Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: N'agbanyeghi nsogbu a, a họpụtara Kanakuri isonye na Egwuregwu Olympic nke 1916, nke a kagburu n'ihi Agha Worldwa Mbụ. Agbanyeghị, Kanakuri so na Egwuregwu Olympic nke 1920 nke emere na Antwerp, Belgium, ebe o meriri asọmpi nke mbụ ya.
marathon n'ime awa abụọ, nkeji iri anọ na asatọ na sekọnd iri anọ na ise na anọ wee nọrọ na nke iri na isii. Kanakuri mechara sonye na egwuregwu Olympic nke 1924, ebe ọ na-emezughị ọsọ ahụ. A makwaara Kanakuri maka ọrụ ya n'ịmepụta marathon Hakone Ekiden relay na 1920. Site n'afọ 2004, a kpọrọ ihe nrite kasịnụ n'ọsọ a n'aha ya.