The opening ceremony of the Empress’s Cup 41st Prefectural Women’s Ekiden was held on the afternoon of January 14th at the Kyoto City Gymnasium in Ukyo Ward, Kyoto City. The section placement of each team was decided at the 1 coaches’ meeting held before the opening ceremony, and Seira Fuwa of the Gunma team, who has the record of 3rd place in Japanese women’s history in 10,000 meters, is a sophomore at Takushoku University. 19-year-old = Nozomi Tanaka (Toyota Industries, graduated from Doshisha University), who won 8th place in the 1500 meters at the Tokyo Olympics for the Hyogo team, Rei Ohara (Tenmaya) for the Okayama team, and Rina Nabeshima (Sekisui Chemical) for the Kochi team have changed their entries. I decided not to participate.

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