Kanaguri Award Asahi Marathon - Kanaguri Award Asahi Marathon

...This was the turning point for him to decide to devote his life to marathon running, and he ran from Shimonoseki to Tokyo, Tokyo to Aomori, and other routes to promote marathon running. During this time, he participated in consecutive Olympic Games in 1920 (Antwerp) and 1924 (Paris), but failed to achieve his long-cherished dream of winning a prize. After the war, he quickly gathered comrades and formed the "Association to Strengthen Japan's Marathons," and in December 1947, the "Kankuri Prize Asahi Marathon" (the predecessor of the "Fukuoka International Marathon") was held in Fukuoka City. [Kawamoto Nobumasa]...

*Some of the terms used in reference to the Kanekuri Award Asahi Marathon are listed below.

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…これを契機にマラソンに一生を捧げることを決意，下関～東京，東京～青森間などを走破してマラソンの普及に努め，その間，20年(アントワープ)と24年(パリ)のオリンピックに連続出場したが，入賞の悲願は達せられなかった。戦後いち早く同志を集めて〈日本のマラソンを強くする会〉を結成し，47年12月福岡市で〈金栗賞朝日マラソン〉(〈福岡国際マラソン〉の前身)が開催された。【川本 信正】。…

※「金栗賞朝日マラソン」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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