The most frustrating moment of the Tokyo World Championships for the Japanese team, though, was the men's 20 km race walk. Toshikazu Yamanishi, the 2019 and 2022 gold medalist, 2021 Olympic bronze medalist, and fastest man in the field, went to the front at 16 km with one red card to his name and ma...
“Training (for Toronto Waterfront) has been going very well, and I am running approximately 170 kilometres per week. I particularly enjoy training in Sendafa.”
With men's winner Sebastian Sawe taking a shot at the world record, Akira Akasaki, Yuhei Urano and NR holder Kengo Suzuki sat back in a 3rd group targeting the JAAF's 2:06:30 standard for 2028 Olympic marathon trials qualification.
In the heat Sabastian Sawe now had to run alone at the front and it was no surprise that he was unable to maintain his pace. With a 1:26:06 split at 30 k he was still on course for the course record set by Kenya’s Eliud Kipchoge in 2022 (2:01:09).
Sebastian Sawe chases Berlin course record Can Sabastian Sawe follow in the footsteps of Eliud Kipchoge in Berlin and how fast can he run?
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