This is the second and final installment of an exclusive interview with Naoko Takahashi, the gold medalist in the 2000 Sydney Olympic women's marathon.
The Japan Times: While you were growing up who were some of your athletic idols in Japan and abroad?
Naoko Takahashi, who spoke to The Japan Times recently in an exclusive interview, says her primary goal is to win a second straight gold medal in the women's marathon at the Summer Olympics in Athens in 2004.