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Mao Ichiyama wins the Osaka Women s Marathon in Osaka on Sunday. | KYODO
Kyodo Jan 31, 2021
Osaka – Japan Olympic team member Mao Ichiyama won the Osaka Women’s Marathon in a record 2 hours, 21 minutes and 11 seconds on Sunday, finishing ahead of fellow Tokyo Olympian Honami Maeda.
Organizers moved this year’s race off public streets due to the coronavirus pandemic, rerouting it to 14-plus laps of a 2.8-kilometer circuit around Osaka’s Nagai Park, finishing inside Yanmar Stadium Nagai.
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