The Tokyo Marathon takes place against a backdrop of empty streets and with just a couple of hundred runners due to the coronavirus outbreak.
Birhanu Legese ran through the winning ribbon, held by volunteers wearing face masks
Organisers had reduced the entries to just elite runners and wheelchair athletes with the mass race, which usually attracts around 38,000 runners, "There are maybe 20% of the number of people who came to see the race last year. Normally, it's so packed you can barely breathe."
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