Reiko Tosa Out of Tokyo Marathon Comeback With Injury – translated by Brett Larner – Japan Running News –

On Feb. 16, double World Championships marathon medalist and two-time Olympian Reiko Tosa (Team Mitsui Sumitomo Kaijo) announced that she has withdrawn from her planned comeback run at the Feb. 27 Tokyo Marathon due to an injury to her right leg.

According to Mitsui Sumitomo Kaijo head coach Shigeharu Watanabe, Tosa has been experiencing discomfort since her return to racing at the Jan. 30 Osaka Half Marathon.

Tosa gave birth to her first child, a daughter, last April. The Tokyo Marathon was to be her return to the full marathon distance after an absence of two years.

translated by Brett Larner – Japan Running News –

https://www.yomiuri.co.jp/sports/news/20110216-OYT1T00858.htm