Elite women runners, led by Kenya's Sheila Chepkirui, at the starting line of the Nagoya Women's Marathon on International Women's Day.
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Chepkirui leder elitefeltet i Nagoya Women’s Marathon-tittelforsvar

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Kenyanske Sheila Chepkirui skal forsvare Nagoya Women’s Marathon-tittelen sin 8. mars 2026, som sammenfaller med internasjonal kvinnedag. Den 15. utgaven av World Athletics Platinum Label-løpet – verdens største maraton kun for kvinner – byr på 10 utøvere med personbester under 2:22:00, inkludert etiopiske Aynalem Desta og japanske Honami Maeda. Japanske løpere jakter kvalifisering til Marathon Grand Championship mot Los Angeles 2028-OL.

Nagoya Women’s Marathon er berammet til søndag 8. mars 2026 i Nagoya, Japan. Omtrent 20 000 kvinner deltar, og fullførere mottar et Baccarat-krystalltumbler. En pressekonferanse er satt til 7. mars. Forsvarende mester Sheila Chepkirui, 35, vant 2025-utgaven på 2:20:40 foran Japans Sayaka Sato og Bahrains Eunice Chebichii Chumba. Hennes personbeste på 2:17:29 kommer fra debuten i Valencia 2022. Nylige resultater inkluderer seier i New York City Marathon 2024, annenplass i Berlin 2023 og tredjeplass i New York i november 2025. Topputfordrere inkluderer 22 år gamle etiopiske Aynalem Desta (2:17:37 PB fra seier i Amsterdam, oktober 2025 – hennes tredje maraton) og Japans Honami Maeda, asiatiske rekordinnehaver med 2:18:59 fra annenplass i Osaka 2024. Maedas siste fulle maraton var niendeplass i Berlin (2:24:36, september 2025), fulgt av 1:10:07 på halvmaraton i Houston (januar 2026). Elitefeltet kan skilte med Bahrains Eunice Chebichii Chumba (2:20:02), Kenyas Selly Chepyego Kaptich (2:20:03 PB, Barcelona 2023), Japans Sayaka Sato (2:20:59; 13. plass på VM-maratonen 2025 i Tokyo), Spanias Majida Maayouf (2:21:01), Japans Yuka Ando (2:21:18; Nagoya-vinner 2024), Ayuko Suzuki (2:21:33) og Rika Kaseda (2:21:55; VM-representant 2023). Chumba ble nr. 16 på VM 2025. Andre merkbare: Australias Genevieve Gregson (2:23:08), Marokkos Hayat Benhenia (2:24:48) og Soukaina Atanane (2:24:57). Japans dypere felt inkluderer Natsuki Omori (2:25:36), Rino Goshima (2:26:08; 10 000 m PB 30:53.31), Sakiho Tsutsui (2:26:51), Honoka Tanaike (2:27:30), Yuri Mitsune (2:29:04), Kaena Takeyama (2:29:20), maratondebutante Wakana Kabasawa (10 000 m 31:03.14) og pacemaker Nozomi Tanaka.

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Diskusjoner på X uttrykker begeistring for elitefeltet i Nagoya Women’s Marathon, med Sheila Chepkirui som er trygg på tittelforsvar og sub-2:20, mens japanske utøvere som Honami Maeda sikter mot nasjonale rekorder og OL-kvalifisering i et sterkt internasjonalt felt. Stemningene er overveiende positive og fokuserer på pressekonferanser og forhåndsomtaler fra løpejournalister og fans.

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