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Athletics: Osaka Women's Marathon

Japan's Kana Kobayashi crosses the finish line at Yanmar Stadium Nagai in Osaka on Jan. 26, 2025, finishing second at the Osaka Women's Marathon.

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Athletics: Osaka Women's Marathon

Japan's Kana Kobayashi crosses the finish line at Yanmar Stadium Nagai in Osaka on Jan. 26, 2025, finishing second at the Osaka Women's Marathon.

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Athletics: Osaka Women's Marathon

Ethiopia's Workenesh Edesa wins the Osaka Women's Marathon, crossing the finish line at Yanmar Stadium Nagai in Osaka on Jan. 26, 2025.

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Athletics: Osaka Women's Marathon

Japan's Honami Maeda poses after breaking Japan's 19-year-old national record at the Osaka Women's Marathon at Yanmar Stadium Nagai in Osaka on Jan. 28, 2024, by finishing in 2 hours, 18 minutes, 59 seconds.

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Athletics: Osaka Women's Marathon

Japan's Honami Maeda poses after breaking Japan's 19-year-old national record at the Osaka Women's Marathon at Yanmar Stadium Nagai in Osaka on Jan. 28, 2024, by finishing in 2 hours, 18 minutes, 59 seconds.

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Athletics: Osaka Women's Marathon

Japan's Honami Maeda crosses the finish line in second place at the Osaka Women's Marathon at Yanmar Stadium Nagai in Osaka on Jan. 28, 2024, clocking 2 hours, 18 minutes, 59 seconds to break Japan's 19-year-old national record.

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Athletics: Osaka Women's Marathon

Japan's Honami Maeda finishes in second place at the Osaka Women's Marathon at Yanmar Stadium Nagai in Osaka on Jan. 28, 2024, clocking 2 hours, 18 minutes, 59 seconds to break Japan's 19-year-old national record.

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Athletics: Osaka Women's Marathon

Japan's Honami Maeda crosses the finish line in second place at the Osaka Women's Marathon at Yanmar Stadium Nagai in Osaka on Jan. 28, 2024, clocking 2 hours, 18 minutes, 59 seconds to break Japan's 19-year-old national record.

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Athletics: Osaka Women's Marathon

Japan's Honami Maeda crosses the finish line in second place at the Osaka Women's Marathon at Yanmar Stadium Nagai in Osaka on Jan. 28, 2024, clocking 2 hours, 18 minutes, 59 seconds to break Japan's 19-year-old national record.

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Athletics: Osaka Marathon

Ethiopia's Helen Bekele crosses the finish line to win the women's event at the Osaka Marathon on Feb. 26, 2023, in the western Japan city.

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Athletics: Osaka Marathon

Japan's Yuka Ando speaks at a press conference in the western Japan city of Osaka on Jan. 30, 2023, the day after her third-place finish in the Osaka Women's Marathon.

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Athletics: Osaka Marathon

Japan's Yuka Ando speaks at a press conference in the western Japan city of Osaka on Jan. 30, 2023, the day after her third-place finish in the Osaka Women's Marathon.

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Athletics: Osaka Marathon

Japan's Yuka Ando (rear) chases two Ethiopian competitors near the 30-kilometer mark during the Osaka Women's Marathon in western Japan on Jan. 29, 2023. (Pool photo)

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Athletics: Osaka Marathon

Japan's Yuka Ando crosses the finish line at Yanmar Field Nagai in Osaka, western Japan, to take third place in the Osaka Women's Marathon on Jan. 29, 2023. (Pool photo)

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Athletics: Osaka Marathon

Japan's Yuka Ando finishes third in Osaka Women's Marathon on Jan. 29, 2023.

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Athletics: Osaka Marathon

Japan's Yuka Ando poses after finishing third in Osaka Women's Marathon on Jan. 29, 2023.

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Athletics: Osaka Marathon

Haven Hailu Desse of Ethiopia waves to spectators after winning Osaka Women's Marathon on Jan. 29, 2023.

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Athletics: Osaka Women's Marathon

Haven Hailu Desse of Ethiopia wins Osaka Women's Marathon on Jan. 29, 2023.

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Kenya's Ndereba wins women's marathon at world athletics

OSAKA, Japan - The three medalists of the women's marathon at the World Athletics Championships -- (From L to R) silver medalist Zhou Chunxiu of China, gold medalist Catherine Ndereba of Kenya and bronze medalist Reiko Tosa -- pose during a medal ceremony at Nagai Stadium in Osaka on Sept. 2. Ndereba won the race in a time of 2 hours, 30 minutes, 37 seconds.

