On the 2nd local time, the 77th Kagawa Marugame International Marathon debuted, and Tomoki Ota crossed the line in the 21.0975-kilometer men's half marathon in 59 minutes and 27 seconds, setting a new Japanese men's half marathon record and receiving a record-breaking bonus of 5 million yen.

Tomoki Ota crossed the line in the 21.0975km men's half marathon in 59 minutes and 27 seconds, setting a new Japanese men's half marathon record

Tomoki Ota, who won the 10,000m at last year's Paris Olympics and finished second in the history of Japan's men's 10,000m with a time of 27:12.53, said: "I felt good until the 15km mark, and being able to run in under 60 minutes is also a shot in the arm for my future events." ”

Japan's best men's half marathon record in the past was one hour set by Yusuke Kostard in 2020, but today it was renovated by two good riders in the Kagawa Marugame Half Marathon, and Kotaro Shinoha fell to second place with a difference of 3 seconds, and the time of 59 minutes and 30 seconds jumped to second in history, and the two also helped the Japanese men's half marathon time advance to the milestone of "59 points" for the first time.

Kotaro Shinohara, a fourth-year student at Komazawa University, also set a new record for Japanese students, and Shinsaku Kudo, a second-year student at Waseda University, finished fifth in the record with 60:06.