On Sunday morning in Tokyo, B.C.’s Cam Levins added one other nationwide finest to his resume, operating 2:06:47 to higher Reid Coolsaet’s time of two:10:37, set greater than a decade in the past.
Within the girls’s race, Kenya’s Brigid Kosgei stormed to the highest of the rostrum, operating 2:14:29, the seventh quickest girls’s marathon time in historical past and a brand new course document. Ethiopia’s Tadese Takele efficiently defended his title on the lads’s aspect, edging out Kenya’s Geofry Toroitich Kipchumba in a dash end, with each credited with 2:03:37.
Levins lowers the masters mark
Levins positioned 14th general within the second-fastest marathon of his profession. He reached midway in 1:02:48 and stayed regular over the closing kilometres. The consequence got here on the identical Tokyo format the place he set the open Canadian document of two:05:36 in 2023, and adopted a 1:01:46 win on the Vancouver First Half in February.
Put up-race, Levins mentioned he felt good in regards to the effort and was glad with the consequence.
Kosgei takes management
Kosgei, 32, shaved greater than a minute off the earlier course mark, on the identical course the place she received in 2022.
A small lead pack carried the tempo via midway, together with defending champion Sutume Asefa Kebede, Bertukan Welde and Hawi Feysa, all of Ethiopia. Kebede stayed with Kosgei previous 30 kilometres, however Kosgei steadily opened a niche after the 35K mark. Welde moved into second in 2:16:36, and Feysa caught as much as Kebede to safe third in 2:17:39 (with Kebede posting the identical time) after pulling away from Welde late within the race.
Prime 10 girls
1. Brigid Kosgei (Kenya) 2:14:29
2. Bertukan Welde (Ethiopia) 2:16:36
3. Hawi Feysa (Ethiopia) 2:17:39
4. Sutume Asefa Kebede (Ethiopia) 2:17:39
5. Megertu Alemu (Ethiopia) 2:18:50
6. Violah Cheptoo (Kenya) 2:19:05
7. Mestawut Fikir (Ethiopia) 2:20:00
8. Aberu Ayana (Ethiopia) 2:20:30
9. Pascalia Jepkogei (Kenya) 2:21:39
10. Ai Hosoda (Japan) 2:23:39
Tekele defends his title
The boys’s race stayed tight via 30 kilometres, earlier than the tempo started to kind issues out. Japan’s Ryuichi Hashimoto charged forward from the beginning of the race and held on till simply previous the 26 km mark, when he pale and the lead pack charged forward. Takele timed his transfer nicely over the closing phases, however Kipchumba hanging on for an exhilarating dash end, with Takele defending his title in 2:03:37 and Kipchumba posting the identical time. Takele is the one runner to have received Tokyo in back-to-back races. Alexander Mutiso Munyao was one second again in 2:03:38.
Males’s outcomes
1. Tadese Takele (Ethiopia) 2:03:37
2. Geofry Toroitich Kipchumba (Kenya) 2:03:37
3. Alexander Mutiso Munyao (Kenya) 2:03:38
4. Daniel Mateiko (Kenya) 2:03:44
5. Muktar Edris (Ethiopia) 2:04:07
6. Iliass Aouani (Italy) 2:04:26
7. Selemon Barega (Ethiopia) 2:05:00
8. Seifu Tura (Ethiopia) 2:05:02
9. Vincent Kipkemoi Ngetich (Kenya) 2:05:21
10. Shifera Tamru (Ethiopia) 2:05:56
For full outcomes of the 2026 Tokyo Marathon, head right here.