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Japan's Reiko Tosa comes in 3rd in women's marathon

OSAKA, Japan - Reiko Tosa of Japan holds up her bronze medal at Nagai Stadium in Osaka on Sept. 2 after coming third in the women's marathon at the World Athletics Championships.

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Athletics: Ndereba claims gold, Tosa bronze in marathon

OSAKA, Japan - Japan's Reiko Tosa waves to the audiences in smiles after taking the bronze in the women's marathon at the athletics world championships at Nagai Stadium on Sept. 2.

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Athletics: Ndereba claims gold, Tosa bronze in marathon

OSAKA, Japan - Kenyan Catherine Ndereba crosses the finish line at Nagai Stadium in 2 hours, 30 minutes, 37 seconds to win the gold medal in the women's marathon at the athletics world championships on Sept. 2.

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Athletics: Ndereba claims gold, Tosa bronze in marathon

OSAKA, Japan - Catherine Ndereba of Kenya smiles as she waves to the audiences after winning the gold medal in the women's marathon at the athletics world championships at Nagai Stadium on Sept. 2.

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Osaka Women's Marathon

OSAKA, Japan - Japan's Yukiko Akaba crosses the finish line at Nagai Stadium in Osaka on Jan. 26, 2014, placing second in the Osaka Women's Marathon with a time of 2:26:00 in the last competitive race of her career.

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Osaka Women's Marathon

OSAKA, Japan - Japan's Yukiko Akaba crosses the finish line at Nagai Stadium in Osaka on Jan. 26, 2014, placing second in the Osaka Women's Marathon with a time of 2:26:00 in the last competitive race of her career.

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Osaka Women's Marathon

OSAKA, Japan - Tetiana Gamera-Shmyrko of Ukraine celebrates at Nagai Stadium in Osaka on Jan. 26, 2014, after winning the Osaka Women's Marathon for the second year in a row. She ran a time of 2 hours, 24 minutes, 37 seconds.

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Osaka Women's Marathon

OSAKA, Japan - Tetiana Gamera-Shmyrko of Ukraine crosses the finish line at Nagai Stadium in Osaka on Jan. 26, 2014, winning the Osaka Women's Marathon for the second year in a row with a time of 2 hours, 24 minutes, 37 seconds.

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Osaka Women's Marathon

OSAKA, Japan - Japan's Kayoko Fukushi runs at Nagai Stadium in Osaka on Jan. 27, 2013, finishing second in the Osaka Women's Marathon with a time of 2 hours, 24 minutes, 21 seconds.

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Osaka Women's Marathon

OSAKA, Japan - Ukraine's Tetiana Gamera-Shmyrko crosses the finish line at Nagai Stadium in Osaka on Jan. 27, 2013, winning the Osaka Women's Marathon in 2 hours, 23 minutes, 58 seconds.

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Osaka Women's Marathon

OSAKA, Japan - Japan's Kayoko Fukushi runs at Nagai Stadium in Osaka on Jan. 27, 2013, finishing second in the Osaka Women's Marathon with a time of 2 hours, 24 minutes, 21 seconds.

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Nojiri places 3rd in Osaka women's marathon

OSAKA, Japan - Japan's Azusa Nojiri crosses the finish line at Nagai Stadium in Osaka on Jan. 29, 2012, placing third in the Osaka women's marathon in 2:24:57.

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Nojiri places 3rd in Osaka women's marathon

OSAKA, Japan - Japan's Azusa Nojiri crosses the finish line at Nagai Stadium in Osaka on Jan. 29, 2012, placing third in the Osaka women's marathon in 2:24:57.

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Shigetomo wins Osaka women's marathon

OSAKA, Japan - Japanese runner Risa Shigetomo crosses the finish line at Nagai Stadium in Osaka on Jan. 29, 2012, winning the Osaka women's marathon in 2 hours, 23 minutes, 23 seconds.

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Shigetomo wins Osaka women's marathon

OSAKA, Japan - Japanese runner Risa Shigetomo crosses the finish line at Nagai Stadium in Osaka on Jan. 29, 2012, winning the Osaka women's marathon in 2 hours, 23 minutes, 23 seconds.

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Shigetomo wins Osaka women's marathon

OSAKA, Japan - Japanese runner Risa Shigetomo crosses the finish line at Nagai Stadium in Osaka on Jan. 29, 2012, winning the Osaka women's marathon in 2 hours, 23 minutes, 23 seconds.

