Kagoshima Prefecture Shimoichi Ekiden Day 3 Kagoshima wins the day[02/21 19:55]
The third day of the Kagoshima Prefecture Shimoichi Ekiden, which was held while the weather was recovering and the blue sky was visible, was held on the 11th section from the Noda branch of Izumi City to Hinatayama, Hayato-cho, Kirishima City, 122.2 km.
In the early stages, Izumi, who won the championship on the second day of the tournament, will defend the top position.
The Isa team aiming to escape from the bottom, who entered the local area on the 21st. Shinichi Murata, an elementary school teacher, was entrusted with the 6th ward. There is a Harimochi Elementary School along the road, and for the first time I was entrusted with the long-sought 6 wards.
(Murata) “Since I was assigned to Harimochi Elementary School, it was a long-awaited section, so very hot things are coming up. I want to run through the pink tasuki with passion.”
The Isa team started early, but ran through in front of Harimochi Elementary School and pushed up the daily ranking by one.
In the second half of the race, Kagoshima, who was second overall, took the lead, and Aira, who was aiming to win the day in his hometown, had a difficult time. In the end, Kagoshima, who overcame Izumi and Aira’s catch-up, won the championship for the first day of the tournament.
[Day ranking on the 3rd day]
1st place: Kagoshima 2nd place: Izumi 3rd place: Aira
4th place: Kawasatsu 5th place: Kawabe 6th place: Hioki
7th place: Oshima 8th place: Ibusuki 9th place: Kimotsuki
10th place: Isa 11th place: Soo 12th place: Kumage
[Overall ranking]
1st place: Aira 2nd place: Kagoshima 3rd place: Izumi
4th place: Kawabe 5th place: Kawasatsu 6th place: Hioki
7th place: Kimotsuki 8th place: Oshima 9th place: Ibusuki
10th place: Soo 11th place: Isa 12th place: Kumage