Athletics: Hitomi Niiya wins Houston Marathon, just misses Japanese record
Japan's Hitomi Niiya runs away with the Houston Marathon women's title, finishing 12 seconds outside the course record in a personal-best 2 hours, 19 minutes and 24 seconds.
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Japan's Hitomi Niiya runs away with the Houston Marathon women's title, finishing 12 seconds outside the course record in a personal-best 2 hours, 19 minutes and 24 seconds.
Japan's Hitomi Niiya runs away with the Houston Marathon women's title, finishing 12 seconds outside the course record in a personal-best 2 hours, 19 minutes and 24 seconds.
Keira D'Amato broke the long-standing US women’s marathon record, while Kenya’s Vicoty Chepngeno set a North American all-comers’ half marathon record to move to 11th on the world all-time list and Sara Hall broke the US half marathon record on a busy morning of road race action in Houston on Sunday (16).
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