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The reigning Olympic Marathon champion, Mizuki Noguchi won yesterday’s Sendai International Half Marathon (13) in a time of 1:08:54, which was minute and half faster than second place Constantina Dita-Tomescu of Romania. The 17th annual race started in the Miyazaki track & field stadium and finished at the Sendai city
On the road to full fitness, Noguchi wins Sendai Half Marathon – Noguchi, who missed the Berlin Marathon last autumn and then last month’s London Marathon with a left Achilles injury, missed one month of training early this year.
The reigning Olympic Marathon champion, Mizuki Noguchi won yesterday’s Sendai International Half Marathon (13) in a time of 1:08:54, which was minute and half faster than second place Constantina Dita-Tomescu of Romania.
The 17th annual race started in the Miyazaki track & field stadium and finished at the Sendai city Hall.
For Noguchi it was the second fastest time in the history of the Sendai Half Marathon, behind 1:07:59 by Esther Wanjiru of Kenya, which was recorded eight years ago.
