The Nagoya Women’s Marathon is known for its high prize money. In the past few years, the championship prize money was 250000 US dollars, which also attracted a group of world-class marathon athletes. Among them, Cheputic participated in consecutive competitions in 2022 and 2023, and won the championship with a time of 2 hours 17 minutes 18 seconds and 2 hours 18 minutes 08 seconds, respectively..
The prize money for this year’s championship has been reduced to $150000, and the name of Cheputic, who has won two consecutive championships, is not seen in the player list..
The Nagoya Women’s Marathon is a World Athletics Federation Platinum medal event, which means the event organization has a certain level of expertise..
The previous track record for the Nagoya Women’s Marathon was set by Cheputic in 2022, with a time of 2 hours, 17 minutes, and 18 seconds. Her national record was set in the 2024 Osaka International Women’s Marathon, with a stunning time of 2 hours, 18 minutes, and 59 seconds set by Mizuo Maeda..
Before the race, local No.1 athlete Ai Hosoda withdrew early due to plantar fasciitis, and local athlete Ayuko Suzuki became the focus of attention for local long-distance running enthusiasts..
Ayuko Suzuki ranked second in last year’s Nagoya Women’s Marathon with a time of 2 hours, 21 minutes, and 51 seconds, winning the domestic championship..
In order to achieve the target score in today’s competition, special training was conducted before. During a pre match interview, Ayuko Suzuki said, “I want to do my best to finish the competition as the first place Japanese in 2 hours and 19 minutes, and obtain a ticket to Paris.”.
It seems that the Nagoya Women’s Marathon, as their last Paris qualifying competition in China, has been well prepared by the contestants..
The best result of the foreign invited contestant in this year’s Nagoya Women’s Marathon was from Gothytom Gebreslase, Ethiopia. Previously, her personal best time was 2 hours, 18 minutes, and 11 seconds..
Chinese female celebrities such as Li Zhixuan and Xia Yuyu also participated in this competition..
Zhang Deshun is also familiar with this track. Last year, she ranked fourth on this track with a time of 2 hours, 24 minutes, and 05 seconds, achieving her personal best result at the time and the best result in China’s women’s marathon in the past decade, and qualifying for the Paris Olympics..
On February 25th of this year, in the Renshou Half Marathon, Zhang Deshun broke the 20-year record for women’s marathons in China with an excellent performance of 1 hour, 07 minutes, and 56 seconds. Zhang Deshun, who trained hard and maintained a stable state, made the runners look forward to her performance..
For Li Zhixuan, she is more familiar with the track of the Nagoya Women’s Marathon. As early as 2019, she achieved a good time of 2 hours, 26 minutes, and 15 seconds on this track. Last year, she also met the standards for participating in the Paris Olympics with a time of 2 hours, 26 minutes, and 28 seconds..
Xia Yuyu graduated from Tsinghua University. Previously, her best marathon time was set at 2 hours, 28 minutes, and 57 seconds in the 2022 Beijing Marathon..
Last year at the Chengdu Universiade, there were four races in six rainy days, including one 10000 meter race, two 5000 meter races, and one half marathon. With a personal record of 1 gold and 1 silver, and a team bronze medal, the athlete is known by the runners as the most tired, hardworking, and admired by the audience at the Chengdu Universiade..
In order to achieve their target results, the competition.