27-year-old Yuki Nakamura won the Hofu Yomiuri Marathon with a time of 2 hours, 8 minutes and 29 seconds, and the top three runners, including Nakamura, qualified for the selection race. did.

This tournament will be held in Hofu City, Yamaguchi Prefecture, with the right to participate in the MGC = Marathon Grand Championship, a marathon representative selection race for the Paris Olympics scheduled to be held in the fall of next year. started to

In the men's race, Nakamura broke away from the leading group at around 33 km and entered a monopoly, pulling away from the rest and winning the race in 2 hours, 8 minutes and 29 seconds.



Shoma Yamamoto, also 27, came in second with a time of 2:08:52, and third place was Ryo Hashimoto, 29, with a time of 2:09:12.



Nakamura, Yamamoto, and Hashimoto qualified for the MGC by fulfilling the requirements set by the Japan Association of Athletics Federations to be within the top three Japanese athletes and within 2 hours and 10 minutes.



On the other hand, 24-year-old Momoko Watanabe won the women's race with a time of 2:32:05, but she did not meet the requirements and did not qualify for the MGC.