Former world record-holder Patrick Makau from Kenya returned to winning ways with victory at the 68th Fukuoka International Marathon on Sunday in Fukuoka, Japan.
[link id=”301″ tax=”post_tag” text=”Makau”], 29, sat back in the pack throughout the race before dropping the competition at 38km to cross the finish line in 2:08:22.
Ethiopian Raji Assefa grabbed the second place in 2:08:48 while Mongolian Ser-Od Bat-Ochir settled for third in a national record time of 2:08:50.
Selected Results
- Patrick Makau Musyoki (Kenya) – 2:08:22
- Raji Assefa (Ethiopia) – 2:08:48
- Ser-Od Bat-Ochir (Mongolia) – 2:08:50 – NR
- Masakazu Fujiwara (Team Honda) – 2:09:06
- Tomoya Adachi (Team Asahi Kasei) – 2:09:59 – PB
- Henryk Szost (Poland) – 2:10:02
- Chiharu Takada (Team JR Higashi Nihon) – 2:10:03 – PB
- Yared Asmerom (Eritrea) – 2:10:09
- Tsuyoshi Ugachi (Team Konica Minolta) – 2:10:50 – PB
- Mekubo Mogusu (Kenya/Team Nissin Shokuhin) – 2:11:29
- Yoshiki Otsuka (Team Aichi Seiko) – 2:11:40 – PB
- Kentaro Nakamoto (Team Yasukawa Denki) – 2:11:58
- Noriaki Takahashi (DeNA RC) – 2:12:00 – PB
- Sean Quigley (U.S.A.) – 2:13:30 – PB
- Johana Maina (Kenya/Team Fujitsu) – 2:13:46 – debut
- Joseph Gitau (Kenya/Team JFE Steel) – 2:15:13
- Takaaki Koda (Team Asahi Kasei) – 2:16:19
- Taiga Ito (Suzuki Hamamatsu AC) – 2:16:34
- Benjamin Ngandu (Kenya/Team Monteroza) – 2:16:42
- Kenji Higashino (Team Asahi Kasei) – 2:16:50 – PB
- Martin Mathathi (Kenya/Suzuki Hamamatsu AC) – 2:17:23
- Gladwin Mzazi (South Africa) – 2:17:43 – debut
- Sho Matsumoto (Team Nikkei Business) – 2:17:49
- Hayato Sonoda (Team Kurosaki Harima) – 2:19:35 – debut
- Muga Hamazaki (Kai T&F Assoc.) – 2:19:49 – PB
Meet The Authors
Yomog Meje is a former Nigerian junior athlete and the Associate editor at Athletics Africa.
