Eleven male runners boasting a sub 2:10 PB will make up a fleet footed, competitive field to mark the 45th running of the ASICS Gold Coast Marathon this year.
Ethiopian Gizealew Ayana will take the start line with the fastest PB 2:07:15, winning his debut marathon against a quality field in the 2023 Paris Marathon. He’ll need to channel the winning vibes on the Gold Coast course to outrun Kenyan Matthew Samperu (2:07:25), Japan’s 2013 Gold Coast Marathon winner Yuki Kawauchi (2:07:27) and fellow Ethiopian Derese Workneh (2:07:46).
Also boasting sub 2:10 PBs and with five out of the last ten Gold Coast Marathon men’s winners hailing from Japan, Japanese runners Mizuki Higashi (2:08.03), Yuki Kakei (2:08:06), Ryoma Takeuchi (2:08:40) and Ryuichi Hashimoto (2:09:40) will also be doing their best to uphold the successful reputation the country has in marathon running in Australia.
Winner of the 2024 Macau International Marathon, the third elite Ethiopian man in the field Fikadu Debele will be looking to better his six-year-old PB (2:08:27) on the fast and flat course. Mongolian Marathon national record holder and the senior in the marathon field at 43, Ser-od Bat-ochir (2:08:50) will be an athlete to keep an eye on with years of experience including six Olympic Marathons.
He’ll have fellow Mongolian Olonbayar Jamsran (2:08:58) hot on his heels and keen to break the national record and make his mark in the country’s elite athlete roll of honour. Other runners to add to the elite field and potential for a podium finish include Canadian Thomas Broatch (2:10:35), USA’s Josh Izewski (2:10:54), a pair of young Kenyans in Athanas Kioko (2:10:56) and Vincent Kiprono (2:11:49) and a trio of young Japanese marathon debutants, Yuto Imae, Tatsuya Tsunashima and Aoi Ota.
The fastest Aussie striding out the 42.195km, Reece Edwards (2:13:23) is hot favourite to take out the 2025 Oceania Marathon Championships. He will be challenged by fellow Australians Alex Harvey (2:15:58), Brad Kahlefeldt (2:19:19) and Steven Mckenna (2:19:26) as well as New Zealanders Chris Dryden (2:18:10), Jordan McLennan (2:19:41) and Julian Oakley (Debut).
The current men’s race record is 2:07:40 set by Japan’s Naoki Koyama in 2023.
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