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The 2021 Tokyo Marathon (Japanese: 東京マラソン2021) was the fifteenth edition of the annual marathon race in Tokyo. The competition was held on Sunday 6 March 2022, having been postponed twice due to the COVID-19 pandemic .
The Tokyo Marathon is one of six World Marathon Majors and has been contested annually since 2007, except in 2020 when it was an elite-only race due to the COVID-19 pandemic and in 2021, when the marathon was postponed to 2022 due to the continuing effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Winner due to better head-to-head record versus Tirunesh Dibaba [10] 2018–19: XII: 2018 Berlin: 2019 Berlin: Brigid Kosgei Kenya: 50 pts [11] 2019–21: XIII: 2019 Chicago: 2021 New York City: Peres Jepchirchir Joyciline Jepkosgei Kenya Kenya: 50 pts: Joint champions with two wins each [12] 2022: XIV: 2021 Tokyo [a] 2022 New York City ...
The 2021 Tokyo Marathon was postponed to 17 October 2021 due to the pandemic. It was then postponed again to 6 March 2022; the event was still referred to as the 2021 Tokyo Marathon, and there was no 2022 Tokyo Marathon. [13] [14] [15] Additionally, all overseas runners were barred from competing, with their entries automatically transferred to ...
Gemechu also placed fourth over 5,000 meters at the 2019 world championships in Doha, Qatar, and ran in the 10,000 at the Tokyo Olympics held in 2021. Tokyo Marathon runner-up Tsehay Gemechu gets ...
Patrick Dupouy of French Polynesia became the oldest male competitor of World Championships history in 2007, at the age of 46 years and 85 days. [4] Under current regulations, the records for the youngest participants will remain indefinitely as any athlete in the junior category (under-20) that year, or younger, is ineligible to enter the marathon.
The fist World Marathon Major of the year will be held on 3 March in Tokyo. The marathon will start at 9.10am local time (12.10am GMT), five minutes after the wheelchair athletes get underway.
The Tokyo Marathon is adding a non-binary category for runners from 2025—making it last of the six World Major Marathons to do so.