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Hakone Ekiden’s 97 tournament, which is the annual New Year’s event, is imminent. Every year, there is a fierce battle for victory and seed rights by each university, but the performance of each player also draws a lot of attention. The best of these is the update of section records. I looked back at the last monument, which will be a great encouragement to the athletes running the 97th tournament. (Yomiuri Shimbun online)
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One of the people who made the terrestrial world exciting in 2020 is Akira Aizawa, who is from Toyo University and belongs to Asahi Kasei. The 96th Hakone tournament, in which the top three Ekiden students (Hakone, Izumo and All Japan University) in 19 presented new awards in the record section, was held in the second district of Hana. He recovered from the delay in the first hall to seventh place with a quick run without 7 people, and surpassed the section record set by Mekubo Mogs of Yamanashi Gakuin University in 2009 by 7 seconds. He demonstrated his ability as “the best running student” in the first 1 hour and 5 minute range, saying “I was surprised myself”, but 11 months later, he will jump to become the strongest in Japan.
A long-distance event of the Japanese land championship that was postponed until December this year due to the crown disaster. When he participated in the men’s 10,000 meters, he broke the standard record for participation in the Olympic Games in Japan and earned his first victory, and was appointed as a representative of the Tokyo tournament in the summer of 2009. He embodies the world from Hakone.
In the fourth district of the 20-year-old tournament, Yuya Yoshida, who was a fourth-year student at Aoyama Gakuin University, broke the section record set by Aizawa the previous year. It is said that he had decided to go to college alone on land before enrolling, but the “eleventh player” continued, and this was his first appearance in Hakone. “I’ve been working hard for this hour for 10 years.”
And this quick run became a turning point in my life.
Light and dark section register
Tokai University has produced the highest number of three people in the latest section record.
The journey back to Hakone at 19 started in second place, 1 minute 14 seconds behind Toyo University. Yohei Komatsu in the eighth room calmly called for a victory as he closed the gap in 4 seconds with second place in the section of Ryuhei Sakaguchi in the seventh room. Fifteen kilometers earlier, he saw the painful expression of the Toyo University player and took the lead, saying, “Let’s push everything at once.” He ran uphill in a difficult spot and was 51 seconds behind Toyo University. Not only did he break the section record that had been held since the 1990s for the first time in 22 years, but he also contributed significantly to Tokai University’s first overall victory.
On the other hand, even in the 20-year tournament, a new section was launched at Tokai University, but I decided to experience the Hakone Ekiden difficulty. The return trip started in 4th place, 3 minutes and 22 seconds behind University leader Aoyama Gakuin. In the end, Captain Toru Tatezawa, who was entrusted with the descent from the mountain, ran hard and collapsed. ..
Also, in the seventh hall, it was packed for 20 seconds and finished second. Komatsu, who ran in the eighth room again, won the section award, but it was 35 seconds later than the year before, and the gap to the narrow lead was only 1 second. On the contrary, it was separated in the ninth district and finished in second place, without winning consecutive titles. Called the golden generation along with Tatezawa and Komatsu, Sakaguchi (substitute entry) who played an active role in the previous year was also lost.
In terms of time, the last time (10 hours 52 minutes 9 seconds round trip) that he set a new record for the tournament was updated at 3 minutes 44 seconds. “I didn’t make a big mistake, but I couldn’t catch up even if I got up,” he said.
It’s probably Toyo University that experienced the fear of Hakone in this 20-year tournament. Besides Aizawa in the second district, Hayato Miyashita also made a section record in the fifth mountaineering district, but in the other 3 sections, the section ranking was double digits and the exit route was 11th. On the return trip, he held the seventh place, but in the last 10 districts, he dropped three places, and the strongman who was in third place for 11 consecutive years sank to 10th place. Principal Toshiyuki Sakai said, “Although the class is getting stronger, I learned again that it is necessary to strengthen the whole.”
To drive the first seed
In Hakone for 20 years, Tokyo International University and Soka University were the first to acquire the seed right awarded to the top ten. The new record for the section is called drama.
At Tokyo International University, which was the fourth time he participated in Hakone, Tatsuhiko Ito, a star player in the second district, rose from 13th to 8th in the first district with a tough career without 5 people, and became an international student from Kenya in the third district, Yegon Vincent. Director Hideji Oshida broke the previous record by 2 minutes and 1 second with a surprisingly overwhelming run, “I wonder if the clock is out of order”, and jumped to the top. Then the team that was the best the year before, which finished 15th the year before, made a huge jump to 5th overall, after finishing the start in 3rd place.
On the other hand, the Soka Dai ranks seventh on the start route when the first prize in the section leaves the first pavilion for the third time in Hakone and makes the best start. On the return trip, I dropped the rankings, but persistently held 11th place and connected with the last 10 districts.
A fast race was born here, setting the section record for the first time in 13 years. Yudai Shimazu surpassed Chuo Gakuin University and Toyo University and slipped to ninth place. In the morning issue of the Yomiuri Shimbun on January 4, Shimazu featured an episode in which he ran on a lighted field separated from the team during morning practice in winter because his eyesight deteriorated in dark places due to intractable eye diseases. A speech was also published saying: “Although it is a disadvantage, I can practice with the cooperation of all the people involved in the university, on the contrary, my mental strength is cultivated.”
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The new section that has appeared so far was mainly in Hakone for 20 years, but that should be the case, and the new section was born in 7 sections. In addition to being blessed with good weather and other conditions, the influence of Nike’s thick-soled shoes was also noted.
Of the remaining three sections, the eight venues were Komatsu, which was introduced in early 19, and the record for eight sections was set in the last two tournaments.
It hasn’t been long since the section registration was updated in Districts 1 and 9. In District 1, Yuki Sato of SG Holdings was in 2007 during the Tokai University era, and in District 9, Atsushi Shinoto and Sanyo Special Steel’s Game Coach were at Chuo Gakuin. It is recorded in 2008 of the great time.
The 97th tournament in 2009 will be a tournament in the midst of the crown disaster. I’m not entirely interested in whether the high-speed racing trend will continue, but players will be on the Hakone stage after suffering and conflict under various restrictions. I would like to encourage you from the bottom of my heart.
