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100 Teams Run 50th Anniversary Mt. Fuji Ekiden

Running from the foot of Mount Fuji to its peak and back on the Gotemba route, the 50th anniversary Mt. Fuji Ekiden took place Aug. 3 in Gotemba, Shizuoka. A total of 100 teams in the combined SDF base and independent divisions competed to show what they could do in what is called the toughest race in Japan.Starting and finishing at Gotemba Field, the 48.19 km race is divided into 11 legs, with

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Ido Breaks 200 m NR, Kiryu Sub-10 for 2nd Time in Career at Fuji Hokuroku World Trial

There was something in the air Sunday at Yamanashi’s Fujisan no Meisui Stadium as the 7th edition of the Fuji Hokuroku World Trials meet tuned into a festival of records that changed the situation for Japan’s home team at next month’s Tokyo World Championships.At the top of the list, Abigail Fuuka Ido (Toho Ginko) ran 22.79 (+1.0) to take 0.09 off Chisato Fukushima’s almost decade-old women’s 200