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Japan's Yamashita Wins Asian Games Marathon Gold as India's Barwal Sets National Record

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Courtroom-sketch editorial illustration of an archival 2022 street marathon in Okazaki, Aichi Prefecture, with a long stream of runners heading down a city road lined with utility poles and spectators; road-race context for the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games, not the September 26, 2026 men's marathon itself, rendered in warm ochre and slate-blue pastel strokes.

Japan's Ichitaka Yamashita won the men's marathon at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games on September 26 in a provisional 2:10:49, racing in 22-degree heat and humidity near 80 percent. India's Sawan Barwal took silver in 2:11:37, a personal best and a new Indian national record, after leading from 10 km to 35 km, according to the Athletics Federation of India. Yamashita, 29, briefly dropped off the lead at 32.5 km, rejoined at 34.7 km and pulled clear of Barwal after 35 km. The win is Japan's first Asian Games men's marathon title since 2018, and Barwal's silver is India's first Asian Games marathon medal in 44 years.

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