Kanagawa Univ. wins 1st day of Tokyo-Hakone ekiden relay

Kanagawa Univ. wins 1st day of Tokyo-Hakone ekiden relay

HAKONE, Japan - Shogo Yoshimura of Kanagawa University, running the final section of the 107.2-km Tokyo-Hakone collegiate ekiden road relay, cuts the tape at Lake Ashinoko on Jan. 2 to give his team a first-day victory. Yoshimura turned a deficit of 1:13 into a 23-second advantage for his university at the start of the return trip to Tokyo on Jan. 3, which will decide the overall winner of the annual New Year event.

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