{"id":2349,"date":"2020-03-16T10:13:21","date_gmt":"2020-03-16T01:13:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/tokyo\/?p=2349"},"modified":"2020-03-16T10:13:21","modified_gmt":"2020-03-16T01:13:21","slug":"waseda-graduate-suguru-osako-sets-new-japanese-record-in-tokyo-marathon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/tokyo\/news-en\/2020\/03\/16\/2349\/","title":{"rendered":"Waseda graduate Suguru Osako sets new Japanese record in Tokyo Marathon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former Waseda University student Suguru Osako (2014 graduate of the School of Sports Sciences, now with Nike), completed the Tokyo Marathon 2020 on March 1 in just 2:05.29, a new Japanese record.<\/p>\n<p>During the race, Osako stayed close to the leader pack until the 21km mark. From 22km he began to lag the pack and at one point, the gap seemed insurmountable. At the 32km mark, however, he caught up with the pack and seized the lead among the Japanese runners. His pace did not relent after that point. At times he held his right side in the cruise to the finish line. He had his eye on the time crossing the line \u2013 a new Japanese record. He pumped the air with his fist as he broke the ribbon.<\/p>\n<p>In 2018, Osako ran the Chicago Marathon in 2:05.50, making him the first Japanese runner to beat 2h 05m. In the Tokyo Marathon, he smashed his own national record.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2324\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-2324\" src=\"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/tokyo\/assets\/uploads\/2020\/03\/TR2020030100165.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"538\" height=\"380\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/tokyo\/assets\/uploads\/2020\/03\/TR2020030100165.jpg 3637w, https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/tokyo\/assets\/uploads\/2020\/03\/TR2020030100165-610x430.jpg 610w, https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/tokyo\/assets\/uploads\/2020\/03\/TR2020030100165-768x542.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/tokyo\/assets\/uploads\/2020\/03\/TR2020030100165-940x663.jpg 940w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 538px) 100vw, 538px\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Osako places fourth in the men\u2019s Tokyo Marathon, setting a new Japanese record of 2:05.29. He makes a strong case for a place at the Tokyo Olympics (Kyodo News)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The final qualifying race for the Olympics, the Marathon Grand Championship (MGC) is on March 8 at the Lake Biwa Mainichi Marathon. If no runner can beat the time of 2:05.29, Osako\u2019s place at the Tokyo Olympics will be assured.<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s cheer on our ever-hardworking champion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Waseda University student Suguru Osako (2014 graduate of the School of Sports Sciences, now with Nike), [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2355,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[95],"tags":[91,94,81,71],"class_list":["post-2349","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-en","tag-alumni-en","tag-general-en","tag-global-en","tag-sports-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/tokyo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2349","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/tokyo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/tokyo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/tokyo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/tokyo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2349"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/tokyo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2349\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/tokyo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2355"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/tokyo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2349"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/tokyo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2349"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/tokyo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2349"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}