It is this university that threatens the champion Komazawa..! Hakone Ekiden: A Complete Guide to the “Gods of the Mountains” in the run-up to the 100th Ekiden!
A complete guide to the 100th Hakone Ekiden, featuring all the noteworthy athletes who will make their mark on the history of the 100th race! The battle for the new "God of the Mountain" is also hot! Will Komada Univ. win by a landslide? Or will it be Chugaku University, Kokugakuin University, or Aogaku University?
Hibiki Yoshida, Soka University] “If I aim for Hakone, I only want to run in the mountains. Can he become the “god of the mountains” that he has been aiming for since he was a student at Tokai University?
Yusho Yamamoto, Josai University: “I was born in Tokamachi City, Niigata Prefecture. He says, “I have had an aptitude for uphill running since high school. Aoyama-University: Kuroda Asahi won a sectional prize at Izumo and broke the sectional record at All-Japan, coming in second behind Komadai’s Sato. He has been steadily achieving results in the Ekiden. Ryuji Miura, Jun Univ. He was impressed by the attitude of former captain Yuma Nishizawa, who won the last sectional award despite suffering from ulcerative colitis. Wama Maeda, Tokyo University of Agriculture: Komada University general manager Hiroaki Oyagi, who saw Maeda’s performance at the All-Japan Championships in November, praised him, saying, “He has a strong feeling.
From the December 29, 2023 issue of FRIDAY
Interview and text by Masato Sakai (sports writer)： Masato Sakai (Sports Writer) PHOTO： Monthly Athletics Afro (JUNDAI, Miura, 7th) Kyodo News (KOMADAI, Yamakawa, in the map)
