunday, 27 February 2011. It was the first Tokyo Marathon in which the weather was not rainy. In February 2014, Dickson Chumba won in a record time of 2:05:42. This was only the second time a runner ran below 2h06 in Japan, after Tsegaye Kebede in Fukuoka Marathon (December 6, 2009). His runner-up, Tadese Tola did also run below 2:06, in a time of 2:05:57. When registrations closed for
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2018 Tokyo Marathon


The 2018 Tokyo Marathon () was the twelfth edition of the annual marathon race in Tokyo and was held on Sunday, 25 February. An IAAF Gold Label Road Race, it was the first World Marathon Majors event to be held that year. The men's race was won by Dickson Chumba in 2:05:30 hours while the women's race was won by Birhane Dibaba in 2:19:51. The men's runner-up Yuta Shitara set a Japanese national record time of 2:06:11 hours. This was also an Asian record. The host nation
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Rock 'n' Roll Arizona Marathon


The Rock 'n' Roll Arizona Marathon is a marathon and half-marathon race, held annually in Arizona on the Sunday before Martin Luther King, Jr. Day and linking three cities of the Phoenix Metropolitan Area: (Phoenix, Scottsdale and Tempe). Like the original Rock 'n' Roll Marathon in San Diego, it is organized by the IRONMAN Group, part of Wanda Sports Holdings. It was sponsored until 2015 by P. F. Chang's China Bistro. The marathon race can be used to obtain a qualifying time
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Colombo Marathon


event is also supported by the Ministry of Tourism, the Ministry of Youth Affairs, the Ministry of Education, and the Ministry of Sport, along with Sri Lankan Airlines and the Sri Lanka Police Service. Technical assistance is provided by the Athletic Association of Sri Lanka. Some of the key objectives of the marathon are to promote recreational activities in Sri Lanka and to promote Sri Lanka as safe and ideal place for tourism and sports. The 2015 edition of the marathon hosted around 7,000 runners from more than 30 countries, who participated
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Mary Wittenberg


press conference was cited as an example of her "class and compassion". While CEO of NYRR, Wittenberg spearheaded innovative programs to increase running's popularity as a spectator sport. The NYRR has partnered with five other major marathons (London, Boston, Berlin, Chicago and Tokyo) to create the World Marathon Majors Series. Runners compete in these races to earn a cumulative standing, similar to NASCAR's Sprint Cup. NYRR also provides financial support for the USA Distance Project, which is composed of training groups throughout the country
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Tatyana Aryasova


10,000 metres at the 2008 Olympic Games. She also came 43rd at the 2008 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships that season. She took part in the 2010 Bogota Half Marathon and finished in third place behind Shewarge Amare and Dire Tune. She ran a personal best and course record at the Dublin Marathon in October, finishing the course in a time of 2:26.13. Aryasova won her third marathon in February 2011, taking the prestigious women's title at the Tokyo Marathon. In January, 2012 Aryasova was stripped of her Tokyo Marathon win
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O. P. Jaisha


Jaisha Orchatteri Puthiya Veetil () (born ), commonly known as O. P. Jaisha, is an Indian track and field athlete from Kerala. She is the current national record holder in the marathon, a distinction she achieved by clocking 2:34:43 at the 2015 World Championships in Beijing. In the process she bettered her own mark of 2:37:29, set at the 2015 Mumbai Marathon. She is also a former national record holder in the 3000 metres steeplechase. She is currently being supported by JSW Sport under the Sport Excellence Programme. An
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Yuki Kawauchi


