The Nagoya Women’s Marathon will be broadcast live on Saturday

The Nagoya Women’s Marathon will take place on Sunday (13) – with the start at 9:10 am in Japan and 21:10 pm on Saturday (12) Brasilia time – and marathon fans in Brazil will be able to catch up on the race. Live on the official website of the event.

The race will be broadcast for free to 33 countries: Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Brunei, Cambodia, Chile, Colombia, Egypt, Ethiopia, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Italy, Kenya, Macau, Malaysia, Mexico, Monaco. Myanmar, Namibia, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Taiwan, Thailand, the United Kingdom and the United States.

The 11th edition of the Nagoya Women’s Marathon will award the winner a record prize of $250,000 (about 1.3 million R$). All runners who complete the race, including the virtual one, will be awarded the traditional Tiffany & Co necklace, the marathon’s trademark.

“I chose the Women’s Nagoya Marathon because Japan is a great place. The environment is good, and as women, we have to cheer each other up and do better. I want to run a good race,” said Kenyan Ruth Chepengetech, who won the Chicago Marathon last year.

“I’m happy to be here. It’s my first time and I hope to do my best on Sunday. I wish all the best to the ladies. Training was good. I’ve been in Kenya for eight weeks so I’m ready for Sunday. I trust my training,” said Kenyan-Israeli Lunah Schmthai Salpeter.

In addition to elite sports, the 2022 Women’s Nagoya Marathon will host runners based in Japan only. Due to the Japanese government’s border restrictions to contain the omicron variant, amateur athletes living outside the country will not be able to participate in the race in person, but there will be a virtual race, the 2022 Nagoya Women’s Online Marathon.

The Nagoya Women’s Marathon is the world’s largest women’s marathon certified by the Guinness Book of Records, and is held annually in the month of March in Nagoya, Japan. Launched on March 11, 2012, with 13,114 participants, reformed from the Nagoya International Women’s Marathon, the elite women’s race known as the qualifying race that sent many Japanese athletes to international competitions, including Olympic gold medalist Naoko Takahashi. and Mizuki. Noguchi. It holds the status of platinum-ranked IAAF World Athletics and has now grown to include 22,000 participants. Playing an important role in increasing the number of female runners in Japan, the race was awarded the International Olympic Committee Women’s Sports Achievement Award in 2019, after receiving the Women and Sports Award from the Japanese Olympic Committee in 2017.