An 18-year-old high school sprinter gearing up for the upcoming university entrance exams won the annual "Lucky Man" footrace early Wednesday morning at a major Shinto shrine in western Japan.Kurosu Sato, a third-year student from Ashiya in Hyogo Prefecture, beat 107 other runners in the first group selected in a lottery to reach the main hall of Nishinomiya Shrine after bolting from the shrine gate some 230 meters away. Altogether, some 5,000 people took part in the race.He said he was studying for the exams even as he waited for the gate to open at 6 a.m."I was able to run as I envisioned…READ FULL ARTICLE