World Championships in Athletics and the IAAF World Half Marathon Championships. He has two younger brothers, Yoshiki and Koki Kawauchi, who are also marathon runners. Born in Setagaya, Tokyo, Kawauchi began running from a young age: first he practiced with his mother and later with the track teams at high school. While he was there, the combination of an injury and the premature death of his father limited his running. Nevertheless, he continued to enjoy the sport at a lower level while studying at Gakushuin University. After graduation
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Andrew Lemoncello


completed his debut marathon in 2010, finishing eighth in the London Marathon. Born on 12 October 1982 in Tokyo, Japan, to an American father and Scottish mother, Lemoncello grew up in Ceres, Scotland, where he attended Madras College. While at Madras College, he broke all distance running records and still held them in 2007. After school he attended Stirling University and continued his progress at the on-campus Scottish Institute of Sport. Throughout this time he was an active runner for the Fife Athletics Club. While at
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Grete Waitz


the San Diego Half Marathon on 26 Aug in 1:15:04. Her winning time there was a world best. During 1978 the world record in the women's marathon was 2:34:47.5 set on 10 Sep, 1977 by Christa Vahlensieck at the Berlin marathon. The world record was broken on 3 Feb, 1980 by Joan Benoit with 2:31:23 in Auckland. In 1981, the 1978 NYC course was remeasured and found 151 meters short. She further improved her NYC times with her following win in 1979 and 1980. According to the Association of Road
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Pedro Wilfrido Garay Penayo


Senior men's race of 12 km. In January 2015, Garay obtained fifth position in the 2015 Cross Country National Championships running 12k in 44.36.44. In May 2015, Garay finished in first position of an international competition, Media Marathon disputed in Asunción, fulfilling 5 km in 16min 26 sec in front of the Argentine Pablo Arguello who fulfilled 16m.27s. The competition was supported by the Embassy of South Korea, The National Secretary of Sport, the Paraguay Marathon Club and the Olympic Committee of Paraguay. In August 2015, Garay was
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Noriko Higuchi


Sendai Half Marathon. She was chosen to represent Japan at the 2010 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships and placed 29th, behind her compatriots Yoshimi Ozaki, Ryoko Kizaki and Hiroko Miyauchi, who won team bronze. She made her marathon debut at the 2011 Osaka Women's Marathon, but failed to finish the distance. She gave a better performance at the Tokyo Marathon a month later, finishing in a time of 2:28:49 hours behind Russian Tatyana Aryasova. The Russian was subsequently disqualified for doping, making Higuchi the Tokyo champion. A runner
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Mizuho Nasukawa


A career breakthrough came at the 2009 Tokyo Marathon, which she won in a lifetime best of 2:25:38 hours. She stuck to the longer distance, but managed only seventh at the Hokkaido Marathon (2:34:17). An improved performance came at the 2009 Chicago Marathon, where her finish in 2:29:22 hours brought her fifth place. Continuing mixed fortunes, Nasukawa was out of the top twenty in her attempted defence at the Tokyo Marathon, but took third at that year's Hokkaido Marathon. She was scheduled to run the Nagoya Women's
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Rafael Botello Jiménez


Medio Maratón de Cali (COL) 2008 y 2009. 2 times first del Maraton de Valencia 2007 y 2010. 2 times first Gran Canaria Maratón 2014 y 2015. First in the Dubai Marathon, Arabian Emirates Unites – 2017. First Grandmas Marathon en Duluth, Minnesota (EEUU) 2007. First Carlsbad 5000, San Diego (EEUU) 2013. First Corsa Internazionale Su Estrada (ITA) 2014. First GP Rezept-Sport Wheelchair Racing en Sochi, (Rusia) 2015. First Paris Marathon (FRA) 2016.
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Lee Bong-ju


Lee Bong-Ju (; born October 11, 1970 in Cheonan, Chungcheongnam-do, South Korea) is a South Korean marathoner. He competed for South Korea in the 1996 Summer Olympics held in Atlanta, United States in the Marathon where he won the silver medal. He set the current South Korean men's national marathon record at 2:07:20 in Tokyo on February 13, 2000, and half marathon at 1:01:04 in Tokyo on January 26, 1992. He finished 41 marathons during his 19 years career with twice national records.
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Sally Eastall


