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According to an interview with the people involved on the 17th, the Biwako Mainichi Marathon was found to be adjusting by disappearing next year. Tournament 76 on February 28 next year is said to be the last. One of the top three men’s marathons in Japan that has produced many representatives as the final selection for the Olympic Games and World Championships. However, in recent years it has been pushed by the Tokyo Marathon, which has a number of good records, and its value has been questioned because of its limited timeliness. It is said that the Osaka Marathon will be upgraded to the representative selection race in the future.
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Lake Biwa Mainichi, which colored the history of the marathon and produced many representatives of the Olympic Games and world championships, marks the end of its history. The oldest surviving marathon in Japan that started in 1946. Along with Fukuoka International and Tokyo, it is one of the three most important men’s marathons. However, according to those interested, the race on February 28 next year, in which Takugo Nakamura (28 = Fujitsu), representative of the Tokyo Olympics, is scheduled to participate, will be the last.
Biwako Mainichi, which begins and ends at Otsu and Ojiyama Athletics Stadium, was the final selection race for world competitions such as the Olympics and World Championships every year. Two representatives have been produced for both the London 2012 Olympic Games and the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games. In the 1964 and 1968 tournaments of the predecessor, the Mainichi Marathon, the first three were representatives from the Olympic Games. The final battle for the national team-. Many famous runners who repelled the pressure flew to the world.
It is a tournament in which many famous games and traditions accumulate, but recently it has lacked relevance. The background to the darkening of the situation was that the Tokyo Marathon changed course in 2017, which made filming easier. Just as Yuta Shitara (29 = Honda) in 2018 and Jie Osako (29 = Nike) renewed Japan in 2008, the trend of top runners looking for good times has taken root in Tokyo. As a result, Biwako Mainichi was a tournament only for elite runners, but the players who could be the most prominent were far behind. The fact that the dates have completely overlapped with the Nagoya Women’s Marathon for the past two years has also contributed to the shadow. The way the tournament should be, including profitability, was being questioned.
Summing up the stories of the people involved, the Osaka Marathon is said to be the most promising to switch to the representative selection race. This is the second largest marathon in Japan after Tokyo, and it is an urban citizens’ marathon with some 35,000 people running in Osaka. There is a high possibility that a “representative selection meeting” sign will be added there.
The world of marathons on the rise. For the Tokyo Olympics, the “Marathon Grand Championship (MGC)” representative selection meeting that featured the element of “one shot game” was a great success. The direction is to have a similar “one-shot” race for the 2012 Paris Olympics. Now is the transition period of the era due to the crown disaster. The world of the Japanese marathon will also be reorganized and reshaped to make it more exciting.
▽ 68 year conference
The first three were selected to represent the Olympic Games in Mexico City. The winner was Akira Usami, who set about 35 km, in 2 hours 13 minutes 49 seconds. Held in April, the temperature was 19 degrees Celsius, and it was a good time, the fifth in Japanese history (at that time). Second place is Yoshiaki Kamiya at 2 hours 14 minutes 24 seconds, and third place is Kenji Kimihara at 2 hours 14 minutes 46 seconds. Kimihara won the silver medal at the Olympics six months later.
▽ 88 Conference
Toshihiko Seko won the championship in 2 hours 12 minutes 41 seconds. In the same year, the ticket for the Seoul Olympics was hung, and Fukuoka International in December of the previous year was called a “one-time game”, but Seko failed due to a previous failure. Takemichi Nakayama talked about it even when he said, “Get out.” On the stage that became the “retest”, he showed a solo career of almost 3 minutes from the next and became the manager.
▽ 03 year conference
Masakazu Fujiwara, a 21-year-old high school student, set a record of 2 hours, 8 minutes, and 12 seconds for the first marathon in Japan. Koichi Morishita’s conventional time in 1991 was updated by 41 seconds. He ranked third among the best Japanese players and was named the representative of the Paris World Championship Tournament (rejected due to a breakdown). Fujiwara’s first marathon record stands even now as speed increases.
▽ 12-year conference
The battle for the Japanese leadership was embroiled in the track game. In the cold rain, Kentaro Nakamoto took the lead at about 38 km. Ryo Yamamoto, who was chasing him, passed Nakamoto with 400 meters remaining. Yamamoto in fourth place at 2 hours 8 minutes 44 seconds and Nakamoto in fifth place at 2 hours 8 minutes 53 seconds were chosen to represent the London Olympics. In that London, Nakamoto put up a good fight with sixth place.
▽ 18 year conference
Takugo Nakamura from the first marathon was the Japanese top 7 in 2 hours 10 minutes 51 seconds. The conditions for participation for the Tokyo MGC Olympic Games representative selection meeting are 2 hours 11 minutes 0 seconds. Progress seemed difficult, but Komadai’s teacher’s principal, Oyagi, hit him saying “5 seconds left” in the last 500 meters. This became an opportunity to grow up, win the MGC and race towards the Tokyo Olympics.
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