Hashimoto, victory in Nagoya but must wait for Osaka selection announcement – she won with 2:28:55, Harumi Hiroyama finished a close second with 2:28:55, while Takami Ominami, who was sixth in 2004 and eighth in 2005, finished third, 29 seconds behind Hiroyama.

Yasuko Hashimoto, who finished fifth in 2003, twelfth in 2004, fourth in 2005 and sixth in 2006 at the Nagoya International Women’s Marathon in Nagoya, Japan, finally won the race taking today’s 2007 edition with 2:28:49.
The defending champion, Harumi Hiroyama finished a close second with 2:28:55, while Takami Ominami, who was sixth in 2004 and eighth in 2005, finished third, 29 seconds behind Hiroyama.
A couple of marathon rookies ran well.
Miki Ohira was fourth with 2:29:34, while Yuko Manabe was seventh with 2:30:34. Julia Mombi, who runs for the Japanese corporate team, finished fifth with 2:29:38, a massive improvement from the 2006 Beijing Marathon where she ran 2:37:50.