A native of Hachinohe, Aomori, Komazawa University ekiden team member Ren Tazawa was honored at Hachinohe city hall on Jan. 5 for winning the Hakone Ekiden's Second Stage . Tazawa visited city hall with his junior high school-era coach Kiyoshi Kazahari of Korekawa J.H.S. and talked with mayor Yuichi Kumagai about his win on Hakone's most competitive leg. A third-year at Komazawa, Tazawa served as team captain in the year leading up to the 2022 Hakone Ekiden. Komazawa fell short of a second-straight overall Hakone win , but its 3rd-place finish was buoyed by Tazawa's superb run on the Second Stage. Tazawa will return to Tokyo on Jan. 6, and on Jan. 7 he will begin training for May's National Championships 10000 m. source article: https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/5478029dbb22fd18efa96465c2e99161cd42ff18 translated by Brett Larner
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