Ex-Olympic marathon champ Noguchi hit by injury
- Published: 25/01/2012 at 08:32 PM
- Online news: Sports
Former Olympic marathon champion Mizuki Noguchi, who is trying to qualify for the London Games after missing Beijing due to injury, has been forced to miss her first full race in more than four years.
Former Olympic marathon champion Mizuki Noguchi, seen here after winning the Berlin marathon in 2005, has been forced to miss her first full race in more than four years. Noguchi is trying to qualify for the London Olympic Games after missing Beijing due to injury.
Noguchi, who won gold in Athens, has a slight inflammation in her left hamstring and has withdrawn from Sunday's Osaka marathon, one of Japan's three Olympic trials, her coach Hisakazu Hirose told reporters Wednesday.
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