Israeli runner sets new record in Japanese marathon win

Israeli runner Lonah Chemtai Salpeter finished first in the Tokyo Marathon women's event on Sunday after the organizers limited the number of participants in the event due continuing fears of a coronavirus outbreak.

The Kenya-born runner finished the arduous run in 2 hours 17 minutes and 45 seconds, setting a new women’s record for the race, which originally had 38,000 registered participants but was reduced to only 200 due to the risk of the COVID-19 virus being spread among the runners.