Athletics: Yuka Ando wins Nagoya Women's Marathon but misses Olympics

Yuka Ando turned on the jets over the final kilometer to win the Nagoya Women's Marathon in a personal-best 2 hours, 21 minutes, 18 seconds on Sunday.The 29-year-old was unable to secure a place on the Japanese Olympic team, however, having needed to beat the national record of 2:18:59 set by Honami Maeda at the Osaka Women's Marathon in January.Maeda's performance in Osaka will see her fill the third and final Japanese berth in the Paris Olympic women's marathon this summer.Ando was neck-and-neck with Bahrain's Eunice Chumba from around the 39-km mark before pulling away from the eventual …READ FULL ARTICLE