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Chuo Wins National University Ekiden Kanto Region Qualifier, Etir and Kipkemei Sub-27:30

November’s National University Ekiden is the second stop of the three-race university men’s ekiden season. Even more than the season-opening Izumo Ekiden, it’s pretty much a given that however many teams there are in the field from the Tokyo-area Kanto Region, where almost all the best high schoolers go for university in order to have the chance to run the Hakone Ekiden, the top team from outside

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Ryota Kondo Going for Tokyo Worlds Top 8 in Second Marathon

A native of Shimabara, Nagasaki, Ryota Kondo, 25, visited Nagasaki City Hall ahead of September’s Tokyo World Championships where he will represent Japan in the marathon. At February’s Osaka Marathon Kondo set a debut marathon national record of 2:05:39, finishing 2nd overall and in the top Japanese spot to earn himself a place on the Japanese national team for the World Championships.”I like to