Russia's Inga Abitova won the Yokohama Women's International Marathon in Japan today, overshadowing the Beijing Olympic gold and silver medalists. Last year's Olympic champion Constantina Dita of Romania trailed in a distant 10th while Kenyan Catherine Ndereba finished third. Abitova, a 10,000 metres specialist, broke clear from the leading group from the 30-kilometre mark to win in a time of two hours, 27 minutes, 18 seconds. Japan's Kiyoko Shimahara, who won August's Hokkaido Marathon, finished runner-up up in 2 hours 28 minutes 51 seconds.