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Towada Hachimantai Ekiden Returns After 3 Years


Covering a course from Lake Towada to Hachimantai, the Towada Hachimantai Ekiden returned Sunday for the first time in 3 years. 19 men's team and 3 women's teams took part in the classic elite race, this year celebrating its 75th anniversary. The East Japan Corporate Federation team won the 71.4 km men's race finishing at Hachimantai Onuma, with Nitori winning the 28.3 km women's race ending at Hachimantai Chuzaijo. East Japan runners broke the stage records for the Fourth and Fifth Stages, Nitori's Esther Muthoni also breaking the women's Fourth Stage record. The race will be broadcast Aug. 27 on Akita TV.

75th Towada Hachimantai Ekiden

Kazuno, Akita, 7 Aug. 2022
men: 19 teams, 5 stages, 71.4 km
women: 3 teams, 5 stages, 28.3 km

Top Men's Team Results
1. East Japan Corporate Federation - 3:46:24
2. Comodi Iida - 3:48:10
3. Tokyo Police Department - 3:51:47
4. Komori Corporation - 3:54:20
5. Fukushima T&F Association - 4:03:27

Top Individual Stage Results
First Stage (13.0 km) - John Kariuki (Komori Corp.) - 40:06
Second Stage (13.0 km) - Shura Shiino (East Japan) - 36:53
Third Stage (15.7 km) - Tsubasa Ichiyama (Komori Corp.) - 47:01
Fourth Stage (15.9 km) - Takayuki Iida (East Japan) - 49:35 - CR
Fifth Stage (13.8 km, uphill) - Akihiro Kaneko (Comodi Iida) - 50:32 - CR

Women's Team Results
1. Nitori - 1:36:33
2. Tohoku Fukushi University A - 1:41:34
3. Tohoku Fukushi University B - 1:43:44

Top Individual Stage Results
First Stage (5.5 km) - Rion Furukawa (Nitori) - 17:56
Second Stage (7.4 km) - Aoi Suzuki (Nitori) - 25:07
Third Stage (3.2 km) - Hinako Koyozaki (Nitori) - 10:51
Fourth Stage (5.1 km) - Esther Muthoni (Nitori) - 16:26 - CR
Fifth Stage (7.1 km) - Kyoka Sugano (Nitori) - 26:13

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translated and edited by Brett Larner

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