Ethiopia's Tadese Takele won the Tokyo Marathon in a time of 2hr 3min 23sec on Sunday as Uganda's double Olympic track champion Joshua Cheptegei finished ninth. Cheptegei, who won gold in both the Tokyo Olympics 5,

KAMPALA, UGANDA | Xinhua | Uganda’s Olympic 5,000m and 10,000m champion Joshua Cheptegei will compete in the Tokyo Marathon on March 2. Cheptegei told Xinhua that he is well-prepared after months of intensive training.

On a mild spring morning in Tokyo, Japan, more than 30,000 runners took to the streets for the Tokyo Marathon, marking the commencement of this year’s World Marathon Major series. Ethiopian runners topped the podium in both the men’s and women’s races,