Athletics: Ex-marathon world record holder Terasawa dies at 90

Photo taken in June 2017 in Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, shows former marathon world record holder Toru Terasawa of Japan in the official uniform worn by the Japanese delegation during the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. The Toyama Prefecture native died of chronic heart failure on March 23, 2025, at the age of 90.

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