– [Kizuna] Road relay of young girls will be held in Fukushima on 11/11/2012, the youngest runner is 13 years old (Fukushima Diary, Nov 10, 2012):
YouTube ? The road relay of last year 2011
At 12:01 of 11/11/2012, road relay of women (42.195km) is held nearby Fukushima station.
17 teams from various prefectures and team “Kizuna (Emotional bond)” will join. Team “Kizuna” consists of members from various prefectures to pray for Fukushima reconstruction. Most of the runners are teenagers. The youngest runner is 14 years old. The youngest substitute runner is 13 years old.
The sponsors are Fukushima TV, Sankei sports and North Japan athletics association etc.. TV channels of Fuji-TV will broadcast live.
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