Coronavirus: Tokyo Marathon organisers restrict event to elite runners

Organisers of the Tokyo Marathon have announced it will no longer be a mass participation event due to outbreak of the Coronavirus, BBC reports. Only elite runners and wheelchair athletes will compete in the event in Japan, which takes place on 1 March. Around 38,000 runners were expected to t

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