Sally Rose Eastall (born 5 January 1963) is an English former long-distance runner. She competed in the marathon at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics and at the 1991 World Championships in Tokyo. She ran her best time for the marathon of 2:29:29 when winning the 1991 California International Marathon. Born in Stowmarket, Suffolk, Eastall finished 11th at the 1991 World Championships in Tokyo. Three months later she ran her best-ever marathon time of 2:29:29 when winning the California International Marathon on 8 December 1991, to become only the
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Thiruvananthapuram


Nair Stadium and University Stadium. The city has facilities to host most type of sports. Thiruvananthapuram was one of the main venues for the 2015 National Games of India. Athletic competitions are usually held at the University Stadium, Chandrasekharan Nair Stadium and Central Stadium. The Trivandrum Marathon is a marathon organised by the Trivandrum runners club every year. There will be two main races; a half marathon of 21 km and a full marathon of 42.19 km. A special 2 km fun run is also organised for public participation. Trivand Run
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Uganda Marathon


the end of the 2018 event, over 9,000 people have competed in the race since its inception - with a further over 325 experiencing the full week as well. In 2016, The Uganda Marathon became the largest sports fundraising event in Uganda after raising 600 million Ugandan Shillings ($168,000). It also was voted the "Best International Event" in the 2016 Running Awards, and named one of the '9 Best Marathons in the World' by Red Bull. The inaugural 2015 Uganda Marathon had a little over 1,000 entrants
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Fukuoka Marathon


instated was the permanent host city for the marathon race and Japanese runner Kurao Hiroshima became the first two-time winner that year. Water stations for runners were introduced along the course for the first time in 1961. The last race to be held outside of Fukuoka came in 1963, when a special pre-Olympic edition was held in Tokyo as a way of testing the marathon course for the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. Recognising the Fukuoka Marathon's increasingly international nature, the event was renamed in 1966 to the . A year later
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List of career achievements by Caroline Wozniacki


. On 2 November 2014, Wozniacki made her marathon debut, completing the New York City Marathon in a time of 3:26:33. This time was good enough to qualify for the 2016 Boston Marathon but Wozniacki said she will not run another marathon for a few years. Wozniacki appeared in the 2015 "Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue", following other number one-ranked singles tennis stars: Steffi Graf (1997), Serena Williams (2004), Venus Williams (2005), Maria Sharapova (2006), Ana Ivanovic (2010
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Para Taekwondo


. During the IPC Governing Board meeting in Berlin, Germany in October 2014, the WT presented their bid to have Para Taekwondo in the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics Games. Following the meeting some sports were confirmed for the 2020 Tokyo Paralympic Games program. Para Taekwondo was not among the sports confirmed at this time. The IPC held a Governing Board meeting in Abu Dhabi, in January 2015. This was when the final decision on the sport program for the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics was made. The WT received historical news that Para Taekwondo should
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International Surfing Association


to surfers in need. The organizing committee for the 2020 Games in Tokyo announced on 22 June 2015 that surfing was among the sports shortlisted for inclusion at the 2020 Summer Olympics. On August 3, 2016, during the 129th IOC Session at the Rio de Janeiro 2016 Olympic Games, the IOC unanimously voted to include five new sports, among them surfing, to the sports program of the Tokyo 2020 Games. Surfing was included in the Tokyo 2020 Games on a one-off basis, and the ISA now has shifted their
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Vanderlei de Lima


scoring a bronze at the 1993 South American Cross Country Championships before going on to win the competition in 1995. He won his first marathon in 1996, taking the Tokyo International Marathon title. He attended his first Summer Olympics that same year, running in the marathon at the 1996 Atlanta Games and finishing in 47th place. His first world appearance followed a year later at the 1997 World Championships in Athletics and he improved to finish in 23rd place overall. He set a personal best of 2:08:31 at the 1998 Tokyo Marathon, finishing
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Ahn Seul-ki


she was runner-up in the event at the Korean National Sports Festival. In the 2014 season she set a half marathon best of 77:13 minutes to finish runner-up in Incheon. She ran two marathons within the space of a week in November, placing sixth at the National Games then winning her first major race, with 2:37:47 hours to top the podium at the JoongAng Seoul Marathon. A best of 2:36:14 hours came at the 2015 Seoul International Marathon, though she was eleventh overall in the higher calibre field. She
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Sunakali


