It was a mixed day for the Irish at the women's Olympic marathon in Japan on Saturday.
Fionnuala McCormack finished in a very respectable 25th place with a time of 2h 34m 09s, just under 7 minutes behind the winner in the 27 deg C heat. This was the fourth Olympic appearance for the former European cross country champion.
It was a tough day at the office for Cork's own Aoife Cooke who had to pull out of the race.
Aoife was just 28 seconds down on the leaders at the 10k mark but had to retire just before the halfway point.
This will obviously be a huge disappointment for Aoife who ran a 2:28 qualifying marathon back in April.
In an Instagram post, Aoife wrote..."Incredibly disappointed with having to pull out of the race today. Can't put my finger om what went wrong but the conditions really got to me, my body shut down and I couldn't really do anything about it"
The only other Irish runner in the race was Sinead Diver from Co. Mayo. She was representing Australia and finished in an impressive 10th place with a time of 2:31:14.
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