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Skiing: Nordic World Ski Championships

Skiers compete in the women's 50-kilometer cross-country mass start freestyle at the Nordic World Ski Championships in Trondheim, Norway, on March 9, 2025.

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Skiing: Nordic World Ski Championships

Skiers compete in the women's 50-kilometer cross-country mass start freestyle at the Nordic World Ski Championships in Trondheim, Norway, on March 9, 2025.

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Skiing: Nordic World Ski Championships

Skiers compete in the women's 50-kilometer cross-country mass start freestyle at the Nordic World Ski Championships in Trondheim, Norway, on March 9, 2025.

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Skiing: Nordic World Ski Championships

Frida Karlsson of Sweden celebrates after winning gold in the women's 50-kilometer cross-country mass start freestyle at the Nordic World Ski Championships in Trondheim, Norway, on March 9, 2025.

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Skiing: Nordic World Ski Championships

Frida Karlsson of Sweden celebrates after winning gold in the women's 50-kilometer cross-country mass start freestyle at the Nordic World Ski Championships in Trondheim, Norway, on March 9, 2025.

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Skiing: Nordic World Ski Championships

Frida Karlsson (R) of Sweden competes en route to winning gold in the women's 50-kilometer cross-country mass start freestyle at the Nordic World Ski Championships in Trondheim, Norway, on March 9, 2025.

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Skiing: Nordic World Ski Championships

Frida Karlsson (R) of Sweden competes en route to winning gold in the women's 50-kilometer cross-country mass start freestyle at the Nordic World Ski Championships in Trondheim, Norway, on March 9, 2025.

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Inaugural Trip Of The High Speed Train To Asturias - Madrid

(L-R) The President of the Principality of Asturias, Adrián Barbón, King Felipe VI, the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, and the Minister of Transport and Sustainable Mobility, Óscar Puente, on their arrival to make the inaugural trip of the high-speed train to Asturias, from the Madrid-Chamartín-Clara Campoamor station, on November 29, 2023, in Madrid (Spain). The high-speed train arrives today in Asturias after 19 years of works and 4,000 million of investment. The journey time between Madrid and Oviedo will be less than three hours, with stops in Segovia, Valladolid, Palencia and León, and in the Principality of Asturias in Pola de Lena, Mieres, Oviedo and finally Gijón. The infrastructure that allows this new milestone in the railway history of Spain will be the new Pajares Bypass, a 50-kilometer-long section, 80% of which runs through tunnels, and on which up to 4,000 people have been working at the same time. Work began in 2004 and, although it was scheduled to open in 2010, the geological an

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Inaugural Trip Of The High Speed Train To Asturias - Madrid

(L-R) The President of the Principality of Asturias, Adrián Barbón, King Felipe VI, the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, and the Minister of Transport and Sustainable Mobility, Óscar Puente, on their arrival to make the inaugural trip of the high-speed train to Asturias, from the Madrid-Chamartín-Clara Campoamor station, on November 29, 2023, in Madrid (Spain). The high-speed train arrives today in Asturias after 19 years of works and 4,000 million of investment. The journey time between Madrid and Oviedo will be less than three hours, with stops in Segovia, Valladolid, Palencia and León, and in the Principality of Asturias in Pola de Lena, Mieres, Oviedo and finally Gijón. The infrastructure that allows this new milestone in the railway history of Spain will be the new Pajares Bypass, a 50-kilometer-long section, 80% of which runs through tunnels, and on which up to 4,000 people have been working at the same time. Work began in 2004 and, although it was scheduled to open in 2010, the geological an

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Inaugural Trip Of The High Speed Train To Asturias - Madrid

(L-R) The President of the Principality of Asturias, Adrián Barbón, King Felipe VI, the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, and the Minister of Transport and Sustainable Mobility, Óscar Puente, on their arrival to make the inaugural trip of the high-speed train to Asturias, from the Madrid-Chamartín-Clara Campoamor station, on November 29, 2023, in Madrid (Spain). The high-speed train arrives today in Asturias after 19 years of works and 4,000 million of investment. The journey time between Madrid and Oviedo will be less than three hours, with stops in Segovia, Valladolid, Palencia and León, and in the Principality of Asturias in Pola de Lena, Mieres, Oviedo and finally Gijón. The infrastructure that allows this new milestone in the railway history of Spain will be the new Pajares Bypass, a 50-kilometer-long section, 80% of which runs through tunnels, and on which up to 4,000 people have been working at the same time. Work began in 2004 and, although it was scheduled to open in 2010, the geological an