(TNFF), 28 March Award: Audience Choice Award, with received USD 1,000 5-Pakistan International Mountain Film Festival (PIMFF), 13–14 June 2015 Award: 'Best Documentary Award' 6-Cinerockom International Film Festival, USA, 1-6 Sep, 2015 Award: 'Best Documentary diamond award' 7-Berg Film Festival Tegernsee-Germany-21 Oct-25 Oct, 2015 First Prize(€1,000) in the category of ‘Mountain Life' 8- 33rd "Sport Movies & TV - Milano International FICTS Fest", Italy-2015 GUIRLANDE D’HONNEUR, in the category of “
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Nanae Takahashi


of "Tokyo Sports". On May 12, 2015, Takahashi, in an interview with "Tokyo Sports", announced she was leaving Stardom and continuing her career as a freelancer. On June 12, 2015, Takahashi announced she was going to start promoting her own professional wrestling events with her new production company, "". On July 17, Takahashi returned to the United States, making her debut for Ring of Honor (ROH) in Las Vegas, Nevada by defeating ODB. Seadlinnng held its first show on
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2018 California International Marathon


the marathon (2:45:00). The Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics United States at the 2020 Summer Olympics Trials take place Feb. 29, 2020 in Atlanta, Georgia where 2020 United States Olympic Trials (track and field) will host a marathon specific championship. 53 men ran faster than the US Olympic Team Trials standard for the marathon (2:19:00). The Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics United States at the 2020 Summer Olympics Trials take place Feb. 29, 2020 in Atlanta, Georgia where 2020 United States Olympic Trials (track and field) will
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Sport in Berlin


Cup in 2015 and the IHF Super Globe in 2015 and 2016. Karl Schelenz, "father" of Handball was born in Berlin in 1890. The main volleyball club in the city is Berlin Recycling Volleys. The team won seven titles in Deutsche Bundesliga. The Berlin Marathon is one of the largest and most popular road races in the world. In 2008 alone the race had 40,827 enrolled starters from 107 countries, 35,913 official finishers and more than one million spectators. Along with five other races, it forms the World Marathon
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Sport in Afghanistan


Federation (ARF) was formed in 2011, and is registered with the National Olympic Committee and approved by the Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan. Afghanistan also became a member of the Federation of International Bandy in 2012. In 2015 Afghanistan held its first marathon; among those who ran the entire marathon was one woman, Zainab, age 25, who thus became the first Afghan woman to run in a marathon within her own country. There are small sized football stadiums in most major cities of Afghanistan, which were built
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List of final standings of the World Marathon Majors


This page lists the final standings of the World Marathon Majors (and current standings of latest series), which was founded in 2006 and is made up of six annual races: the Boston Marathon, London Marathon, Berlin Marathon, Chicago Marathon, New York City Marathon and Tokyo Marathon (which was added to the World Marathon Majors in 2013). The New York City Marathon was cancelled in 2012, and consequently is not included for the 2011–12 or 2012–13 seasons. In years where the World Athletics Championships or Olympic Games are
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2019 Tokyo Marathon


. It was a cold and wet edition of the race, with temperatures holding steady around 5 to 6 degrees celsius. This resulted in several high profile mid-race dropouts, including Japan's national record hodler Suguru Osako and elite Africans El Hassan El-Abbassi and Gideon Kipketer. For the Japanese elite runners, the marathon formed part of qualification into the Japanese team for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Kensuke Horio was the top male national finisher and, along with Masato Imai and Takuya Fujikawa, gained a place for the Marathon
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Abebe Bikila


