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Kyodo News
24-06-2025
- Sport
- Kyodo News
2026 Tokyo Marathon date set with increase of 1,000 participants
KYODO NEWS - Jun 23, 2025 - 20:28 | Sports, All The 2026 Tokyo Marathon will be held on March 1 with the participant cap set at 39,000, up 1,000 from the 2025 edition, its organizing body said Monday. Of the total entries, 38,500 will be for the full marathon. A further 500 will be accepted for the 10.7-kilometer race, unchanged from 2025, according to the Tokyo Marathon Foundation. General entries will open on Aug. 15 with categories for male, female and non-binary runners. Related coverage: Athletics: Sani Brown calls running at packed National Stadium dream Beijing hosts "world's 1st" humanoid robot half marathon


Kyodo News
23-06-2025
- Sport
- Kyodo News
2026 Tokyo Marathon date set with increase of 1,000 participants
KYODO NEWS - 4 minutes ago - 20:28 | Sports, All The 2026 Tokyo Marathon will be held on March 1 with the participant cap set at 39,000, up 1,000 from the 2025 edition, its organizing body said Monday. Of the total entries, 38,500 will be for the full marathon. A further 500 will be accepted for the 10.7-kilometer race, unchanged from 2025, according to the Tokyo Marathon Foundation. General entries will open on Aug. 15 with categories for male, female and non-binary runners. Related coverage: Athletics: Sani Brown calls running at packed National Stadium dream Beijing hosts "world's 1st" humanoid robot half marathon


Kyodo News
17-05-2025
- Sport
- Kyodo News
Athletics: Sani Brown calls running at packed National Stadium dream
KYODO NEWS - May 16, 2025 - 19:49 | Sports, All Japanese sprinter Abdul Hakim Sani Brown said Friday he looks forward to competing at the world athletics championships in Tokyo this September. "Running at a packed National Stadium is my dream," Sani Brown said of the Sept. 13-21 championships, during his visit to a Tokyo elementary school, where he held an athletics clinic. The stadium was the main venue of the Tokyo Olympics in 2021 but was off-limits to general spectators amid the coronavirus pandemic. Sani Brown, a two-time finalist in the 100 meters at the worlds, visited the school with Canadian Andre De Grasse, who won 200-meter Olympic gold in Tokyo. "This kind of activity is very important. I hope I can promote athletics and sports even just a little," Sani Brown said. Related coverage: Athletics: Chepkirui wins Nagoya Women's Marathon, Sato crosses 2nd Athletics: Ethiopia's Takele, Kebede win Tokyo Marathon


The Mainichi
17-05-2025
- Sport
- The Mainichi
Athletics: Sani Brown calls running at packed National Stadium dream
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japanese sprinter Abdul Hakim Sani Brown said Friday he looks forward to competing at the world athletics championships in Tokyo this September. "Running at a packed National Stadium is my dream," Sani Brown said of the Sept. 13-21 championships, during his visit to a Tokyo elementary school, where he held an athletics clinic. The stadium was the main venue of the Tokyo Olympics in 2021 but was off-limits to general spectators amid the coronavirus pandemic. Sani Brown, a two-time finalist in the 100 meters at the worlds, visited the school with Canadian Andre De Grasse, who won 200-meter Olympic gold in Tokyo. "This kind of activity is very important. I hope I can promote athletics and sports even just a little," Sani Brown said.


Kyodo News
16-05-2025
- Sport
- Kyodo News
Athletics: Sani Brown calls running at packed National Stadium dream
KYODO NEWS - 8 minutes ago - 19:49 | Sports, All Japanese sprinter Abdul Hakim Sani Brown said Friday he looks forward to competing at the world athletics championships in Tokyo this September. "Running at a packed National Stadium is my dream," Sani Brown said of the Sept. 13-21 championships, during his visit to a Tokyo elementary school, where he held an athletics clinic. The stadium was the main venue of the Tokyo Olympics in 2021 but was off-limits to general spectators amid the coronavirus pandemic. Sani Brown, a two-time finalist in the 100 meters at the worlds, visited the school with Canadian Andre De Grasse, who won 200-meter Olympic gold in Tokyo. "This kind of activity is very important. I hope I can promote athletics and sports even just a little," Sani Brown said. Related coverage: Athletics: Chepkirui wins Nagoya Women's Marathon, Sato crosses 2nd Athletics: Ethiopia's Takele, Kebede win Tokyo Marathon