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Inaugural Trip Of The High Speed Train To Asturias - Madrid

(L-R) The President of the Principality of Asturias, Adrián Barbón, King Felipe VI, the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, and the Minister of Transport and Sustainable Mobility, Óscar Puente, on their arrival to make the inaugural trip of the high-speed train to Asturias, from the Madrid-Chamartín-Clara Campoamor station, on November 29, 2023, in Madrid (Spain). The high-speed train arrives today in Asturias after 19 years of works and 4,000 million of investment. The journey time between Madrid and Oviedo will be less than three hours, with stops in Segovia, Valladolid, Palencia and León, and in the Principality of Asturias in Pola de Lena, Mieres, Oviedo and finally Gijón. The infrastructure that allows this new milestone in the railway history of Spain will be the new Pajares Bypass, a 50-kilometer-long section, 80% of which runs through tunnels, and on which up to 4,000 people have been working at the same time. Work began in 2004 and, although it was scheduled to open in 2010, the geological an

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Inaugural Trip Of The High Speed Train To Asturias - Madrid

(L-R) The President of the Principality of Asturias, Adrián Barbón, King Felipe VI, the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, and the Minister of Transport and Sustainable Mobility, Óscar Puente, on their arrival to make the inaugural trip of the high-speed train to Asturias, from the Madrid-Chamartín-Clara Campoamor station, on November 29, 2023, in Madrid (Spain). The high-speed train arrives today in Asturias after 19 years of works and 4,000 million of investment. The journey time between Madrid and Oviedo will be less than three hours, with stops in Segovia, Valladolid, Palencia and León, and in the Principality of Asturias in Pola de Lena, Mieres, Oviedo and finally Gijón. The infrastructure that allows this new milestone in the railway history of Spain will be the new Pajares Bypass, a 50-kilometer-long section, 80% of which runs through tunnels, and on which up to 4,000 people have been working at the same time. Work began in 2004 and, although it was scheduled to open in 2010, the geological an

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Inaugural Trip Of The High Speed Train To Asturias - Madrid

(L-R) The President of the Principality of Asturias, Adrián Barbón, King Felipe VI, the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, and the Minister of Transport and Sustainable Mobility, Óscar Puente, on their arrival to make the inaugural trip of the high-speed train to Asturias, from the Madrid-Chamartín-Clara Campoamor station, on November 29, 2023, in Madrid (Spain). The high-speed train arrives today in Asturias after 19 years of works and 4,000 million of investment. The journey time between Madrid and Oviedo will be less than three hours, with stops in Segovia, Valladolid, Palencia and León, and in the Principality of Asturias in Pola de Lena, Mieres, Oviedo and finally Gijón. The infrastructure that allows this new milestone in the railway history of Spain will be the new Pajares Bypass, a 50-kilometer-long section, 80% of which runs through tunnels, and on which up to 4,000 people have been working at the same time. Work began in 2004 and, although it was scheduled to open in 2010, the geological an

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Inaugural Trip Of The High Speed Train To Asturias - Madrid

(L-R) The President of the Principality of Asturias, Adrián Barbón, King Felipe VI, the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, and the Minister of Transport and Sustainable Mobility, Óscar Puente, on their arrival to make the inaugural trip of the high-speed train to Asturias, from the Madrid-Chamartín-Clara Campoamor station, on November 29, 2023, in Madrid (Spain). The high-speed train arrives today in Asturias after 19 years of works and 4,000 million of investment. The journey time between Madrid and Oviedo will be less than three hours, with stops in Segovia, Valladolid, Palencia and León, and in the Principality of Asturias in Pola de Lena, Mieres, Oviedo and finally Gijón. The infrastructure that allows this new milestone in the railway history of Spain will be the new Pajares Bypass, a 50-kilometer-long section, 80% of which runs through tunnels, and on which up to 4,000 people have been working at the same time. Work began in 2004 and, although it was scheduled to open in 2010, the geological an

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Inaugural Trip Of The High Speed Train To Asturias - Madrid