Abebe Bikila (; August 7, 1932 – October 25, 1973) was an Ethiopian marathon runner who was a back-to-back Olympic marathon champion. He won the first gold medal at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome while running barefoot and the second gold medal at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. He is the first sub-Saharan African Olympic gold medallist. At Tokyo in 1964, Abebe became the first athlete to successfully defend an Olympic marathon title. He was a member of the Ethiopian Imperial Guard, an elite infantry
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Marathon


the World Marathon Majors series, awarding $500,000 annually to the best overall male and female performers in the series. In 2006, the editors of Runner's World selected a "World's Top 10 Marathons", in which the Amsterdam, Honolulu, Paris, Rotterdam, and Stockholm marathons were featured along with the five original World Marathon Majors events (excluding Tokyo). Other notable large marathons include United States Marine Corps Marathon, Los Angeles, and Rome. The Boston Marathon is the world's oldest annual marathon, inspired
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Ekiden


elite ekiden relay and half-marathon, so named to raise awareness of the plight of Guam's territorial bird, the Guam rail or ko'ko'. Brussels Ekiden: (for sponsorship reasons named "Acerta Brussels Ekiden" and later "Adecco Brussels Ekiden") has been taking place in the Belgian capital since 2004. Over 1,400 teams and 8,000 runners participated in 2017 Next edition: Sep. 29th, 2018. Rotorua Ekiden: 42.2 km course basically following the Rotorua Marathon course around Lake Rotorua. Currently on its 12th Edition on
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Kheta Ram


Kheta Ram aka Khetha Ram / KhetaRam (born 20 Sep 1986) is an Indian athlete and two time Asian Championships finalist who represented India at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the marathon event. He finished 26th in the men's marathon at the Rio Olympics. He is also in the Indian Army. Ram enrolled for the Indian Army through the general quota to earn a steady income and is posted at Samba, Jammu. He has been representing India in various events, including the World Military Games. With an impressive array of
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Sport in Eritrea


Tewelde. Teklehaymanot and fellow Eritrean Merhawi Kudus became the first black African riders to compete in the Tour de France when they were selected by the team for the 2015 edition of the race. Ghirmay Ghebreslassie became the first Eritrean to win a gold medal at the World Championships in Athletics when he took the marathon at the 2015 World Championships. One of Eritrea's most notable sportsmen is Zersenay Tadese, a multiple winner of the IAAF World Half Marathon Championships, who also became the first Eritrean gold medallist at the IAAF World Cross Country
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Spetses mini Marathon


the biggest High Sea swimming competition in Europe for a second consecutive. More than 500 children participated in the 1 km. footrace, while 40 children at the age of 8-12, finished the swimming competition. For the second year there was a separate classification for athletes that opted for a Run+Swim combination of sports. 2015: 7,000 athletes from 27 different countries, visited Spetses to participate in the 5th Spetses mini Marathon. The event (9–11 October 2015) consisted of: 3 Running races (5 km, 10 km
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Ben Kimondiu


's 2001 win made him the first ever pacesetter to finish first at the Chicago Marathon. After the marathon, race director Carey Pinkowski said Kimondiu would be permitted to keep all of the money he won at Chicago as a pacesetter. In subsequent marathons, Kimondiu was twenty-sixth at the 2002 Boston Marathon, eleventh at the 2002 Chicago Marathon and thirteen at the 2003 Chicago Marathon. Kimondiu's only other top eighth performance in major marathons was a third place finish at the 2004 Tokyo International Marathon. In later marathons, Kimondiu
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Ana Marcela Cunha


fifth place, 4 seconds of the race winner. At the 2015 FINA World Championships in Kazan, Cunha won a bronze medal in the 10 km marathon. Two days later, she won the silver medal in the Mixed 5km Team Event. On 1 August, she became two-time World Champion of the 25 km marathon. At 23, Ana Marcela Cunha became the Brazilian woman with more medals won at the World Championships of Olympic sports. Returning to the Olympic open water marathon in 2016, Cunha was deemed the
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Liliya Shobukhova


