The "National High School Ekiden," in which high school runners connect their sashes in winter in Kyoto, will be held on the 26th, as the new coronavirus has called for refraining from supporting along the road.
The race will start at 10:20 am for girls and 0:30 pm for boys.
47 teams for both men and women
The National High School Ekiden will be held at the start and finish of "Takebishi Stadium Kyoto" in Ukyo-ku, Kyoto, and 47 teams that have won the prefectural qualifying round will participate.
For the boys who connect the same distance as the marathon with seven people, there are many winning members such as Kosmas Mwangi, an international student who set a new section record in the 3rd ward last year, and Sera Senior High School in Hiroshima aiming for consecutive championships and powerful players. High-level competition for the championship is expected centered on Sendai Ikuei High School in Miyagi, and Rakunan High School in Kyoto, which has Keisuke Sato, who broke high school records in three middle- and long-distance events.
For girls who connect half the distance of boys with five people, the double ace of Nanaka Yonezawa and Shinon Sugimori, who have top-class ability in high school, is set in the first half, and Ikuei Sendai, who aims to escape ahead, is the center of the battle for victory. It will be interesting to see how far Kamimura Gakuen in Kagoshima, which is second in a row for the year, and the Kansai group with a proven track record will catch up.
In this tournament, we will set up a place where parents can support the stadium, which will be the start and finish, and allow up to 20 people who applied in advance for admission, while calling for refraining from supporting along the road as in last year. Infection control will be taken.
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, NHK Plus that can be viewed on PCs and smartphones, and breaking news on a special site. I am doing it.
Men's high-level victory competition expectations
The 72nd boy is expected to compete for a high-level victory centered on Sera Senior High School in Hiroshima, which aims to win consecutive championships, and Sendai Ikuei High School in Miyagi, who won the championship.
Sera has a wealth of experience, with many winning members remaining, including international student Kosmas Mwangi, who set a new section record in the 3rd ward last year.
Sendai Ikuei has powerful players such as Shunyo Yoshii, who holds the third highest record in high school history at 10,000 meters.
Last year, Rakunan High School in Kyoto, which broke the record only for Japanese athletes not including international students and came in 3rd place, was aceed by Keisuke Sato, who broke the Japanese high school record in three middle- and long-distance events. It is attracting attention as to whether it will be the first victory.
Women's Sendai Ikuei Will it be the first victory in two years?
For the girls celebrating the 33rd time, Ikuei Sendai, who set the fastest time in Japan in the prefectural qualifying round last year, is the center of the battle for victory.
Nanaka Yonezawa and Shinon Sugimori of Ikuei Sendai are the 1st and 2nd place in the 3000m time among the Japanese players excluding the international students who will participate in this tournament.
With Yonezawa in the 1st ward and Sugimori in the 2nd ward and "Double Ace" in the first half, we aim to win the championship for the first time in two years by escaping ahead.
The rival is Kamimura Gakuen in Kagoshima, which has been ranked second for two consecutive years.
Only one member has experienced the tournament last year, but in the qualifying round in Kagoshima Prefecture, a new force is emerging, such as a first-year international student, Cariba Caroline, setting a new section record.
In addition, Osaka Kun'ei Jogakuin, which has the second fastest average time of 3000 meters for registered athletes, Ritsumeikan Uji High School in Kyoto, which has participated for 33 consecutive years since the first tournament, and Kansai groups such as Suma Gakuen in Hyogo are ranked high. I will fight.
Athletes who made a leap from Tokyo Oji to the Tokyo Olympics
In addition, at the Tokyo Olympics this summer, athletes who ran on Todaiji during high school also played an active role.
For boys, Suguru Osako, who won the 6th place in the marathon, Ryuji Miura, who won the 7th place for the 3000m obstacle, and for girls, Ririka Hironaka, who won the 7th place at 10,000 meters, and 8th place at the women's 1500m. Nozomi Tanaka, who won the prize, showed a powerful run that will be recorded and memorable in the national high school relay road race.
Yuriko Kobayashi, who set the top record for the third consecutive year in the National High School Ekiden and then participated in the Beijing Olympics, said, "I'm looking forward to this player because many future eggs will be gathered." I want everyone to find it. "