Tokyo 2025 World Athletics Women’s Marathon (Departing and arriving at the National Stadium on the 14th, 42.195km) Kobayashi Kana (24, Otsuka Pharmaceutical), who is competing in the women’s marathon, finished in 7th place (2 hours 28 minutes 50 seconds), the top player in Japan. This is the first time in the World Athletics Championships since Tanimoto Mitsuki (7th place) at the 2019 Doha tournament, he won the first prize in three Japanese tournaments. Sato Sayaka (31, Sekisui Chemical), who has participated in the second consecutive tournament, finished 13th with a time of 2 hours 31 minutes 15 seconds, while Ando Yuka (31, Shimamura), who has been competing in the World Athletics Championships for the first time in eight years, finished 28th with a time of 2 hours 35 minutes 37 seconds. Kobayashi, who had been active in the first half and raced within the medal race, was overtaken by African players in the second half and dropped to 11th place. However, he showed tenacious running towards the end, catching the athlete running in front of him in a survival race with temperatures approaching 30 degrees. Although there were times when I was wobbling on the uphill slope after 37km, which was the key point, he showed a fierce run of determination, and at the final National Stadium he finished with a smile with strength, cheering from the crowd. After the goal, he collapsed to the spot, but American S. Sullivan, who had been fighting for the lead in the first half, approached and reached out to him. After the race, Kobayashi said in an interview, “The training is so tough, I’m happiest when the training camp is over. I was thinking about what would happen to the match, but as we approached the actual event, I really saw an incredible number of people supporting me.” “I ran the course when I was in college and I know more about this course than anyone else, so I really got to talk to you, so I thought I had no choice but to try hard,” he said, thanking the cheers from the roadside that helped me. The gold medal was won by Tokyo Olympic gold P. Jeptilutil (31, Kenya) in a one-on-one battle with T. Acepha (28, Ethiopia) in the Paris Olympics silver medal.[Women’s Marathon Results]Friday) P. Jeptilutil 2 hours 24 minutes 43 seconds Silver) T. Acepha 2 hours 24 minutes 45 seconds Copper) J. Patelnine 2 hours 27 minutes 23 seconds… 7th place) Kobayashi Kana 2 hours 28 minutes 50 seconds 13th place) Sato Sayaka 2 hours 31 minutes 15 seconds 28th place) Ando Yuka 2 hours 35 minutes 37 seconds
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