Men’s Asics Half Marathon 2023 results: Brett Robinson defends title

Brett Robinson of Australia lived up to his billing as the race favorite at the 2023 Asics Half Marathon in Gold Coast, Australia, on Saturday (1), capturing the men’s title with an impressive time of 1:02:16. The following are the results and race report.

Robinson, who had recently achieved a personal best of 28:11 in the 10K race at the McGrath Launceston Running Festival earlier this month, secured his second consecutive Asics Half Marathon victory after engaging in a fierce battle with Japan’s Keijiro Mogi.

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Ultimately, the Australian athlete managed to pull away and secure the victory, crossing the finish line just three seconds ahead of Mogi, who completed the race in a commendable time of 1:02:20.

“To be honest at 15km I was struggling to hold on, I didn’t really feel that good,” said Robinson. “I got a second wind in the last 10 minutes, but it was good and he [Mogi] was very strong.”

Mogi also reflected on his performance, saying, “I am very happy, I just wanted to do my best.

“I love to run on the Gold Coast. The conditions were very good, and crowd was yelling Mogi, Mogi.”

New Zealand’s Cameron Avery also delivered an outstanding performance, breaking the 63-minute barrier and claiming the third-place position with a personal best of 1:02:50.

Avery significantly improved upon his lifetime best of 1:05:24, which he achieved during the 2022 Asics Half Marathon in Gold Coast, where he finished in 11th place.

Completing the top five finishers was Jin Yuasa of Japan, who clocked an impressive time of 1:03:19, shaving off an impressive 38 seconds from his personal best to secure fourth place.

Ryan Gregson of Australia, the 1500m Olympic finalist in Rio in 2016, also showcased his skills by setting a personal best of 1:03:40, securing the fifth-place position in the race.

The men’s 2023 Asics Half Marathon in Gold Coast provided great opportunity for several athletes to continue their preparations for the World Athletics Championships later this summer in Budapest.

They was a record of 10,338 starters for the 2023 Asics Half Marathon in Gold Coast.

Men’s Asics Half Marathon Gold Coast 2023 results

Men’s Half Marathon Final:

1. Brett Robinson (Australia) – 1:02:16
2. Keijiro Mogi (Japan) – 1:02:20
3. Cameron Avery (New Zealand) – 1:02:50
4. Jin Yuasa (Japan) – 1:03:19
5. Ryan Gregson (Australia) – 1:03:40
6. Seth O’Donnell (Australia) – 1:03:40
7. Kazusa Takanuma (Japan) – 1:04:05
8. Oska Inkster-Baynes (New Zealand) – 1:04:34
9. Christopher Dryden (New Zealand) – 1:04:37
10. James Nipperess (Australia) – 1:04:40
11. Andrew Amor (Australia) – 1:05:00
12. Adrian Potter (Australia) – 1:05:42
13. Alex Harvey (Australia) – 1:06:10
14. Bailey Murzecki-Hince (Australia) – 1:06:23
15. Jack Powell (Australia) – 1:06:41
16. Ben St. Lawrence (Australia) – 1:06:41
17. Prabudass Krishnan (Malaysia) – 1:06:53
18. Ben Cook (Australia) – 1:06:54
19. Kochiro Mitani (Japan) – 1:06:58
20. Sam Clifford (Australia) – 1:07:07
21. Benjamin Stevens (Australia) – 1:07:45
22. Chun Yin Tse (Hong Kong) – 1:07:48
23. Luke Mitchell (New Zealand) – 1:07:54
24. Kurt Fryer (Australia) – 1:07:57
25. Lachlan Hall (Australia) – 1:08:06
26. Cameron Clark (New Zealand) – 1:08:26
27. Matthew Arnold (United Kingdom) – 1:08:28
28. Cameron Swales (New Zealand) – 1:08:29
29. Samuel Jones (Australia) – 1:08:29
30. Michael Shelley (Australia) – 1:08:32
31. Kieran Paton (Australia) – 1:08:46
32. Tom Middleton (Australia) – 1:08:48
33. Arron Spiessberger-Parker (Australia) – 1:09:08
34. Jason Hunt (New Zealand) – 1:09:12
35. Luke Fainges (Australia) – 1:09:17
36. Peter Dutton (Australia) – 1:09:26
37. Julian Spence (Australia) – 1:09:29
38. Stephen Dinneen (Australia) – 1:09:30
39. Bevan Does (Australia) – 1:09:31
40. Russell Dessaix-Chin (Australia) – 1:09:39
41. Christopher Soosai (Malaysia) – 1:09:55
42. Ned Verwey (Australia) – 1:09:58
43. Yoosuf Ibrahim (Maldives) – 1:09:58
44. Simon Cromarty (New Zealand) – 1:09:58
45. Joe Cross (Australia) – 1:10:07
46. Liam Hanrahan (Australia) – 1:10:07
47. Michael Daly (Australia) – 1:10:07
48. Thales da Silva (Brazil) – 1:10:10
49. David Ridley (New Zealand) – 1:10:12
50. Man Ho (Hong Kong) – 1:10:21
51. Grant Williams (Australia) – 1:10:24
52. Joe Begbie (Australia) – 1:10:34
53. Ben Cartwright (Australia) – 1:10:39
54. Finn Johnson (Australia) – 1:10:53
55. Matthew Hansen (Australia) – 1:11:46
56. Joel Ashdown (Australia) – 1:11:49
57. Sam Maurer (Australia) – 1:11:53
58. Ryan Mouritz (Australia) – 1:11:56

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