Olympics 2000 (Women)

Post-Race Review/ Results

Naoko Takahashi, winner of the Sydney Olympics Women's Marathon, was presented with the People's Honour Award in Japan.

Takahashi receives supreme honour

Training/ Health

Naoko Takahashi has revealed one of the secrets of her success - she drank the stomach juices of giant, killer hornets that fly up to 60 miles per day looking for food.  Scientists had determined that the source of the insects stamina was these stomach juices and that they have a similar effect on humans.

Olympic Marathon star runs on hornet stomach juice - Naoko Takahashi

Human Interest Story

Mighty insects fly 95 km a day to find food for baby grubs

The women's marathon winner at the Sydney Olympics has revealed the secret of her success: she drank the stomach juices of giant, killer hornets that fly about 95 km a day at up to 32 km/h. 
Naoko Takahashi, 28, from Japan, consumed the hornet juice during training and the race itself after scientists discovered that it had astonishing powers to boost human stamina.

Killer hornet juice fuels world's fastest female marathon runner

Naoko Takahashi pulled away from Romanian Lidia Simon with about four miles to go this morning (Saturday EDT) and became the first Japanese runner to win the women's Olympic Marathon

Naoko Takahashi, 28, of Japan, the 1998 Asian Games champion and a two-time winner of the Nagoya Marathon, finished the hilly 26.2 mile course in an Olympic-best 2 hours 23 minutes 14 seconds, far faster than anyone expected on the difficult layout.

Marathon Summary

Marathon Results