|
Sho Watanabe
Sho Watanabe ( ja, 渡辺翔) is a Japanese wheelchair racer, who won the 2017 Tokyo Marathon, came second at the 2020 Tokyo Marathon, and came third at the 2017 New York City Marathon and the 2023 Tokyo Marathon, 2023 and 2024 Tokyo Marathons. Personal life Watanabe is from Fukuoka, Japan. Career Watanabe came second in the 2013 IPC Athletics World Championships – Men's 10,000 metres, 10,000 metres T54 race at the 2013 IPC Athletics World Championships. Watanabe won the 2017 Tokyo Marathon, beating race favourite Marcel Hug. In the same year, Watanabe finished third at the 2017 New York City Marathon. At the 2017 World Para Athletics Championships in London, Watanabe, Tomoki Suzuki (athlete), Tomoki Suzuki, Yuki Nishi (athlete), Yuki Nishi, and Hitoshi Matsunaga won the 2017 World Para Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay, 4 × 400 metres relay T53 (classification), T53/T54 (classification), T54 race, by virtue of being the only finishers. He finished sec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2017 London Marathon
The 2017 London Marathon was the 37th running of the annual marathon race in London, England, which took place on Sunday, 23 April. Mary Jepkosgei Keitany won the women's race, setting a new women-only marathon world record with a time of 2:17:01, while Daniel Wanjiru came first in the men's race in 2:05:48. David Weir (wheelchair athlete), David Weir claimed a record breaking seventh win at the London Marathon in the men's wheelchair event. The win broke a tie between Weir and Tanni Gray Thompson for the most wins at the London Marathon. Around 253,930 people applied to enter the race: 53,229 had their applications accepted and 40,048 started the race. These were all record highs for the race. A total of 39,406 runners, 23,912 men and 15,494 women, finished the race. In the under-17 Mini Marathon, the 3-mile able-bodied and wheelchair events were won by Toby Osman (14:25), Erin Wallace (16:09), Jack Agnew (11:39) and Kare Adenegan (12:51). Course The London Marathon Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