(L-R) The President of the Principality of Asturias, Adrián Barbón, King Felipe VI, the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, and the Minister of Transport and Sustainable Mobility, Óscar Puente, on their arrival to make the inaugural trip of the high-speed train to Asturias, from the Madrid-Chamartín-Clara Campoamor station, on November 29, 2023, in Madrid (Spain). The high-speed train arrives today in Asturias after 19 years of works and 4,000 million of investment. The journey time between Madrid and Oviedo will be less than three hours, with stops in Segovia, Valladolid, Palencia and León, and in the Principality of Asturias in Pola de Lena, Mieres, Oviedo and finally Gijón. The infrastructure that allows this new milestone in the railway history of Spain will be the new Pajares Bypass, a 50-kilometer-long section, 80% of which runs through tunnels, and on which up to 4,000 people have been working at the same time. Work began in 2004 and, although it was scheduled to open in 2010, the geological an

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Inaugural Trip Of The High Speed Train To Asturias - Madrid

(L-R) The President of the Principality of Asturias, Adrián Barbón, King Felipe VI, the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, and the Minister of Transport and Sustainable Mobility, Óscar Puente, on their arrival to make the inaugural trip of the high-speed train to Asturias, from the Madrid-Chamartín-Clara Campoamor station, on November 29, 2023, in Madrid (Spain). The high-speed train arrives today in Asturias after 19 years of works and 4,000 million of investment. The journey time between Madrid and Oviedo will be less than three hours, with stops in Segovia, Valladolid, Palencia and León, and in the Principality of Asturias in Pola de Lena, Mieres, Oviedo and finally Gijón. The infrastructure that allows this new milestone in the railway history of Spain will be the new Pajares Bypass, a 50-kilometer-long section, 80% of which runs through tunnels, and on which up to 4,000 people have been working at the same time. Work began in 2004 and, although it was scheduled to open in 2010, the geological an

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Inaugural Trip Of The High Speed Train To Asturias - Madrid

(L-R) The President of the Principality of Asturias, Adrián Barbón, King Felipe VI, the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, and the Minister of Transport and Sustainable Mobility, Óscar Puente, on their arrival to make the inaugural trip of the high-speed train to Asturias, from the Madrid-Chamartín-Clara Campoamor station, on November 29, 2023, in Madrid (Spain). The high-speed train arrives today in Asturias after 19 years of works and 4,000 million of investment. The journey time between Madrid and Oviedo will be less than three hours, with stops in Segovia, Valladolid, Palencia and León, and in the Principality of Asturias in Pola de Lena, Mieres, Oviedo and finally Gijón. The infrastructure that allows this new milestone in the railway history of Spain will be the new Pajares Bypass, a 50-kilometer-long section, 80% of which runs through tunnels, and on which up to 4,000 people have been working at the same time. Work began in 2004 and, although it was scheduled to open in 2010, the geological an

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Inaugural Trip Of The High Speed Train To Asturias - Madrid

(L-R) The President of the Principality of Asturias, Adrián Barbón, King Felipe VI, the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, and the Minister of Transport and Sustainable Mobility, Óscar Puente, on their arrival to make the inaugural trip of the high-speed train to Asturias, from the Madrid-Chamartín-Clara Campoamor station, on November 29, 2023, in Madrid (Spain). The high-speed train arrives today in Asturias after 19 years of works and 4,000 million of investment. The journey time between Madrid and Oviedo will be less than three hours, with stops in Segovia, Valladolid, Palencia and León, and in the Principality of Asturias in Pola de Lena, Mieres, Oviedo and finally Gijón. The infrastructure that allows this new milestone in the railway history of Spain will be the new Pajares Bypass, a 50-kilometer-long section, 80% of which runs through tunnels, and on which up to 4,000 people have been working at the same time. Work began in 2004 and, although it was scheduled to open in 2010, the geological an

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Inaugural Trip Of The High Speed Train To Asturias - Madrid

(L-R) The President of the Principality of Asturias, Adrián Barbón, King Felipe VI, the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, and the Minister of Transport and Sustainable Mobility, Óscar Puente, on their arrival to make the inaugural trip of the high-speed train to Asturias, from the Madrid-Chamartín-Clara Campoamor station, on November 29, 2023, in Madrid (Spain). The high-speed train arrives today in Asturias after 19 years of works and 4,000 million of investment. The journey time between Madrid and Oviedo will be less than three hours, with stops in Segovia, Valladolid, Palencia and León, and in the Principality of Asturias in Pola de Lena, Mieres, Oviedo and finally Gijón. The infrastructure that allows this new milestone in the railway history of Spain will be the new Pajares Bypass, a 50-kilometer-long section, 80% of which runs through tunnels, and on which up to 4,000 people have been working at the same time. Work began in 2004 and, although it was scheduled to open in 2010, the geological an

