[Live Streaming]March 25th (Monday) JMC Series III Award Ceremony/Paris Olympic Marathon Japan representative press conference will be live streamed!

[Schedule]14:30 Part 1: JMC Awards (Award Ceremony) 15:25 Part 2: Fan Exchange 15:55 Paris 2024 Olympic Marathon Japan Representative Press Conference 16:30 Closing “JMC Series” ” is a system aimed at strengthening athletes and revitalizing the marathon world, and is now in its third term this year. Series III has ended and the point rankings have been decided! The men’s champion is Naoki Koyama (Honda), winner of the Marathon Grand Championship (MGC), and the women’s champion is Ho Maeda, who ran 2 hours 18 minutes 59 seconds at the 43rd Osaka International Women’s Marathon, breaking the Japanese record for the first time in 19 years. We decided on Minami (Tenmaya). In addition, Kiyosumi Hirabayashi (Kokugakuin University), who won the Osaka Marathon 2024 with a time of 2 hours, 06 minutes and 18 seconds, which is the best first marathon in Japan and a new Japanese student record, was selected as the Series III Newcomer of the Year. At the JMC Awards, athletes ranked 1st to 8th in men’s rankings and 1st to 8th in women’s rankings in the JMC ranking will be invited to receive awards. In addition, after the award ceremony, a press conference will be held for the runners selected to represent Japan in the marathon at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games! ■[JMC Series]Special site https://www.jaaf.or.jp/jmc-series/ ■Date and time: March 25, 2024 (Monday) 14:30-16:39 ■Contents: JMC Awards Annual Awards Fan exchange event Press conference of Japanese representatives for the Paris Olympics Marathon ■Athletes scheduled to attend: – JMC Series Series III Athletes ranked 1st to 8th in the male and female rankings – JMC Series Series III Rookie of the Year Award (Kiyosumi Hirabayashi) – Paris 2024 Olympic Games Marathon Players selected to represent Japan ▼ Men’s rankings 1st to 8th 1st place Naoki Koyama (Honda) 2nd place Kyohei Hosoya (Kurosaki Harima) 3rd place Kenya Soda (JR East) 4th place Yusuke Nishiyama (Toyota Motors) 5th place Suguru Osako ( Nike） 6th place Kazuki Yamashita (Mitsubishi Heavy Industries) 7th place Akasaki Akatsuki (Kyudenko) 8th place Shungo Yokota (JR East) ▼Women’s ranking 1st to 8th place 1st place Honan Maeda (Tenmaya) 2nd place Yuka Ando (Wacoal) ) 3rd place Ayuko Suzuki (JP Japan Post Group) 4th place Hitomi Shintani (Sekisui Chemical) 5th place Mizuo Matsuda (Daihatsu) 6th place Rika Kaseda (Daihatsu) 7th place Ai Hosoda (Edion) 8th place Sayaka Sato (Sekisui Chemical) ▼Series III Newcomer Award Kiyosumi Hirabayashi (Kokugakuin University) ▼Paris 2024 Olympic Games Marathon Japan Representative Naoki Koyama (Honda) Akasaki Akira (Kyudenko) Suguru Osako (Nike) Yuka Suzuki (Dai-ichi Life Group) Ichiyama Mao (Shiseido) Honan Maeda (Tenmaya)