Eritrean Kaleab Ghilagabr wins Osaka Marathon 2017
November 26, 2017
Kaleab Ghilagabr/Eritrea wins 2017 Osaka Marathon 2:12:03 PB.
24-yr-old Japanese amateur Hideyuki Ikegami 2nd in 2:13:41, PB.
Osaka Marathon standings:
Men
1.Ghilagabr/ERI
2.Ikegami /Jap
3.Kibreab/ERI
4.Gashazghi/ERI
5.Kasuya
Women
1.Imada
2.Kinoshita
3.Ino
4..Sakamoto
5.Nojiri
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Men's Ghilagabr, Women's Kinoshita V ... Osaka Marathon
November 26, 2017 17:44
"The 7th Osaka Marathon" (Osaka Prefecture, Osaka City, hosted by the Osaka Track and Field Association, co-organized by the Yomiuri Shimbun) was held on 26th, about 32,000 runners ran through the streets of Osaka.
About 30 thousand full marathons going to Osaka Minamiko in front of Osaka Castle Park and Mitsudo Musu, Tsutenkaku in front of Osaka Castle Park and about 2000 people participating in the Challenge Run (8.8 km) to the Osaka City Hall . Both men of the full marathon won the first victory with Kaleab Ghilagabr (34) (Eritrea) 2 hours 12 minutes 3 seconds, girls Yumiko Kinoshita (31) (SWAC) 2 hours 34 minutes 38 seconds.
The Yomiuri Shimbun