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China First 2000 Meter Ultra Deep Sample Tube Production

Staff members are processing sample tubes of 2,000-meter ultra-deep water non-bonded flexible pipes in the workshop. Binzhou City, Shandong Province, China on April 21, 2025.

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China First 2000 Meter Ultra Deep Sample Tube Production

Staff members are processing sample tubes of 2,000-meter ultra-deep water non-bonded flexible pipes in the workshop. Binzhou City, Shandong Province, China on April 21, 2025.

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China First 2000 Meter Ultra Deep Sample Tube Production

Staff members are processing sample tubes of 2,000-meter ultra-deep water non-bonded flexible pipes in the workshop. Binzhou City, Shandong Province, China on April 21, 2025.

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China First 2000 Meter Ultra Deep Sample Tube Production

Staff members are processing sample tubes of 2,000-meter ultra-deep water non-bonded flexible pipes in the workshop. Binzhou City, Shandong Province, China on April 21, 2025.

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China First 2000 Meter Ultra Deep Sample Tube Production

Staff members are processing sample tubes of 2,000-meter ultra-deep water non-bonded flexible pipes in the workshop. Binzhou City, Shandong Province, China on April 21, 2025.

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China First 2000 Meter Ultra Deep Sample Tube Production

Staff members are processing sample tubes of 2,000-meter ultra-deep water non-bonded flexible pipes in the workshop. Binzhou City, Shandong Province, China on April 21, 2025.

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China First 2000 Meter Ultra Deep Sample Tube Production

Staff members are processing sample tubes of 2,000-meter ultra-deep water non-bonded flexible pipes in the workshop. Binzhou City, Shandong Province, China on April 21, 2025.

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China First 2000 Meter Ultra Deep Sample Tube Production

Staff members are processing sample tubes of 2,000-meter ultra-deep water non-bonded flexible pipes in the workshop. Binzhou City, Shandong Province, China on April 21, 2025.

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China First 2000 Meter Ultra Deep Sample Tube Production

Staff members are processing sample tubes of 2,000-meter ultra-deep water non-bonded flexible pipes in the workshop. Binzhou City, Shandong Province, China on April 21, 2025.

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Dragon boat race held in Moscow

STORY: Dragon boat race held in Moscow SHOOTING TIME: June 9, 2024 DATELINE: June 11, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:06 LOCATION: Moscow CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of the dragon boat race STORYLINE: Moscow, the Russian capital, celebrated the Dragon Boat Festival with a lively dragon boat race on Sunday. The 2,000-meter race took place on the Krylatskoye Rowing Canal in the northwest part of the city. Dozens of local Russian teams participated in the event. Russia has hosted the annual All-Russian Dragon Boat Championships in recent years. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Moscow. (XHTV)

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Eishin Flash wins Tenno-sho

TOKYO, Japan - Jockey Mirco Demuro on Eishin Flash celebrates after the horse won the Tenno-sho at Tokyo Racecourse on Oct. 28, 2012. Fifth choice Eishin Flash covered the 2,000-meter turf track in 1 minute, 57.3 seconds, under the gaze of the imperial couple.

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Eishin Flash wins Tenno-sho

TOKYO, Japan - Eishin Flash (R), ridden by Mirco Demuro, gallops to victory at the Tenno-sho at Tokyo Racecourse on Oct. 28, 2012. Fifth choice Eishin Flash covered the 2,000-meter turf track in 1 minute, 57.3 seconds, under the gaze of the imperial couple. To the left is favorite Fenomeno, which finished second.

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Gentildonna wins Shuka-sho

KYOTO, Japan - Gentildonna (front) gallops to victory at the Shuka-sho at Kyoto Racecourse on Oct. 14, 2012, to complete the Triple Crown. Top pick Gentildonna covered the 2,000-meter turf track in 2 minutes, 0.4 seconds, to become only the fourth filly to achieve the feat.

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Gentildonna wins Shuka-sho

KYOTO, Japan - Gentildonna (R, back) gallops to victory at the Shuka-sho at Kyoto Racecourse on Oct. 14, 2012, to complete the Triple Crown. Top pick Gentildonna covered the 2,000-meter turf track in 2 minutes, 0.4 seconds, beating Verxina (front), to become only the fourth filly to win the Triple Crown.

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Gentildonna wins Shuka-sho

KYOTO, Japan - Gentildonna (back) gallops to victory at the Shuka-sho at Kyoto Racecourse on Oct. 14, 2012, to complete the Triple Crown. Top pick Gentildonna covered the 2,000-meter turf track in 2 minutes, 0.4 seconds, beating Verxina (front), to become only the fourth filly to win the Triple Crown.

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Victoire Pisa wins Satsuki-sho

FUNABASHI, Japan - Victoire Pisa, jockeyed by Yasunari Iwata, crosses the finish line to win the Satsuki-sho at Nakayama Racecourse in Funabashi, Chiba Prefecture, on April 18, 2010. Victoire Pisa, whose victory was worth 97 million yen in prize money, covered the 2,000-meter turf track in 2 minutes, 0.8 seconds.

