Held in March in the capital of Japan – a ... 38,00 runners, the Tokyo event includes a unique 10.7km race, which accommodates a further 500 participants. The Tokyo Marathon is extremely popular ...

the fastest ever for the race in Japan. His achievement followed his victory in the Olympic marathon held in Tokyo last summer. Kengo Suzuki finished fourth with a time of 2:05:28, the best ...

The Tokyo Marathon ... Japan cheered on their friends near Kanda Station. Among them was a 35-year-old woman from Toyohashi, Aichi Prefecture, who said she wanted to participate in the race ...

Every Olympics has its breakout athletes ... Molly Seidel ran just the third marathon of her life in Tokyo — but she made it count. The 27-year-old took bronze, becoming the first American woman to ...

Relive the chaotic 1904 Olympic marathon in St. Louis, a grueling race that pushed athletes to ... women's figure skating title in 14 years, beating Japan's stars ...

Fewer and fewer cities want to host the Olympics. That should tell the IOC something. Katie Ledecky entered the Tokyo Olympics with outsized expectations and demonstrated how much faster she is ...

The Tokyo Olympic Games are under way ... although some football games and the marathon will take place in the northern city of Sapporo. Japan has had relatively low case numbers, but a new ...

"It's so meaningful," O'Keeffe said after the race. "I was not expecting this performance. I had to pinch myself with eight miles to go." Paris will be Sisson’s second Olympics. She appeared in the ...

Since the advent of the modern-day Olympics in 1896 ... graph below shows the progression of gold medalists' times for the marathon since 1896. Use the zoom controls at the top right to get ...

Of the 100 heat-related illnesses in athletes, 50 occurred in the marathon and race walking events. Only six individuals were transported to a hospital due to heat-related illness, and none required ...

(Mainichi) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Prosecutors on Wednesday dropped their case against former Kenyan marathon runner and two-time Olympic medalist Eric Wainaina, who had been accused of assaulting a ...

Objective To describe the incidence of injuries and illnesses sustained during the Tokyo Summer Olympic Games ... (27%), BMX racing (27%), BMX freestyle (22%), skateboarding (21%), karate (19%) and ...