Olympic champ Takahashi sets record in Ome road race

Olympic champ Takahashi sets record in Ome road race

TOKYO, Japan - Olympic marathon champion Naoko Takahashi breaks another record Feb. 18, when she set a new Japanese best in the women's 30-kilometer road race at the annual Ome ''marathon'' races in western Tokyo. Takahashi clocked 1 hour, 41 minutes, 57 seconds in her second official race since setting an Olympic record at the Sydney Games last September as she negotiated a field of some 15,000 ''fun'' runners. Takahashi shaved 1.29 minutes off the previous national 30-km mark, set by Eriko Asai in 1991.

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