Tokyo Marathon 2025: Start time, as you observe and the leading elite competitors | Marathon News

The newly expanded Abbott World Marathon Majors series begins this weekend with the 2025 Tokyo Marathon.

The first of the Sydney's schedule, the elite Global Marathon season begins in the 18th race of Tokyo thanks to Sydney's addition.

We will concentrate on the 169 elites in this preview, as you will lead a field of 38,000 in the Japanese capital over 26.2 miles from the Metropolitan building in Tokyo to the Tokyo station.

As you would expect, it is a flat and quick course and last year and last year have new men's and women's course records by Kenya Benson Kipruto (2:02:16) and Ethiopia Sutume Asefa Kebede (2:15:55), both of whom are back to defend their titles.

Also note that the race for Japanese runners in September is a direct qualification game for the World Athletics Championships, which are also held in Tokyo.

Start time and how to watch live

It starts at 9:10 a.m. on Sunday, the 1910 Eastern and 1610 Western (both Saturday). In Europe the 00:10 is in Great Britain and 01:10.

In Japan, the race on Nippon television is broadcast, but for the rest of the world the official website is given, which is only announced during the day itself.

As for the previous year, it was broadcast internationally in over 160 countries across the borders of Eurosport, Canal+, Flo Sports and ESPN.

Men Elite field

Kenya Benson Kipruto, Anyone who shook the course record and has the fastest time in Japan when they won in Tokyo in 2:02:16 last year returns to defend their crown.

Since then he has taken bronze at the Olympic Games in Paris and his durability is amazing – he has not been on the podium in a marathon in the past four years.

He is one of six sub-2: 04 athletes, but it is probably a man who does not fit into this bracket who looks the most fascinating.

And that's Uganda Joshua CheptegiThe two -time Olympic champion and World 5,000m and 10,000 million record holder who runs out the route for road to take over just his second marathon.

His debut made in Valencia when he faded in the second half and had to be satisfied with a time of 2:08:59 – they expect a big improvement on Sunday.

To Kipruto in Sub-2: 04 Club are Ethiopian quartet Birhanu LegesPresent Deresa eletaPresent Tadese Tackele And Dawit wolde Plus Kenya Vincent Kipkemoi.

Legese endeavors to write the first three-time Tokyo marathon winner of the Tokyo Marathon, and the 30-year-old beat here in 2019 and 2020.

His PB from 2:02:48 in Berlin in 2019 brings him to the top 10 ever.

Geleta broke into the scene in a spectacular style last year. He didn't go under 2:05 a.m. before 2024, but a 2:03:27 booked his Olympic Games early on.

Then he rounded it off at 2:02:38 with style when he ended second place in Valencia.

Wolde somehow manages to combine 1500 meters on the route with street marathons, but has to be respected with a PB of 2:03:48.

And that is exceeded by Tackele, who is only 22 years old, but is registered in Berlin in 2023 2:03:24, a long time for a U23 athlete.

And in the same race, NGETICH gave a brilliant marathon debut when he took second place behind the great Eliud Kipchoge in his best time from 2:03:13.

Others can be observed Ethiopia Leul GebresilaseUganda Stephen Kissa and domestic hopes Akira Akasaki And Yoei Ikeda.

Women Elite field

Defender Champion Ethiopia Sutume Asefa Kebede It is also back and it is difficult to move away from the idea that the women's race looks a four-way battle.

Kebedes 2:15:55 12 months ago she became the top 10 of all time and when she didn't ran at the Olympic Games, she followed Ruth Chepng'etich when she set up this remarkable new world record of 2:09:56 in Chicago in October.

But she meets two Kenyans, both of whom have faster PBS than her and are also former Tokyo winners.

You are a former world record holder and Olympic silver medalist Brigid Kosgei And Rosemary Wanjiru.

Kosgei took the title here in 2022 and is the fastest in the field in 2019 with 2:14:04 from Chicago, but since this victory she has not been on the podium three years ago.

Wanjiru, the Victor of 2023, became second in the country in which she studied, and looked at her second home.

Ethiopia Tigist Ketema Could also easily get into the mix. Last year she clocked 2:16:07 in Dubai, the fastest of all time from a marathon debutant.

And she followed this with a clear victory in Berlin and went again at 2:17.

Hawi Feysawho won in Frankfurt in 2:17:25, 2022 world champion Gotytom Gebreslase and Japanese duo Ai Hosoda And Yuka Ando are among those who shake the Big Four.