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Athletics: World championships in Tokyo

Miu Saito of Japan poses after setting a new national record of 9 minutes and 24.72 seconds in a women's 3000-meter steeplechase heat at the World Athletics Championships at the National Stadium in Tokyo on Sept. 15, 2025.

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Athletics: World championships in Tokyo

Miu Saito of Japan poses after setting a new national record of 9 minutes and 24.72 seconds in a women's 3000-meter steeplechase heat at the World Athletics Championships at the National Stadium in Tokyo on Sept. 15, 2025.

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Athletics: World championships in Tokyo

Miu Saito of Japan competes in a women's 3000-meter steeplechase heat at the World Athletics Championships at the National Stadium in Tokyo on Sept. 15, 2025. Saito set a new national record of 9 minutes and 24.72 seconds.

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Athletics: World championships in Tokyo

Miu Saito (top, C) of Japan jumps over a barrier placed in front of a water pit in a women's 3000-meter steeplechase heat at the World Athletics Championships at the National Stadium in Tokyo on Sept. 15, 2025. Saito set a new national record of 9 minutes and 24.72 seconds.

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Athletics: World championships in Tokyo

Miu Saito of Japan crosses the finish line in a women's 3000-meter steeplechase heat at the World Athletics Championships at the National Stadium in Tokyo on Sept. 15, 2025. Saito set a new national record of 9 minutes and 24.72 seconds.

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Athletics: World championships in Tokyo

Miu Saito (2nd from R) of Japan competes in a women's 3000-meter steeplechase heat at the World Athletics Championships at the National Stadium in Tokyo on Sept. 15, 2025. Saito set a new national record of 9 minutes and 24.72 seconds.

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Paavo Nurmi Games 2023

Abraham Seme of Ethiopia winner of men's 3000 meter steeple at the athletics Paavo Nurmi Games in Turku, Finland, on June 13, 2023. LEHTIKUVA / MIKKO STIG - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Mikko Stig/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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Paavo Nurmi Games 2023

Athletes compete in the men's 3000 meter steeple at the athletics Paavo Nurmi Games in Turku, Finland, on June 13, 2023. LEHTIKUVA / MIKKO STIG - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Mikko Stig/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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N. Korean woman expresses hope for reunification with S. Korea

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Japan's Sakurai, Sakai in women's 3000m short track relay

SOCHI, Russia - Japan's Biba Sakurai (front) and Yui Sakai skate in the Winter Olympics women's 3000-meter short track relay semifinals in Sochi, Russia, on Feb. 10, 2014.

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Athletics: World championships in Oregon

Norah Jeruto (R) of Kazakhstan poses after winning gold in the women's 3000-meter steeplechase at the World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon, on July 20, 2022, alongside Ethiopians Werkuha Getachew (L) and Mekides Abebe, who won silver and bronze, respectively. (Pool photo)

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Athletics: World championships in Oregon

Norah Jeruto of Kazakhstan celebrates after winning gold in the women's 3000-meter steeplechase at the World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon, on July 20, 2022.

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Athletics: World championships in Oregon

Norah Jeruto (front) of Kazakhstan competes en route to winning gold in the women's 3000-meter steeplechase at the World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon, on July 20, 2022. (Pool photo)

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Athletics: World championships in Oregon

Norah Jeruto (front) of Kazakhstan competes en route to winning gold in the women's 3000-meter steeplechase at the World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon, on July 20, 2022. (Pool photo)

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Athletics: World championships in Oregon

Norah Jeruto (R) of Kazakhstan competes en route to winning gold in the women's 3000-meter steeplechase at the World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon, on July 20, 2022.

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Athletics: World championships in Oregon

Norah Jeruto of Kazakhstan reacts after winning gold in the women's 3000-meter steeplechase at the World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon, on July 20, 2022. (Pool photo)

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N. Korean woman expresses hope for reunification with S. Korea

Han Pil Hwa, a North Korean silver medalist in the women's 3000-meter speed skating at the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, is seen at an ice rink in Pyongyang, North Korea, in November 2014. In March 1990, Han was reunited with her South Korean brother in Sapporo, Japan after 40 years of separation. Ahead of the event's 25th anniversary on March 8, 2015, Han told Kyodo News in Pyongyang she wants the reunification of the two Koreas to take place as soon as possible. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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N. Korean woman expresses hope for reunification with S. Korea

Han Pil Hwa (R), a North Korean silver medalist in the women's 3000-meter speed skating at the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, hugs her South Korean brother, Han Pil Song, and rejoices at their reunion after 40 years of separation, at a hotel in Sapporo, northern Japan, in this file photo taken on March 8, 1990. Ahead of the event's 25th anniversary on March 8, 2015, Han told Kyodo News in Pyongyang she wants the reunification of the two Koreas to take place as soon as possible. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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N. Korean woman expresses hope for reunification with S. Korea

Photo taken in Pyongyang, North Korea, in November 2014 shows Han Pil Hwa (far R), a North Korean silver medalist in the women's 3000-meter speed skating at the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, conversing with young athletes at an ice rink. In March 1990, Han was reunited with her South Korean brother in Sapporo, Japan after 40 years of separation. Ahead of the event's 25th anniversary on March 8, 2015, Han told Kyodo News in Pyongyang she wants the reunification of the two Koreas to take place as soon as possible. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Netherlands Wuest wins women's 3000-meter speed skating

Ireen Wuest of the Netherlands takes off her glasses after competing in the women's 3000 meters at the World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships on Feb. 9, 2017, in the South Korean coastal town of Gangneung, which will stage the ice hockey, curling, figure skating, speed and short track skating events for the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics. Wuest won the event with a time of 3 minutes, 59.05 seconds. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Netherlands' Wuest wins women's 3000-meter speed skating

Ireen Wuest of the Netherlands competes in the women's 3000 meters at the World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships on Feb. 9, 2017, in the South Korean coastal town of Gangneung, which will stage the ice hockey, curling, figure skating, speed and short track skating events for the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics. Wuest won the event with a time of 3 minutes, 59.05 seconds. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Netherlands' Wuest wins women's 3000-meter speed skating

Ireen Wuest of the Netherlands competes in the women's 3000 meters at the World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships on Feb. 9, 2017, in the South Korean coastal town of Gangneung, which will stage the ice hockey, curling, figure skating, speed and short track skating events for the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics. Wuest won the event with a time of 3 minutes, 59.05 seconds. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Netherlands' Wuest wins women's 3000-meter speed skating

Ireen Wuest of the Netherlands competes in the women's 3000 meters at the World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships on Feb. 9, 2017, in the South Korean coastal town of Gangneung, which will stage the ice hockey, curling, figure skating, speed and short track skating events for the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics. Wuest won the event with a time of 3 minutes, 59.05 seconds. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Olympics: Scenes from athletics on Day 11

Japan's Kazuya Shiojiri (C) competes in a preliminary heat of the men's 3000-meter steeplechase at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics on Aug. 15, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo