On February 28, at the 76th Lake Biwa Daily Marathon in Shiga Prefecture, Japan, 25-year-old Kengo Suzuki made history by winning the men's championship with a time of 2 hours 04 minutes and 56 seconds, not only improving his personal best by nearly 6 points, but also breaking the Japanese record of 2 hours 05 minutes and 29 seconds held by the famous Daisuke Daisuke (also a yellow record), breaking the 2 hour and 5 minute mark in second place in Asia, the Japanese marathon has a tradition of strength advantage, and now further narrows the gap with the world's strongest teams.
Kengo Suzuki is only 1.63 meters tall, and before the race, he was an unknown runner, and his personal best was the 2 hours, 10 minutes and 21 seconds set by the 2018 Tokyo Marathon, and he had not yet run into 2 hours and 10 minutes. At the beginning of the race, Kengo Suzuki followed the first leading group, with a time of 29 minutes and 44 seconds at 10 kilometers, and it took 1 hour 28 minutes and 59 seconds to run to 30 kilometers, and Kengo Suzuki began to accelerate after 36 kilometers of replenishment, quickly leaving his opponent in the lead.
In the last few kilometers, Kengo Suzuki widened the gap wider and wider, and finally won the championship with a good time of 2 hours 04 minutes and 56 seconds, the second and third place results were 2 hours 06 minutes 26 seconds, 2 hours 06 minutes 35 seconds, and the "strongest civil servant runner" Yuki Kawauchi won the tenth place with a time of 2 hours 07 minutes and 27 seconds, compared with this race, China's marathon performance was shameful, and the national record of 2 hours 08 minutes and 15 seconds set by the predecessor Yunlong in 14 years could not squeeze into the top ten, ranking 22nd in this race.
The Japanese people like to run, whether it is sprinting or long-distance running are more skilled, the 100-meter sprint Japanese team has Sani Brown, Kiryu Shoshu, Koike Yuki three outstanding athletes who ran into 10 seconds, won two Olympic relay silver medals, this year's Tokyo Olympic Games towards the gold medal impact. Japan Marathon in the past has made brilliant achievements, Sun Jizhen won the Men's Gold Medal of the Berlin Olympic Games, in addition to the Japanese team also won the Olympic 2 silver and 2 bronze, Japan also won the Women's Marathon Olympic Games 2 gold, 1 silver and 1 bronze, China's best record is the famous Zhou Chunxiu won the bronze medal in the Beijing Olympic Games (2 hours 27 minutes 07 seconds), the Chinese marathon is going to refuel.