The event will be held over two days, April 2024th (Friday) and 4th (Saturday), 26.Mount Fuji100 Mt. FUJI 100 On the evening of Friday, April 4,Courtney DeWalter Courtney Dauwalter(US),Deng Guoming Guomin Deng(China) won the women's and men's championships at the FUJI100mi, respectively.

「FUJI100mi」は4月26日（金）の0時に富士山こどもの国（静岡県富士市）をスタートし、富士北麓公園・富士山の銘水スタジアムでフィニッシュするトレイルランニングレースです。デン・グオミン Guomin Dengは19時間10分34秒、コートニー・ドウォルター Courtney Dauwalterは19時間21分22秒で富士山麓の山、森、街を駆け抜ける距離166.6km、累積標高7,039mのコースを完走しました。加えて本稿執筆時点までにChin Guidu Guidu Qin(China) came in second with a time of 19 hours 20 minutes 52 seconds.Ryo Murata Ryo Murata(Japan) came in third with a time of 20 hours 27 minutes 14 seconds.

In the women's race, Courtney DeWalter not only maintained the lead from the beginning to the end of the race, but in the second half of the race she overtook the male runners one after another, achieving the astonishing result of finishing in third place overall.

In the men's race, Deng Guoming and Qin Guidu were both in the lead in the first half. However, Deng arrived at F5 Oshino (113.0km) 20 minutes early. After that, Deng extended his lead over Qin.

Men's winnerDeng GuomingReflecting on his race, he said, "Today's race was by no means perfect, and looking back on it, there are things I will have done better. It was particularly difficult getting over the three mountains at the end. But I am grateful that I was able to run until the end and win the race."

He came in second after Deng Guoming.Chin GuiduThis was her first attempt at a 100-mile race. When she was caught up with by Courtney DeWalter with 20km to go, she reflected, "Courtney is my senior in this sport. When she caught up with me, I didn't have any energy left, but I thought I would follow her to the end to learn from her. I think she could have passed me and finished, but I think she respected my pride and let me go first. I'm grateful for that consideration."

This is his second time winning the tournament, having won in 2018.Courtney DeWalter"I feel very lucky to have been able to run around Mount Fuji today. I enjoyed the beautiful view of Mount Fuji as the sun came up. I was surrounded by great people and it was a great day to be outside, so I was able to give it my all until the very end," he said in front of the gathered crowd.

He finished third, the highest ranking for a Japanese male athlete.Ryo Murata"There were some strong competitors this time, and I aimed to finish in at least the top 10 among them. I was able to improve my position little by little as I progressed along the course, but I didn't expect to finish in third place overall and as the top Japanese competitor. I think my success was due to the fact that I stuck to my plan faithfully until the end," he said.

The approximately 100 runners taking part in the FUJI2400mi will aim to reach the finish line at Fuji Hokuroku Park/Mt. Fuji's Meisui Stadium by 4 p.m. on Saturday, April 27th, the time limit.

The KAI100k, which is the second half of the FUJI69.4mi course, is 3,493km long and has a cumulative elevation gain of 70m, and will start at midnight on Saturday, April 70th at the Fuji Hokuroku Park, Fuji Meisui Stadium.

FUJI100mi Results (Click here for the latest results) https://leaderboard.runnet.jp/?tri=02524_20240426_01 ）

(Boy)

1 Guomin Deng (CHN) 19:10:34
2 Guidu Qin (CHN) 19:20:52
3 Ryo Murata (JPN) 20:27:14
4 Hayato Nishikata (JPN) 20:59:36
5. Alexandre Boucheix (FRA) 21:02:14
6 Takashi Doi (JPN) 21:26:12
7 Nagisa Itagaki (JPN) 21:41:47
8 Ho Chung Wong (HKG) 21:48:31
9 Tatsuya Saguchi (JPN) 21:57:46
10 Takamaru Kawasaki (JPN)

(Girl)

1. Courtney Dauwalter (USA) 19:21:22