Saku Chosei’s Yamato Hamaguchi received it off with a 19:33 win on the 7.0 km opening leg simply 2 seconds off the CR, and though second and third runners Taisei Masuda and Hiroto Yoshioka underperformed sufficient for Nagano to fall to seventh, a brand new 23:32 CR by Saku Chosei’s Tetsu Sasaki on the 8.5 km Fifth Stage put them again out in entrance and much sufficient away that no person may catch them. Anchor Taishi Ito introduced Nagano house for the win in 2:16:55, 5 seconds beneath the general CR for the 48.0 km race that Nagano set final yr.
Chiba spent the primary half of the race again in the course of the sector of 47 groups from every of Japan’s prefectures, however a CR-breaking run from excessive schooler Rui Suzuki on the Fifth Stage and an incredible anchor run from Takuya Hanyu had been sufficient to take them to 2nd in 2:17:39, Chiba’s best-ever efficiency. Each Suzuki and Nagano’s Sasaki are headed to Waseda College, a giant increase to its roster which is able to endure a bit from Ito’s commencement.
Fukushima was robust over the primary half of the race and overtook Nagano for the lead on the Third and Fourth Levels. They fell to sixth after that, however an incredible anchor run from Waseda’s Tomonori Yamaguchi put them again into third in 2:18:02. Hiroshima, Saitama, Saga, Shizuoka and Kyoto rounded out the 8-deep podium, Kyoto beating Osaka for the final spot by simply 3 seconds.
Different standout particular person performances included an 8:21 by junior highschool 3000 m file holder Kain Inagaki on the three.0 km Second Stage though he fell on the trade zone whereas receiving the tasuki and missed the CR by 7 seconds, 10000 m NR holder Kazuya Shiojiri again on high with a 23:36 win on the 8.5 km Third Stage for Gunma, and CR near-misses on the Fourth and Seventh Levels by Fukuoka‘s Shu Morimoto and hometown staff Hiroshima‘s Shunya Kikuchi.
thirtieth Nationwide Males’s Ekiden
Hiroshima, 19 Jan. 2025
47 groups, 7 phases, 48.0 km
High Crew Outcomes
1. Nagano – 2:16:55 – CR
2. Chiba – 2:17:39
3. Fukushima – 2:18:02
4. Hiroshima – 2:18:12
5. Saitama – 2:18:20
6. Saga – 2:18:25
7. Fukuoka – 2:18:57
8. Kyoto – 2:18:58
9. Osaka – 2:19:01
10. Hyogo – 2:19:05
High Particular person Stage Performances
First Stage (7.0 km, highschool)
1. Yamato Hamaguchi (Nagano) – 19:33
2. Ryo Omi (Miyagi) – 19:36
3. Yota Mashiko (Fukushima) – 19:47
4. Haruki Niizuma (Hyogo) – 19:54
5. Kota Tamura (Osaka) – 19:54
Second Stage (3.0 km, junior highschool)
1. Kain Inagaki (Kanagawa) – 8:21
2. Genta Tsuge (Shizuoka) – 8:36
3. Hirotaka Wakata (Tochigi) – 8:37
3. Ryo Uematsu (Saitama) – 8:37
3. Toa Fujita (Aichi) – 8:37
Third Stage (8.5 km, univ/company)
1. Kazuya Shiojiri (Gunma) – 23:36
2. Masaya Tsurukawa (Kumamoto) – 23:37
3. Yuichiro Ueno (Saga) – 23:41
4. Kazura Munakata (Aomori) – 23:46
4. Akihito Kawata (Saitama) – 23:46
4. Hiroki Wakabayashi (Wakayama) – 23:46
7. Hiromichi Nonaka (Shizuoka) – 23:48
8. Kaisei Okada (Osaka) – 23:49
9. Sota Fukutani (Tokyo) – 23:52
9. Ayumu Yamamoto (Fukuoka) – 23:52
9. Jinichiro Kameda (Miyazaki) – 23:52
Fourth Stage (5.0 km, highschool)
1. Shu Morimoto (Fukuoka) – 14:05
2. Ryo Kurimura (Fukushima) – 14:10
3. Koki Ishikawka (Nagano) – 14:12
4. Yuta Kinugawa (Hyogo) – 14:21
4. Ao Ishikawa (Saga) – 14:21
Fifth Stage (8.5 km, highschool)
1. Tetsu Sasaki (Nagano) – 23:32 – CR
2. Rui Suzuki (Chiba) – 23:46 (CR)
3. Yuto Miyake (Kyoto) – 24:29
4. Kotaro Fujioka (Hyogo) – 24:33
5. Taiyo Iwasa (Saga) – 24:36
Sixth Stage (3.0 km, junior highschool)
1. Keito Ogasawara (Saitama) – 8:36
2. Haruma Kawaji (Tochigi) – 8:37
3. Yuki Nakazawa (Nagano) – 8:39
4. Naoki Seri (Fukuoka) – 8:42
5. Osuke Misawa (Shizuoka) – 8:48
Seventh Stage (13.0 km, univ/company)
1. Shunya Kikuchi (Hiroshima) – 36:58
2. Takuya Hanyu (Chiba) – 37:00
3. Asahi Kuroda (Okayama) – 37:09
4. Tomonori Yamaguchi (Fukushima) – 37:15
5. Tsuyoshi Bando (Osaka) – 37:19
6. Kohei Mukai (Nagasaki) – 37:24
7. Yudai Shimazu (Tokyo) – 37:25
8. Kiyoshi Koga (Saga) – 37:27
9. Kanta Shimizu (Gunma) – 37:29
10. Kento Nishi (Kyoto) – 37:34
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