. Pending any appeal, she is stripped of her 2009, 2010 and 2011 Chicago Marathon victories, as well as her 2010 London Marathon win, and may be required to pay back prize money and appearance fees earned from racing. Paula Radcliffe, the women's marathon world record holder, commented that Shobukhova was "finally exposed as a drug cheat. Fraud on so many levels, so much money effectively stolen in appearance fees, winnings and endorsements." In August 2015 the IAAF announced that she had been banned from sports
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Sara Mae Berman


official by the Boston Athletic Association. Her personal best marathon time was 3:00:35 in 1971 at Brockton-and-Avon, Massachusetts. She retired from running in 2000. Outside of marathon running, Berman participates in ski-orienteering and cross-country skiing. Berman and her husband founded the Cambridge Sports Union in 1962 and were publishers of Orienteering North America magazine from 1985 to 1999. In 2013, Berman was selected alongside Bobbi Gibb as the 2013 Boston Marathon's Grand Marshals. In 2015, Berman was inducted into the Road
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2013 Tokyo Marathon


The non-competitive race between athletes, organisers and registered marathon entrants began with warm-up radio exercises and took place in Shiokaze Park and Odaiba Seaside Park. The 2013 Tokyo Marathon EXPO was also hosted that day. Organisational changes improved the charity fun running aspect of the race: 3000 entries were reserved for charity runners, tax relief was given to charitable donations, and role of sponsors and corporations in raising funds was expanded. An estimated 1.7 million people were spectators to the city race. Building on the race's inclusion
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Salim Kipsang


Championships in Paris without finishing the race. Among his first successes on the road was a win at the Grand Prix von Bern 10-miler in 2002. He won the Paris Marathon in 2005 with a time of 2:08:02. Kipsang was the 2006 winner of the 20 van Alphen race. He finished third at the 2007 Berlin Marathon, setting a personal best of 2:07:29 hours, and won the 2009 Tokyo Marathon. He returned to Tokyo in both 2010 and 2011 but managed only ninth and eighth place, respectively. He returned to the
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Beatrice Omwanza


the Turin Marathon. She was again selected to compete for Kenya in the marathon at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics and ended the race in 29th place. A sixth-place finish at the Tokyo Marathon brought her year to a close. She ran two marathons in 2006, taking third place on the podium at both the Nairobi and Madrid Marathon. A season's best in the half marathon came at the Berlin race, where her time of 1:11.35 was enough for fourth. She was third at the Marrakech Marathon and second
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Air Force Network Integration Center


1994 – 30 Jun 1996; 1 Apr 1997 – 30 Apr 1998; 1 Oct 2000 – 31 Mar 2002; 30 Apr 2002 – 30 Sep 2003; 1 Oct 2003 – 30 Sep 2004; 10 May 2005 – 30 Sep 2006; 1 Oct 2006 – 30 Sep 2008; 1 Jul 2011 – 30 Jun 2013; 1 Oct 2013 – 30 Sep 2015; 1 Jan 2016 – 31 Dec 2017. https://www.afhra.af.mil/About-Us/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/432147/air-force-network-integration-
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Project Awakening


Project Awakening is an upcoming fantasy video game by Cygames initially announced for PlayStation 4 in Sep 2018. Development of Project Awakening as a 'high-end console game' was announced at Cygames Next event (Tokyo) in Nov 2016, under development at Cygames Osaka studio. A short gameplay video was shown in a closed session at 2018's E3 expo. The game was described as showing some influences from games such as Monster Hunter and Dragon's Dogma. The game was officially announced as an action fantasy RPG in Sep 2018
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Tokyo International Players


Amadeus" by Peter Shaffer, directed by Martin McGee Sep 1991: "Good Evening" by Dudley Moore and Peter Cook, directed by Ian de Stains (Curtain Raiser) Oct 1991: "Noises Off" by Michael Frayn, directed by Ivan Woodhouse Feb 1992: "Uncle Vanya" by Anton Chekhov, directed by Boomie Pedersen Mar 1992: "Bit by Bit", compiled & directed by Susan Oliver (musical review) Apr 1992: "Steel Magnolias" by Robert Harling, directed by Shelli Place Sep 1992:
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Tokyo International Players


by Virginia Kouyoumdjian Sep 1998: "Love Off the Shelf" by Roger Hall, directed by Colin McCulloch Nov 1998: "Lettice and Lovage" by Peter Shaffer, directed by Jennie Preece Feb 1999: "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" by Dale Wasserman, directed by Malcolm Duff Apr 1999: "Twelfth Night" by William Shakespeare, directed by Robert Otey (reading) May 1999: "Whodunnit" by Anthony Shaffer, directed by Janet Thompson Sep 1999: "The Odd Couple" by Neil Simon,
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The iDol (2006 film)