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Akaba wins Osaka Women's Marathon

OSAKA, Japan - Yukiko Akaba waves after finishing in 2 hours, 26 minutes, 29 seconds to win the Osaka Women's Marathon in Osaka on Jan. 30, 2011.

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Akaba wins Osaka Women's Marathon

OSAKA, Japan - Yukiko Akaba crosses the finish line in 2 hours, 26 minutes, 29 seconds to win in the Osaka Women's Marathon in Osaka on Jan. 30, 2011.

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Ethiopia's Gobena wins Osaka marathon

OSAKA, Japan - Ethiopia's Amane Gobena crosses the finish line to win the Osaka International Women's Marathon at Nagai Stadium in Osaka on Jan. 31, 2010. Gobena clocked 2 hours, 25 minutes, 14 seconds.

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Ethiopia's Gobena wins Osaka marathon

OSAKA, Japan - Ethiopia's Amane Gobena celebrates after winning the Osaka International Women's Marathon at Nagai Stadium in Osaka on Jan. 31, 2010. Gobena clocked 2 hours, 25 minutes, 14 seconds.

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Marathon: Shibui wins Osaka marathon to book ticket to Berlin

OSAKA, Japan - Japan's Yoko Shibui reacts as she crosses the line to win the Osaka International Women's Marathon at Nagai Stadium in Osaka on Jan. 25. Shibui won her second Osaka title in 2 hours, 23 minutes, 42 seconds, earning herself a place on the Japanese team for this summer's world championships in Berlin.

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Defending marathon champion Noguchi pulls out of Beijing race

TOKYO, Japan - Women read an extra edition of a newspaper in Osaka on Aug. 12 reporting that Japan's Mizuki Noguchi will not run in the women's marathon at the Beijing Games because of an injury the defending Olympic champion picked up during recent training.

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Japan's Fukushi flops on debut

OSAKA, Japan - Japan's full-marathon debutante Kayoko Fukushi tries to pick herself up after falling to the track just a few meters shy of the finish line at Nagai Stadium in the Osaka International Women's Marathon on Jan. 27. Fukushi, who had led the race till around the 30-km point, became visibly tired and managed to complete the race in 19th place.

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Britain's Yamauchi wins in Osaka

OSAKA, Japan - Britain's Mara Yamauchi crosses the finish line to win the Osaka International Women's Marathon on Jan. 27. She clocked her personal-best time of 2 hours, 25 minutes, 10 seconds.

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Japan's Morimoto runner-up in Osaka

OSAKA, Japan - Japan's Tomo Morimoto finishes runner-up in the Osaka International Women's Marathon on Jan. 27, 24 seconds behind winner Mara Yamaguchi of Britain, who clocked her personal-best time of 2 hours, 25 minutes, 10 seconds.

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Hara wins Osaka Women's International Marathon

OSAKA, Japan - Japan's Yumiko Hara waves at an awards ceremony at Nagai Stadium in Osaka on Jan. 28 after winning the Osaka Women's International Marathon in a personal best time of 2 hours, 23 minutes, 48 seconds.

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Hara wins Osaka Women's International Marathon

OSAKA, Japan - Japan's Yumiko Hara crosses the finishing line at Nagai Stadium in Osaka on Jan. 28 to win the Osaka Women's International Marathon in a personal best time of 2 hours, 23 minutes, 48 seconds.

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Kenyan Ndereba wins in Osaka with solid run

OSAKA, Japan - Kenya's Catherine Ndereba smiles on the podium at Nagai Stadium after winning the Osaka International Women's Marathon in her first full-marathon appearance in Japan on Jan. 29.

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Kenyan Ndereba wins in Osaka with solid run

OSAKA, Japan - Former world record holder Catherine Ndereba of Kenya wins the Osaka International Women's Marathon with a solid run in her first full-marathon appearance in Japan on Jan. 29. She crossed the line at Nagai Stadium in 2 hours, 25 minutes, 5 seconds.

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Kenyan Ndereba wins in Osaka with solid run

OSAKA, Japan - Japanese veteran Kayoko Obata comes second in the Osaka International Women's Marathon in 2:25:52 for the best finish of her marathon career on Jan. 29.

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Noguchi reaches sponsorship deal with Sysmex

OSAKA, Japan - Athens Olympic women's marathon champion Mizuki Noguchi smiles at a press conference after making a sponsorship deal with medical technology manufacturer Sysmex on Dec. 1. Noguchi had been in search of a sponsorship deal since ending a relationship with Globally Inc., whose athletics club was abolished after the company pulled out of its mainstay futures trading business following its violation of the Commodity Exchange Act.