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Hakone Ekiden Viewership Rating Hits Peak of 34.7% for 2026 Race

Video Research, Inc. announced on Jan. 5 that the average viewership rating for Nippon TV’s broadcast of the 102nd Hakone Ekiden reached 28.5% for the first day of the race on Jan. 2, and 30.2% for the second day on Jan. 3, an average of 29.4% for the complete broadcast. Last year’s race had ratings of 27.9% for Day One, 28.8% for Day Two, and an average of 28.4%.This year’s peak viewership

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The 2026 Hakone Ekiden By the Numbers

It seemed at the time that last year’s Hakone Ekiden had to have been a peak of some kind, with 4 new course records between Hakone’s 10 stages, a new Day Two CR, a new overall CR, and all-time top 3 performances on 5 other stages and the Day One course. But this year went even higher.5 stages, both Day One and Day Two, and the overall course had their records broken, 3 of the stages that didn’t

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Jana Van Lent breaks Eilish McColgan’s European Record

Belgian runner Jana Van Lent has broken the European Record for 10k held by Eilish McColgan. Jana Van Lent has run an impressive 30:09 at the Prom Classic 10km in Nice this morning (Sunday 4 January). Subject to ratification, that improves the European Record held by Eilish McColgan by ten seconds. Eilish ran 30:19 at […]

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