Bahrain's Sitaye Hapte won the gold medal in the women's marathon at the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games. Chinese and Japanese athletes also reached the podium, while South Korean competitors did not medal.
Hapte finished the race on September 26 with a time of 2 hours, 27 minutes, and 31 seconds. She is a naturalized athlete from Ethiopia. The silver medal went to China's Sirenkuomu with a time of 2 hours, 27 minutes, and 43 seconds, while Japan's Mikuni Yada took bronze in 2 hours, 27 minutes, and 56 seconds. North Korea's Park Sol-kyung finished sixth with a time of 2 hours, 30 minutes, and 41 seconds, and Jeon Su-kyung was seventh in 2 hours, 31 minutes, and 48 seconds. South Korea's Choi Kyung-sun placed 12th with a time of 2 hours, 41 minutes, and 31 seconds, and Lim Ye-jin finished 16th in 2 hours, 58 minutes, and 16 seconds.
In the men's marathon, Japan's Yamashita Ichitaka won gold with a time of 2 hours, 10 minutes, and 49 seconds, followed by India's Barwal Sawan in silver at 2 hours, 11 minutes, and 37 seconds, and China's Peng Feiyu in bronze at 2 hours, 12 minutes, and 13 seconds. South Korea's Park Min-ho finished eighth in 2 hours, 15 minutes, and 35 seconds, while Kim Hong-rok placed tenth in 2 hours, 18 minutes, and 27 seconds.
The last time South Korea won a medal in marathon at the Asian Games was in 2010, when Ji Young-jun took gold in Guangzhou.
* This article has been translated by AI.
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