SAT, 31st Aug. 2019 SPRINT RELAY
MW20

CHINA WON WITH
INCOMPARABLE STRENGTH!!

M/W20 RESULT
PLACE

FED

TEAM

TIME

1

CHINA1YANG - TANG - HU - YE

1:06:35

2

JAPAN 1KAWANO - OHISHI - MORIKIYO - KATORI

1:09:18

3

HONG KONG

LEUNG - SO - WONG - WONG

1:20:34

On 29th August, Sprint Relay was held in a whimsical weather.
In class M/W20, China held their place from the beginning andshowed incomparable speed.

８月29日、雨が降ったり止んだりするコンディションの中、リレーが開催された。最上位クラスのM/W20では、中国が序盤から圧倒的な速さを見せつけて勝利をした。

China overwhelmed other teams with speed from the first run.
Both leg 1 YANG and leg 2 TANG ran the fastest in theirrespective patterns. It was a perfect victory with about a 3minute difference to Japan, who was in second place.

中国は１走から他チームをスピードで圧倒。１走を務めたYANGと２走を走ったTANGがともにパターン内で最速をたたき出し、２位の日本と約３分の差をつけた完勝だった。

2nd place was won by Japan, the host country. Sprintchampion Katori and Morikiyo both recorded the fastest timein their respective patterns, but unfortunately the early delays
created a definite gap from China.
Third place was Hong Kong. They were aggressively chased by
Taiwan on the last leg, but managed to escape her grasp,
earning the bronze medal.

２位は開催国である日本が獲得。一昨日のスプリント王者の香取、森清の両名がパターン内最速タイムを記録するも、序盤の出遅れが響き、残念ながら中国の後塵を拝した。
３位には香港が滑りこんだ。4走で台湾からの猛追を受けたものの、リードを生かして逃げ切り、見事に表彰台に立った。

MW18

SPRINT QUEEN, XIONG,LED CHINA TO VICTORY!!

The sprint queen in W18, YIN XIONG splendidly led China tovictory! XIONG was the first leg for China. She showed how fast
she was, leaving the others behind. After that, her threeteammates completed the relay without mistakes and won thegold medal.
Japan team placed second. Though Japan was 4th place after
the changeover on the first leg, Japanese athletes showed great
performance and earned the silver medal.
Hong Kong was always in a medal position and ended with abronze medal.
М/W18の主役はスプリントに引き続き、中国のYIN XIONGだった。
スプリントを制したXIONGは、１走で他の選手を置き去りに。スプリントで見せつけた力を存分に発揮し、２冠目を手中にした。２位には日本、３位には香港が入り、表彰台に上がる結果となった。

M/W18 RESULT
PLACE

FED

TEAM

TIME

1

CHINA1XIONG - XIONG - LIN - ZHAO

0:54:27

2

JAPAN 1KOTAJIMA - HAYAKAWA - TERASHIMA - OCHIAI

0:58:14

3

HONG KONG

CHU - WONG - CHU - CHAN

1:04:07

MW16HONG KONG WON THE TURBULENT RACE
M/W16 RESULTPLACEFED

TEAMTIME

1

HONG KONG 1MAN - LUM - AU - LO

0:54:222CHINESE TAIPEILIANG - HSIEH - LEE- CHENG

1:03:43

MW14HONG KONG WAS THE TOP TEAM!!
M/W14 RESULTPLACE

FED

TEAM

TIME

1

HONG KONG 1

SIU - LAU - FUNG - FUNG

0:46:122JAPANYAMAMOTO - BITO - ITO - OGASAWARA

0:56:51

3KOREALEE - HA - KOO - KIM

1:06:47

COURSE PLANNER’S COMMENTThe essence of relay is obviously the overall strength of theteam. I made courses where athletes could run all the way tothe finish, by receiving cheers from teammates in the second
half of the race, where climbs tolled had on tired athletes. Of
course, I made sure that the courses do not become simply arunning race, but required route choice and speed control thatis important for Sprint. I was very happy to hear the big cheers
echo through the terrain today.
リレーといえばやはりチーム力！レース後半、登り坂ですべてが苦しいときに、チームから声援をもらって、フィニッシュまで走り切れるようなコースとなるよう意識しました。もちろん走るだけでなく、スプリントらしいルートチョイスやスピードコントロールが時には求められる構成になっています。会場からテレインに響き渡っていた大きな応援の声を聴くことができて、とてもうれしかったです。
Course Planner: SUZU MASUZAWA
Edit: YUSUKE ARIGA, KOHEI KOSHIBA, MANA NAKAMURA, RYOKO IZUTA, HIROKAZU OSAKI / Photo: KAZUYA KANE