New Year's annual "Hakone Ekiden" to be held without spectators September 21 7:26

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Regarding the New Year's annual "Hakone Ekiden," the Kanto Student Athletics Federation, which sponsors the event, has announced that it will hold next year's tournament without spectators.

This was announced on the website by the Kanto Student Athletics Federation on the 20th.



According to this, in order to prevent the infection of the new coronavirus, all the competitions sponsored by the federation, including the "Hakone Ekiden" held on January 2 and 3 every year, will be held without spectators, keeping in mind the Hakone Ekiden. Called for refraining from supporting along the road.



At the tournament,


▽ the cheering party of the participating schools and other groups will not support,


▽ distribution such as small flags and university newspapers in the vicinity is prohibited,


▽ opening ceremony, closing ceremony, and awards ceremony as much as possible. The policy is to reduce or not.



Kanto Gakuren said, "Ekiden races have been nurtured by everyone who supports us along the road. We would like to continue to be a long-loved relay race, so we ask for your understanding and cooperation. I will. "



"Hakone Ekiden" will be held in Tokyo next month, but we plan to hold it in a way that the general public cannot watch.



Regarding the domestic relay road race, one of the three major university relay road races scheduled to be held next month, "Izumo All Japan University Selected Ekiden," and the national women's relay road race and the national men's relay road race scheduled for January next year will be cancelled. As the infection of the new coronavirus spreads, we are faced with difficult measures.