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    Ekiden (駅伝) is a long-distance running multi-stage relay race, mostly held on roads.: 812  The original Japanese term had nothing to do with a sport or...
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  • Hakone Ekiden (箱根駅伝), officially called the Tokyo-Hakone Round-Trip College Ekiden Race (東京箱根間往復大学駅伝競走, Tōkyō Hakone kan Ōfuku Daigaku Ekiden Kyōsō), is...
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  • The Prince Takamatsu Cup Nishinippon Round-Kyūshū Ekiden (九州一周駅伝 Kyūshū isshū ekiden) was a running race in Japan that was held annually from 1951 to 2013...
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  • The Beijing International Women's Ekiden was an annual, international ekiden (marathon relay) road running competition held in Beijing, China. Formed in...
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    customs form." Kanakuri is also known for his role in establishing the Hakone Ekiden relay marathon in 1920. Since 2004, the top prize in the race has been named...
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  • The New Year Ekiden, (officially the 全日本実業団対抗駅伝競走大会 (All-Japan Men's Corporate Team Ekiden Championships)), is an annual men's ekiden (road running relay)...
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  • The collegiate ekiden championships in Japan are held for women and for men. The women's championship is in late October and the men's championship is...
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  • Mizuno Ekiden is an annual marathon race in Singapore that incorporates the ekiden concept, a Japanese long-distance relay race concept. Organised by...
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    International Chiba Ekiden was an annual team road running competition held in Chiba, Japan in late November. The marathon relay race, or ekiden as it is known...
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    champions (men) List of non-professional marathon runners Related races Ekiden (marathon relays) Half marathon Ultramarathon Other endurance races Ironman...
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  • state transfer. Kitsune is derived from Ekiden's codebase, and can be considered a later version of Ekiden. Ekiden and Kitsune are also notable in that they...
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    Komazawa Univ. ekiden team won the "Hakone Ekiden" in 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2021, and 2023. " Big Three collegiate ekiden competitions "...
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  • The Yokohama International Women's Ekiden held in Yokohama, Japan, was one of the prominent ekiden races of the year. It was held annually from 1983 to...
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  • time it was run on course (excluding the virtual event of 2020, and the ekiden of 1918). It also marked the 10th anniversary of the Boston Marathon bombing...
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    (21.620) N/A Josephat Ndambiri Martin Mathathi Daniel Muchunu Mwangi Mekubo Mogusu Onesmus Nyerre John Kariuki  KEN 23 Nov 2005 Chiba Ekiden Chiba  JPN...
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  • The All-Japan Interprefectural Ekiden Championships are two annual ekiden (road running relay) competitions between the 47 Prefectures of Japan. The championships...
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    a common pastime and also increased its popularity at the elite level. Ekiden contests – which originated in Japan and remain very popular there – are...
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    The All-Japan National Ekiden Championships are held for junior high and high school teams in late December, as main track and field outdoor competitions...
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    All Japan Judo Category Championships are held in early April. The Kyushu ekiden, beginning in Nagasaki and ending in Fukuoka, the world's longest relay...
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    Inter-Prefectural Women's Ekiden (全国都道府県対抗女子駅伝競走大会 (All-Japan Inter-Prefectural Women's Ekiden Championships)) is an annual women's ekiden (road running relay...
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  • August 2024. Ken Nakamura (23 November 2006). "Kenya dominate at Chiba Ekiden". IAAF. Retrieved 21 July 2020. "Athletics 4 x 400m Relay Mixed Final Results"...
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  • The corporate ekiden competition is a series of races contested between Japan's corporate (business) running teams. The championships are officially the...
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  • 1918, when the race was changed from a marathon to a military relay race (ekiden) because of World War I. On October 28, 2020, the B.A.A. announced that...
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    longest relay race was Japan's Prince Takamatsu Cup Nishinippon Round-Kyūshū Ekiden, which begins in Nagasaki and continues for 1,064 kilometres (661 mi). For...
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    section of the national championships in 2003. She took part in the Chiba Ekiden road relay competition the following year and finished ninth. In 2006, she...
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    Ōgata (大潟村, Ōgata-mura) is a village located in Akita Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 March 2023[update], the village had an estimated population of 2,991 in...
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    supported("Mishima Incident"1970). The Kanagawa university ekiden team won the Hakone Ekiden, in 1997, 1998. Kanagawa University students have become businessmen...
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  • Kenyan long-distance runner. He is a joint world record holder for the ekiden marathon relay race. He gained an athletic scholarship as a teenager to...
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  • two years following that. He represented Japan in the International Chiba Ekiden in 2007, starting off the race with the second fastest leg, behind Moses...
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    facilities Enoshima Yacht Course—used for 1964 Summer Olympics. Hakone Ekiden Course—from Tokyo to Hakone, 108.0 km, mostly on Japan National Route 1...
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