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Police recover bodies of 4 men hit by avalanche in Gifu

TAKAYAMA, Japan - The three survivors of a avalanche that killed four climbers from two mountain-climbing groups on Mt. Yarigatake in Gifu Prefecture earlier this week descend the mountain unaided on Jan. 2. From extreme right: Yutaka Takeuchi, 38, of a mountaineering group from Tokyo, and Motoo Suzuki, 47, and Miyoko Nagase, 30, both from a mountaineering group in Tokushima. The seven climbers were sleeping inside two nearby tents on a 2,000-meter-high slope of Mt. Yarigatake when the avalanche struck at around 11:30 p.m. on Dec. 31, local officials say. The bodies of the four climbers were recovered earlier Jan. 2.

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Favorite Neo Universe narrowly wins Satsuki-sho

FUNABASHI, Japan - Italian Jockey Mirco Demuro celebrates his victory on Neo Universe who won the 63rd running of the 2,000-meter Satsuki-sho race at Nakayama Racecourse in Funabashi, Chiba Prefecture, on April 20.

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Top favorite T.M. Opera O claims Tenno-sho double

TOKYO, Japan - T.M. Opera O (13) lives up to his top-favorite status with a devastating last-gasp run on Oct. 29, becoming only the third horse ever to win both the spring and fall Tenno-sho races in the same year. T.M. Opera O, ridden by jockey Ryuji Wada, surged past front-running Meisho Doto (15) in the final furlong to win by two and a half lengths as he completed a 2,000-meter test on turf in 1 minute, 59.9 seconds at Tokyo Racecourse.

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Air Shakur wins Satsuki-sho

TOKYO, Japan - Air Shakur (No. 16), jockeyed by Yutaka Take, holds off a late challenge by Daitaku Riva (No. 8) on April 16 to win the Satsuki-sho, the first leg of Japan's triple crown series for 3-year-olds, at Nakayama Racecourse in Chiba Prefecture. He clocked 2 minutes, 1.8 seconds to win the 2,000-meter race by a neck.

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T.M. Ocean holds off challengers for Shuka-sho win

KYOTO, Japan - Top favorite T. M. Ocean (R) surges into the lead at the top of the final straight to win the sixth running of the Shuka-sho, the third leg of the triple crown series for 3-year-old fillies, at Kyoto Racecourse on Oct. 14. T.M. Ocean, winner of the Oka-sho in April, completed the 2,000-meter test on turf in 1 minute, 58.5 seconds with jockey Masaru Honda astride to claim the 89 million yen winner's purse.

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Favorite Neo Universe narrowly wins Satsuki-sho

FUNABASHI, Japan - Italian Jockey Mirco Demuro celebrates his victory on Neo Universe who won the 63rd running of the 2,000-meter Satsuki-sho race at Nakayama Racecourse in Funabashi, Chiba Prefecture, on April 20. (Kyodo)

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Japan's A Shin Hikari wins Hong Kong Cup

Japanese jockey Yutaka Take celebrates after winning the 2,000-meter Hong Kong Cup on A Shin Hikari at Shatin race track in Hong Kong on Dec. 13, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's A Shin Hikari wins Hong Kong Cup

Japanese horse A Shin Hikari (L), ridden by Yutaka Take, wins the 2,000-meter Hong Kong Cup at Shatin race track in Hong Kong on Dec. 13, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Lovely Day wins autumn run of Emperor's Cup G1 horse race

Jockey Suguru Hamanaka celebrates race favorite Lovely Day's win at the 2,000-meter autumn Tenno-sho (Emperor's Cup) race at Tokyo Racecourse in the Japanese capital on Nov. 1, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Lovely Day wins autumn run of Emperor's Cup G1 horse race

Race favorite Lovely Day (8) captures his second G1 victory at the 2,000-meter autumn Tenno-sho (Emperor's Cup) race at Tokyo Racecourse in the Japanese capital on Nov. 1, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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(CORRECTED) Police recover bodies of 4 men hit by avalanche

TAKAYAMA, Japan - The three survivors of a avalanche that killed four climbers from two mountain-climbing groups on Mt. Yarigatake in Gifu Prefecture earlier this week descend the mountain unaided on Jan. 2. From extreme right: Yutaka Takeuchi, 38, of a mountaineering group from Tokyo, and Motoo Suzuki, 47, and Miyoko Nagase, 30, both from a mountaineering group in Tokushima. The seven climbers were sleeping inside two nearby tents on a 2,000-meter-high slope of Mt. Yarigatake when the avalanche struck at around 11:30 p.m. on Dec. 31, local officials say. The bodies of the four climbers were recovered earlier Jan. 2. (Kyodo)

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Victoire Pisa wins Satsuki-sho

FUNABASHI, Japan - Victoire Pisa, jockeyed by Yasunari Iwata, crosses the finish line to win the Satsuki-sho at Nakayama Racecourse in Funabashi, Chiba Prefecture, on April 18, 2010. Victoire Pisa, whose victory was worth 97 million yen in prize money, covered the 2,000-meter turf track in 2 minutes, 0.8 seconds. (Kyodo)

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Air Shakur wins Satsuki-sho

TOKYO, Japan - Air Shakur (No. 16), jockeyed by Yutaka Take, holds off a late challenge by Daitaku Riva (No. 8) on April 16 to win the Satsuki-sho, the first leg of Japan's triple crown series for 3-year-olds, at Nakayama Racecourse in Chiba Prefecture. He clocked 2 minutes, 1.8 seconds to win the 2,000-meter race by a neck.