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A switch to the marathon event demonstrated her talents further: she won the Nagoya and Osaka Women's Marathons, and took the silver medal in the marathon at the 2003 World Championships in Athletics.

Her good form continued and she became the Olympic champion in the marathon at the 2004 Athens Olympics.

She won the Berlin Marathon the following year, setting world records at 25 km and 30 km along the way, and finishing with a personal best of 2: 19: 12 – a new Asian record for the distance.

The 25K world record was beaten by Mary Keitany of Kenya in 2010, who ran the distance in 1: 19: 53 hours.