"The Grudge". Shooting took place over 10 days in August 2005, filming around Shimokitazawa, Shibuya, Shiba Park, Tamagawa River and at the Tokyo Film Centre School of Arts. "The iDol" first premiered at the Fantasia Festival in Montreal on July 16, 2006. Other festival screenings have included The Festival of Fantastic Films (Manchester, England - Sep 2006), Lyon Asian Film Festival (Lyon, France - Sep 2006), Nipponbashi International Film Festival (Osaka, Japan - Nov 2006), Kansai
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Association of Summer Olympic International Federations


In 2015, the Organising Committee for the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 had proposed five new sports in response to the new flexibility provided by Olympic Agenda 2020, the IOC’s strategic roadmap for the future of the Olympic Movement. Olympic Agenda 2020 gives host cities the option of suggesting new sports and events for inclusion in their edition of the Games. Karate, skateboarding, sports climbing, surfing and baseball/softball will be added to the Olympic Programme in Tokyo 2020. ASOIF has amended its statutes to enable IFs “governing sports included
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Sajin Vass Gunawardena


This ban was in view of pending corruption investigations. In Jul 2015, Sajin was denied a nomination by the UFPA for parliament election in Aug 2015. On 11 May 2015, Sajin was arrested by FCID (Financial CID) of Sri Lanka and sent to remand till 20 May 2015. Sajin was charged with misuse of 20 vehicles belonging to the President’s Secretariat. Sajin's bail plea was rejected and remand was extended several times between May and Sep 2015. He was finally granted bail on 23 Sep 15 on a surety
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Pak Chol


Pak Chol (, ; born 8 November 1990) is a North Korean long-distance runner. He represents the Sajabong Sports Team. Pak won the Pyongyang Marathon on 13 April 2014 with a personal best of 2:12:26. The winning time was an improvement of more than a minute from his previous personal best which earned him the fifth place in the same race in 2013. In 2015, he came second in the 15th Asian Marathon Championship in Hong Kong with a season's best of 2:16:09. He took part in the marathon
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Kim Hye-gyong


coming second at the 2012 full marathon in Pyongyang, too. These results earned North Korea a berth to the 2012 London Olympics. However, Kim was not among those who raced there. Kim's standing of 8th at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics brought her fame in her just second ever race abroad. Kim then took a surprise victory over many East African favorites at the 2015 Hong Kong Marathon serving as that year's Asian Marathon Championship, taking home a $65,000 prize. Sports journalist Pat Butcher considered the victory an
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Boston Marathon bombing


to New York City to bomb Times Square. On April 8, 2015, he was convicted of 30 charges, including use of a weapon of mass destruction and malicious destruction of property resulting in death. Two months later, he was sentenced to death. The 117th annual Boston Marathon was run on Patriots' Day, April 15, 2013. At , two bombs detonated about apart at the finish line on Boylston Street near Copley Square. The first exploded outside Marathon Sports at 671–673 Boylston Street at 2:49:43 p.m. At the time
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Chicago Marathon


The Chicago Marathon is a marathon held every October in Chicago, Illinois. Alongside the Boston, New York, London, Berlin, and Tokyo Marathons, it is one of the six World Marathon Majors. Thus, it is also an IAAF Gold Label race. The Chicago Marathon is the fourth-largest race by number of finishers worldwide. The first race was held on September 25, 1977 under the original name the Mayor Daley Marathon, which drew a field of 4,200 runners. The race has been held every year since
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