http://hochi.yomiuri.co.jp/sports/etc/news/20140117-OHT1T00043.htm
translated and edited by Brett Larner
Having returned to the victor's stand for the first time in two years, 2014 Hakone Ekiden overall winner Toyo University held a victory rally Jan. 16 at its Hakusan Campus in Bunkyo Ward, Tokyo. Members of the champion team were greeted by deafening cheering from the crowd of university women. The 700-seat Inoue Enryo Hall was sold out and packed to overflowing, almost entirely by female university students. When the athletes whose running on the Hakone course wowed the nation Jan. 2 and 3 appeared, the hall was filled with screaming as if it was a pop idol concert. Head coach Toshiyuki Sakai, 37, told his athletes sternly, "Do not get the wrong idea."
Set to become the team's star runner next season, second-year Yuma Hattori did not betray a smile as he declared Toyo's intent to defend its title, saying, "Next year we will do everything we can to win again."
translated and edited by Brett Larner
Having returned to the victor's stand for the first time in two years, 2014 Hakone Ekiden overall winner Toyo University held a victory rally Jan. 16 at its Hakusan Campus in Bunkyo Ward, Tokyo. Members of the champion team were greeted by deafening cheering from the crowd of university women. The 700-seat Inoue Enryo Hall was sold out and packed to overflowing, almost entirely by female university students. When the athletes whose running on the Hakone course wowed the nation Jan. 2 and 3 appeared, the hall was filled with screaming as if it was a pop idol concert. Head coach Toshiyuki Sakai, 37, told his athletes sternly, "Do not get the wrong idea."
Set to become the team's star runner next season, second-year Yuma Hattori did not betray a smile as he declared Toyo's intent to defend its title, saying, "Next year we will do everything we can to win again."
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