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Ekiden

American  
[ek-ee-den] / ˈɛk i dɛn /
Or ekiden

noun

  1. a Japanese long-distance relay road race.


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By 2010, Wodak had shown enough promise to make her first national team, joining a Canadian contingent in Japan for a mixed-gender road racing event known as the Chiba Ekiden Relay.

From New York Times ● Apr. 17, 2022

He’s credited with creating the Ekiden race, a multistage long-distance relay that is still popular in Japan.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 6, 2021

The race was, in fact, the Hakone Ekiden, an inter-university relay marathon, run over two days, with each leg split into five sections.

From The Guardian ● Jan. 16, 2011

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