The "National High School Ekiden" will be held on the 20th in Kyoto in winter, where high school runners will connect their sashes.
As the infection of the new coronavirus spreads, measures such as calling for refraining from watching games along the road will be taken.
The tournament will be held on the same course as usual, starting and finishing at "Takebishi Stadium Kyoto" in Kyoto City, and 47 teams that have won the prefectural qualifying round will participate for both men and women.
The boy who connects the same 42.195 km as the marathon with seven people, Sendai Ikuei High School in Miyagi marked the fastest 2 hours and 2 minutes in the qualifying, showing a good finish for consecutive championships, and 3rd place last year. High-level races are expected centered on Saku Chosei High School in Nagano.
Attention will also be focused on the running of Kosuke Ishida of Gunma's Tokyo Univ. Of Agriculture, who broke the high school record for the men's 5000 meters.
On the other hand, the girl who connects half the distance of the boys with five people last year set a time that exceeded the tournament record of Todaiji in the qualifying rounds of Sendai Ikuei High School and Kagoshima Prefecture, aiming for the first consecutive championship for both men and women. It is the appearance of a one-on-one fight at Kamimura Gakuen.
At this year's tournament, as the infection with the new coronavirus spreads again, measures will be taken such as thoroughly managing the physical condition and behavior of athletes and calling for refraining from watching games along the road.
The race will start at 10:20 am for girls and 0:30 pm for boys, and will be broadcast on NHK General TV and Radio No. 1, as well as on the PC and smartphone "NHK Plus", as well as breaking news on the special website. I will.