Three boys were taken to the hospital, but, luckily, no one sustained serious injuries.
Eighteen boys’ teams from schools in the Kyushu and Tokushima Prefectures were invited to compete in the ekiden. But while practicing on the course the day before the race, 22 competitors were stung by killer hornets, according toThe boys sustained no serious injuries, but at least three athletes from the Miyazaki and Kagoshima teams were taken to the hospital for treatment., aka “murder hornets,” or something else.
“We had the scouted the course in advance but didn’t notice the hornet nest,” said a spokesperson from the Board of Education. “We would like to apologize to all the high schoolers who had been looking forward to running our race.”reports that this isn’t the first time killer hornets have led to canceled foot races in Japan.
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