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| Articles about Ekiden |
| Team USA finishes fourth at International Chiba Ekiden | | 2007-11-24 16:18:41 | | Team USA took fourth place at the 2007 International Chiba Ekiden on Friday in Chiba, Japan, finishing in 2:09:05. The host team from Japan won the event in 2:05:56, defeating defending champion Kenya by 1:10. Russia was third in 2:08:00. Now in its 19th year, the format of the race was revised to feature [...]... | | By: Pan 2007 | | |
| | The 25th Yokohama International Women’s Ekiden | | 2007-02-27 07:17:00 | | On February 25, Yokohama International Women’s Ekiden was held in Yokohama, Kanagawa prefecture(Ekiden(駅伝) is long-distance relay footrace).The Ekiden started in 1983, and this time is the 25th meet.The length of the Ekiden course is the same as full marathon, 42.195km. The 25th participating teams are China, England, Kenya Romania, Russia, the U.S, Japan international team, seven area picked teams. The course starts and finish at Yokohama Aka-renga Souko (Yokohama red-brick warehouse), and turn at Hakkeijima Sea Paradise. Since my living place is close to Hakkeijima, I decided to wait athletes there.There were many cheer people and cameras because this Ekiden is live broadcast by Nihon TV for 30 broadcasting stations and on air at Radio Nippon.I also took several exciting photos of great athletes. The final result is Russia is 1st, the U.S is 2nd and Japan international team was 3rd.That was nice experience for me to see marathon athletes who participate actively in the world; t... | | By: Discover Japan! | | |
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