Jaouad Gharib To Run Fukuoka Marathon
Posted Thursday, 9 November, 2006
World champion Jaouad Gharib of Morocco will run in the Fukuoka International Marathon in Japan next month, the Japan Association of Athletics Federations said Thursday.
Also featuring in the Dec. 3 event is Haile Gebrselassie of Ethiopia, who won the Berlin marathon in September in 2 hours, 5 minutes and 56 seconds, the fastest time in the world this year.
According to Kyodo News, top Japanese runner Atsushi Fujita, who holds the Fukuoka record of 2:6:51, and world bronze medalist Tsuyoshi Ogata are also among the invitees.
The Fukuoka race doubles as a qualifier for Japanese athletes for next summer's world championships in Osaka.
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