Nagoya Women’s Marathon Elite Field
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2022 Oregon World Championships gold medalist and 2023 Budapest World Championships silver medalist Gotytom Gebreslase leads the elite field for the Mar. 10 Nagoya Women’s Marathon, the last chance for Japanese women to steal a place on the Paris Olympics team. The last two years Nagoya has had a $250,000 payout for the winner, the biggest in the sport, but with the exchange rate and Japan’s economic situation being what it is that’s down to $150,000 this year. That’s still enough to pull in a big talent like Gebreslase, the only woman in the field positioned to verrrry hypothetically drag one of the Japanese women to the 2:18:58 they’d need to pick up the 3rd Paris team spot.
Nagoya Women’s Marathon Elite Field Highlights
Nagoya, Aichi, 10 Mar. 2024
times listed are athletes’ best in last 3 years except where noted
Gotytom Gebreslase (Ethiopia) – 2:18:11 (Oregon WC 2022)
Eunice Chebichii Chumba (Bahrain) – 2:20:02 (Seoul 2022)
Delvine Relin Meringor (Romania) – 2:20:49 (Barcelona 2023)
Ai Hosoda (Japan/Edion) – 2:21:42 (London 2022)
Ayuko Suzuki (Japan/Japan Post) – 2:21:52 (Nagoya 2023)
Rika Kaseda (Japan/Daihatsu) – 2:21:55 (Berlin 2022)
Yuka Ando (Japan/Wacoal) – 2:22:22 (Nagoya 2022)
Violah Cheptoo (Kenya) – 2:22:44 (New York 2021)
Momoko Watanabe (Japan/Tenmaya) – 2:23:08 (Osaka 2023)
Giovanna Epis (Italy) – 2:23:46 (Hamburg 2023)
Eloise Wellings (Australia) – 2:25:10 (Nagoya 2022)
Hikari Onishi (Japan/Japan Post) – 2:25:54 (Berlin 2022)
Camille French (New Zealand) – 2:26:08 (Valencia 2023)
Zhixuan Li (China) – 2:26:28 (Nagoya 2023)
Kaori Morita (Japan/Panasonic) – 2:26:31 (Tokyo 2023)
Yuri Karasawa (Japan/Kyudenko) – 2:27:27 (Osaka 2023)
Honoka Tanaike (Japan/Otsuka Seiyaku) – 2:27:30 (Nagoya 2023)
Sakiho Tsutsui (Japan/Yamada Holdings) – 2:27:38 (Hofu 2023)
Yuyu Xia (China) – 2:28:57 (Beijing 2022)
Kaena Takeyama (Japan/Senko) – 2:29:20 (Osaka Women’s 2023)
Beverly Ramos (Puerto Rico) – 2:31:10 (Oregon WC 2022)
Yuri Mitsune (Japan/18 Ginko) – 2:31:10 (Nagoya 2023)
Yuki Nakamura (Japan/Panasonic) – debut – 1:46:47 (Ome 30 km 2023)
Pauline Kamulu (Kenya/Route Inn Hotels) – debut – 1:07:22 (Marugame Half 2023)
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