Record-setting Gamera-Shmyrko wins in Osaka for third straight year
Tetiana Gamera-Shmyrko won the Osaka Women’s Marathon for the third straight year setting a Ukrainian record of 2:22:09 at the IAAF Silver Label Road Race on Sunday (25).
Gamera-Shmyrko aiming for Osaka hat-trick
Ukraine’s Tetiana Gamera-Shmyrko will bid to become just the second woman to with the Osaka Women's Marathon for three straight years at the 34th edition of the IAAF Silver Label Road Race on Sunday (25).
Gamera-Shmyrko will bid for third Osaka victory
Ukraine’s Tetiana Gamera-Shmyrko will return to the Osaka Women's Marathon on 25 January and bid to become just the second woman to win in the Japanese city on three successive occasions, after organisers of the IAAF Silver Label Road Race announced their elite field on Friday (26).
Gamera-Shmyrko successfully defends Osaka crown
Tetyana Gamera-Shmyrko of Ukraine came from behind to win the 33rd Osaka Women’s Marathon in 2:24:37 on Sunday (26), defending the crown she won last year at the IAAF Silver Label Road Race.
Gamera-Shmyrko is bidding to be first back-to-back Osaka winner in 14 years
The champions from the past three editions of the Osaka Women’s Marathon – Tetiana Gamera-Shmyrko, Risa Shigetomo and Yukiko Akaba – have returned to contest the IAAF Silver Label Road Race, which this year doubles as a selection race for the 2014 Asian Games, on Sunday (26).
Priscah Jeptoo faces fantastic field in the defence of her London Marathon title
Virgin Money London Marathon organisers announced their women’s elite field on Wednesday (22) and the reigning Olympic and World champions will be among the opponents of London defending champion Priscah Jeptoo at the IAAF Gold Label Road Race on Sunday 13 April.
Gamera-Shmyrko among four former winners to contest 2014 Osaka Marathon
The organisers of the 33rd edition of the Osaka International Women’s Marathon, an IAAF Silver Label Road Race, have announced that Ukraine’s reigning champion Tetiana Gamera-Shmyrko will defend her title on 26 January.
Ukraine’s Gamera-Shmyrko leaves it late to come from behind and win in Osaka
Coming from behind to pass local star Kayoko Fukushi with 900m left in the race, Ukraine’s Tetyana Gamera-Shmyrko won the Osaka Women’s Marathon, an IAAF Silver Label race, in a personal best of 2:23:58 on Sunday (27).
Third time lucky for Fukushi at the Osaka Women’s Marathon?
The 32nd Osaka Women’s Marathon on Sunday, an IAAF Silver Label Road Race, will be held on a course that is essentially the same as that used for the 2007 IAAF World Championships and local interest centres on whether Kayoko Fukushi can finally get it right and deliver a performance worthy of her potential.