SASUKE 7

Intro
The 7th Competition, official name: SASUKE2001春 (literally SASUKE 2001 Spring) was the third tournament after Akiyama Kazuhiko's kanzenseiha. For the second straight tournament, the First and Third Stages were unchanged.

However, due to the 100% completion rate of the Second Stage in the previous tournament, the stage underwent a tremendous redesign. The first two obstacles were replaced with the Chain Reaction and Brick Climb (not an official obstacle), and a revamped Spider Walk. The time limit was raised to 90 seconds. James Okada cleared with 0.1 seconds left, tying Hasegawa Ken's record of the slowest Second Stage clear time in SASUKE 1. The record was broken in SASUKE 27, when Ishikawa Terukazu cleared with 0.06 seconds left.

This was also future SASUKE All-Star Nagano Makoto's first tournament, although he could not scale the Soritatsu Kabe and his run was not shown during the broadcast.

Yamamoto Shingo became the first competitor to attempt the new Final Stage, which consisted of a 12.5-meter Spider Climb and a 10-meter Tsuna Nobori. The time limit was kept the same at 30 seconds. However, Yamamoto has a history of shoulder problems and shortly after beginning the Spider Climb, he slipped off and dislocated his shoulder.

Obstacles
① Maruta Nobori 丸太登り

② Rolling Maruta ローリング丸太

③ Yureru Hashi 揺れる橋

④ Jump Hang ジャンプハング

⑤ Soritatsu Kabe そり立つ壁

⑥ Tarzan Rope ターザンロープ

⑦ Rope Climb ロープクライム

Time Limit: 75 seconds

Obstacles
① ^Chain Reaction チェーンリアクション

↓ ^Brick Climb ブリッククライム

② *Spider Walk スパイダーウォーク

③ Goren Hammer 5連ハンマー

④ *Gyakusō Conveyor 逆走コンベアー

⑤ Wall Lifting ウォールリフティング

Time Limit: 90 seconds

^ Denotes New Obstacle

* Denotes Modified Obstacle

Obstacles
① Propeller Untei プロペラうんてい

② Body Prop ボディプロップ

③ Arm Bike アームバイク

④ Cliffhanger クリフハンガー

⑤ Pipe Slider パイプスライダー

Obstacles
① Spider Climb スパイダークライム (12.5m)

② Tsuna Nobori 綱登り (10m)