Gamera-Shmyrko among four former winners to contest 2014 Osaka Marathon
http://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-label-road-races/news/ukraine-tetiana-gamera-shmyrko-mizuki-noguchi
Gamera-Shmyrko, who won earlier this year in 2:23:58, will be bidding to become the
first woman since Romania’s Lidia Simon won the third of her three consecutive
titles in 2000 to successfully defend her crown in the Japanese city.
■Leading entries (with best times)
Mizuki Noguchi (JPN) 2:19:12
Risa Shigetomo (JPN) 2:23:23
Mari Ozaki (JPN) 2:23:30
Tetiana Gamera-Shmyrko (UKR) 2:23:58
Yukiko Akaba (JPN) 2:24:09
Yuko Watanabe (JPN) 2:25:56
Karolina Jarzynska (POL) 2:26:45
Hellen Mugo (KEN) 2:27:16
Marta Lema (ETH) 2:28:02
Louise Damen (GBR) 2:30:00
Natalya Puchkova (RUS) 2:30:17
Deborah Toniolo (ITA) 2:31:20
Sayo Nomura (JPN) debut
Sairi Maeda (JPN) debut