Honan Maeda, unofficial candidate for the Paris Olympics “Aiming to break the record”. Maeda set a new Japanese record for the first time in 19 years with a time of 2 hours 18 minutes 59 seconds at the Osaka International Women's Marathon.

She will now continue to prepare for the Olympics by doing high-altitude training in the United States. "I don't think I'll ever be in more pain than I was in Paris, so I want to run in my own way," Maeda said.