In Kyoto on New Year's Eve, the participants of the national women's Ekiden, where female runners wear sashes, have been announced.
The National Women's Ekiden, which competes with prefectures, will be held on the 15th of this month on the same distance as the marathon, starting and finishing at "Takebishi Stadium Kyoto" in Kyoto City. Connect.
On the 10th, the athletes participating in the tournament were announced,
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Tanaka, who was active in the Tokyo Olympics and participated in three middle and long distance events at the track and field world championships held last year, is a member of Hyogo.
Matsuda, who finished 9th in the top 10, will be participating in the
first race of the new year as a member of Osaka.
In addition,
▽ Nanaka Yonezawa, who is active in the university ekiden as a first-year student, will participate as a member of Miyagi, where she spent her high school days, and
▽ Higashi Nagano, who contributed to the team's first victory in the national high school ekiden last month. High school ace Miku Muraoka will be running again on Miyakooji as a member of Nagano, and the
next generation of young players will also participate.
The national women's ekiden is scheduled to start at 0:30 pm on the 15th of this month, and NHK will broadcast it on Sogo TV, Radio 1, and NHK Plus, and will also set up a special website to provide information on athletes and breaking news. It's a schedule.