The male and female winners of the 2014 Nagoya City Marathon visited Sydney, running in the Sydney Running Festival on 21 September. The Sydney Running Festival and Nagoya City Marathon signed a sister marathon affiliation in August 2012, as one of many projects to bring the two sister cities closer together. Joining the runners was an official from the Marathon Festival Nagoya-Aichi Organising Committee, to coordinate PR activities for the Nagoya City Marathon on 8 March 2015.
On 22 September, the two delegate runners paid a courtesy visit to the Sydney Town Hall, meeting with Deputy Lord Mayor Robyn Kemmis who congratulated them on their achievements both in Nagoya and Sydney, wishing them a pleasant rest of stay in Sydney.
On a related note, CLAIR Sydney’s Deputy Director (9km Bridge Run) and three Assistant Directors (Full/Half Marathon) ran in the Festival as local entrants, with Assistant Director Hiromi Hakuta (from Hokkaido) completing the full marathon with a top-100 time.
CLAIR Assistant Director Hiromi Hakuta ran in the Sydney Running Festival
From the 3rd to the 13th of December, eight selected swimmers from the Fukuoka Swimming Association visited NSW, where they participated in joint training sessions with a local school and competed in the 2024-25 Speedo NSW Senior State Age Championships.
