This morning, the 2026 Nagoya Asian Games marathon took place.
After a fierce contest, Shanxia Yigui won the men's title, and Feng Peiyou took third place.
At 6:50 (Beijing Time) on September 26, the women's race of the Nagoya Asian Games marathon started.
Unlike the men's race, Japanese athlete Sato Sayaka was in the lead from the start, with two North Korean competitors behind her.
5 km split 18:18, the lead pack was down to only 10 runnersAmong them are two Chinese athletes, Ciren Cuomu and Wu Bing, as well as two Japanese athletes, two South Korean athletes, and two Bahraini athletes.
Just before 7 km, 次仁措姆 surged to the front. At 8 km, 吴冰 accelerated into the lead. Was this a tactical collaboration between the two Chinese runners? Not long after, 吴冰 returned to the main group.
10 km split 36:42, the lead group remained at 10. The women's lead group saw no change over the third 5 km; somewhat surprisingly, 35-year-old Indonesian veteran Naibaho was leading.
Near 17 km, 矢田美久 accelerated, opening a gap on the others; Bahrain's Habte chose to follow. But soon the lead group caught back up. Still, the move reduced the lead group to 8 runners.
Half split 1:16:39, the lead pack numbered 8, representing four countries: China, Japan, Bahrain and North Korea. Around 22 km, Japanese runner 矢田 suffered a fall, which disrupted the rhythm for a while, but fortunately it was not serious.
At the 25-kilometer mark the time was 1 hour 30 minutes 09 seconds. Two Japanese runners were leading, and Chinese runners Ciren Cuomu and Wu Bing were both in the lead pack.
At the 35-kilometer mark the leading group's numbers shrank again: Bahrain's Habte passed Japan's Miku Yada, while China's Ciren Cuomu continued to follow closely.. At 37 km,Habte accelerated again,Yada Miku is gradually starting to fall behind, and Ciren Cuomu is in second place.
Bahrain's Shitaye Habte won the Nagoya Asian Games women's marathon in 2:27:31.
Chinese athlete Ciren Cuomu pressed on relentlessly and ultimately with2:27:43 secured another silver for Chinese athletics.
Japan's Miku Yada and Sayaka Sato finished third and fourth, respectively. Chinese athlete Wu Bing finished with a season-best time of 2:32:09, placing eighth.
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Text / Editor: David / CC
Image source: Pao Ye Da Bao Zha
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