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Honami Maeda crosses the finish line at the Osaka Women’s Marathon on Sunday, breaking the Japan record for the first time in 19 years. The Tokyo Olympian finished in 2 hours 18 minutes 59 seconds, second behind Ethiopian Workenesh Edesa’s 2:18:51. Maeda was also faster than the 2:21:41 qualification standard needed to put her in position for a trip to the Olympics, set take place in Paris this year. The previous national record was Mizuki Noguchi’s 2:19:12, which she ran in Berlin in 2005.
