At 8:00 a.m. local time on January 2, 2022 and 7:00 a.m. Beijing time, Japan's most closely watched relay race and the opening drama of the New Year - the 98th Japan Hakone Ekiden, under the expectation of all, finally started in Otemachi!
This year, a total of 21 teams with a total of 336 registered players participated in the competition. 21 teams and 336 players competed. Among them, 329 are Japanese athletes and 7 Kenyan students are studying abroad.
The Japanese media predicted the outcome of the competition through multiple dimensions, with Aoyama Gakuin being the most favored team and defending champion Komazawa University ranking second.
Although the epidemic in Japan has always been more serious, as the most concerned relay race in Japan, there are still many people who go to the scene to watch and cheer, and more people watch the live broadcast at home, and the atmosphere is very hot.
The first day of the race is a road race, running from Tokyo to Hakone, a total of 5 sections, with a total length of 107.5 kilometers.
Zone 1: 21.3 km
At 7:00 a.m. Beijing time, the game officially began, and the New Year's War was about to start.
The 5 km was run in about 14 minutes and was quick and steady. Chuo University's Yoshiju Daiwa took the lead and gradually expanded its advantages.
With 27 minutes and 58 seconds on 10 km, Yoshiju Yamato's lead reached 165 meters. The 12 km pace is around 2 minutes and 47 seconds, which is running to the range record? The 15 km order is as follows:
After 16 kilometers, Yoshiju Yamato was already slightly tired. 18 kilometers to the terrifying Liuxiang Bridge, staged a group brawl. Aoyama Academy came to the first place in the big army, and ShunTiandi University fell to the 18th place!
Jiju Dai and pace have declined. Can the 20km lead zone record of 28 seconds be broken?
Big event! Daiwa Yoshiju broke the one-zone record in 1 hour and 39 seconds! This is Hakone Ekiden's longest-running interval record, set in 2007 by Tokai Daidai Sato. Unexpectedly, there was an orgasm in the first interval!
The one-interval ranking is as follows:
Zone 2: 23.1 km
In the second quarter, Tanzawa, Ryuji Miura, Vincent and other school aces competed. Tian Zelian has been chasing the first Chuo University player, Hand Bird Jun.
At 7.2 kilometers, Tian Zelian completed the overtaking, Komazawa Dai came to the first place, and Aoyama Gakuin third.
Tian Zelian's pace is very stable.
Tetsutori was overtaken by Kondo, and Aoyama Gakuin came to second place. Both Vincents were in a fierce state.
Two Vincents completed the transcendence of Central University. After 15 kilometers, Tian Zelian's expression was a little painful, and the front was still too fierce.
After 9 o'clock, the temperature reached 3.9 °C.
Tanzawa finished the tournament with the first place in the interval, Aoyama Gakuin second, and the two Vincents of Kokushikan University and Tokyo International University ranked third and fourth respectively.
After the second range, the overall ranking is as follows:
The results of The second zone are as follows:
Zone 3: 21.4 km
Komazawa University's Anwara Sun ran steadily, and Tokyo International University's Ken Tenso surpassed Aogaku Ota Soso and rose to second place.
Tokyo International and Aoyama Gakuin are getting closer and closer to Komazawa University, which ranks first. Three people from 13 km form the first group. 14 kilometers, completed the transcendence of Komazawa University.
Kokugakuin University's Yamamoto Bumon played a heroic role and chased from 10th to 5th.
18 kilometers, Ota Cangsheng, a freshman in the first year of youth school, opened a gap with Dan Soken, wonderful!
The first of the youth school to complete the handover. The Zone 3 zone reward is obtained by Dan Suojian for 1 hour and 55 seconds. After the 3 intervals, the overall score is as follows:
Detailed results in Zone 3:
Zone 4: 20.9 km
Soka University gradually accelerated, from 11th to 7th. The leading edge of youth science continues to expand.
At 9 km, Shun Paradise University rose to 10th place. 12.6 kilometers, Soka University's Shimazu Yudai surpasses Komazawa University's Hanao. In this range, Satsu Yoshitoshi played bravery and led in personal results.
At 18.75 kilometers, Yudai Sazu surpassed one more person, and Soka University came to the fourth place! Aoyama College was the first to complete the handover. Yudai Saizu won the fourth interval award, which took 1 hour, 01 minutes and 08 seconds.
4-interval ranking:
Zone 5: 20.8 km
The most terrifying ascent stage has finally arrived. Hiroki Wakabayashi, a first-year student at Aoyama Gakuin, led the way by 1:58 seconds at second-place Tokyo International University at 7 kilometers.
At 11.24 kilometers, Kokugakuin University surpassed Shoma Hosoya of the University of Tokyo to come to second place. Chuo University also surpassed itself to fifth place and Komazawa University in fourth place. At 13.35 km, Komazawa University moved up to third place.
The top 4 players are all ahead of the range record, which is really great.
In the end, Qingxue won the road championship, and this year's 1st graders of Qingxue were too fierce, and in the 3-5 range, Qingxue remained in the first position. The University of Tokyo is second, 2 minutes and 37 seconds away from the Youth Academy. Komazawa University ranked second, Kokugakuin University ranked third, and Shun Heaven rushed to fifth place.
Top 8 on the way:
The final champion, tomorrow is revealed!