Ome marathon next February postponed to next year with new corona August 14 17:42

The Tokyo Ome Marathon scheduled for February next year has been postponed to the following year due to the spread of the new coronavirus.

The Ome Marathon is a road race departing and arriving in Ome City, Tokyo, and has been popular as a pioneer in civic marathon competition since 1942, with 30km and 10km sections.

The organizer decided on the 14th to postpone the tournament, which was planned six months later on February 21, next year, at the same time the following year.

Based on the spread of the new coronavirus, the reason for this is that it was judged that "safe and safe operation of a large-scale race with about 20,000 participants is difficult."

So far, the Ome Marathon, which has won gold medals in the women's marathon at the Olympic Games, Naoko Takahashi and Mizuki Noguchi, both set 30km and set Japan's highest record at that time.

In February this year, Honan Maeda, who has been nominated as a representative of the Tokyo Olympics marathon, won the new Japan record of 1 hour 38 minutes 35 seconds.