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Australian Deakes grabs gold in 50km walk

OSAKA, Japan - Australian Nathan Deakes throws up arms in celebration after capturing the gold medal in the men's 50-kilometer walk at the world athletics world championships at Nagai Stadium on Sept. 1. (Pool photo)

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Athletics: Suzuki wins Japan's 1st race walk world title

DOHA, Qatar, Sept. 29 Kyodo - Yusuke Suzuki of Japan walks in the men's 50-kilometer contest on his way to clinching Japan's first race walk title at the athletics world championships in Doha in the small hours of Sept. 29, 2019.

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Japan's 1st athletics gold at Asian Games

INCHEON, South Korea - Takayuki Tanii of Japan crosses the finish line in the men's 50-kilometer walk with a meet record time of 3 hours, 40 minutes, 19 seconds to win the country's first athletics gold medal of the Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea, on Oct. 1, 2014.

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Japan's 1st athletics gold at Asian Games

INCHEON, South Korea - Takayuki Tanii of Japan crosses the finish line in the men's 50-kilometer walk with a meet record time of 3 hours, 40 minutes, 19 seconds to win the country's first athletics gold medal of the Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea, on Oct. 1, 2014.

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Fans celebrate as Russia sweeps 50-km cross-country race

SOCHI, Russia - Fans celebrate as three Russian skiers occupy the podium for the men's 50-kilometer cross-country mass start free race during the Closing Ceremony of the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, on Feb. 23, 2014.

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World athletics championships

MOSCOW, Russia - Robert Heffernan of Ireland holds the Irish flag after winning gold in the men's 50-kilometer walk of the world athletics championships in Moscow on Aug. 14, 2013.

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World athletics championships

MOSCOW, Russia - Robert Heffernan (C) of Ireland competes in the men's 50-kilometer walk of the world athletics championships in Moscow on Aug. 14, 2013. Heffernan won gold.

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Kirdyapkin wins men's 50km walk

LONDON, Britain - Russia's Sergey Kirdyapkin wins the men's 50-kilometer walk at the 2012 London Olympics on The Mall in London on Aug. 11, 2012, with a time of 3 hours, 35 minutes and 59 seconds.

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Morioka 6th in 50-km race walk at worlds

DAEGU, South Korea - Japan's Koichiro Morioka competes in the men's 50-kilometer race walk at the world athletics championships in Daegu, South Korea, on Sept. 3, 2011. Morioka finished 6th in the race with a time of 3 hours, 46 minutes, 21 seconds.

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Morioka 6th in 50-km race walk at worlds

DAEGU, South Korea - Koichiro Morioka (C), Takayuki Tanii (R), and Hirooki Arai, all from Japan, pose with a flag in Daegu, South Korea, on Sept. 3, 2011, after the 50-kilometer race walk at the world athletics championships. Morioka, Tanii and Arai finished 6th, 9th and 10th in the race, respectively.

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Olympics: Alex Schwazer of Italy wins men's 50-kilometer walk

BEIJING, China - Alex Schwazer of Italy celebrates at Beijing's National Stadium on Aug. 22 after winning the men's 50-kilometer walk at the Beijing Olympics in 3 hours, 37 minutes, 9 seconds.

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Italy's Schwazer wins men's 50-km walk at Olympics

BEIJING, China - Italy's Alex Schwazer wins the men's 50-kilometer walk in an Olympic record at the National Stadium in Beijing on Aug. 22.

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Hjelmeset pips countryman Estil to gold in 50-km classical

SAPPORO, Japan - Odd-Bjoern Hjelmeset (R) edges out Frode Estil in leading a 1-2 finish for Norway in the men's 50-kilometer cross country classical in the final event at the Nordic world ski championships in Sapporo on March 4. Hjelmeset clocked 2 hours, 20 minutes, 12.6 seconds on the Shirahatayama course, 0.4 second ahead of Estil.

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Hjelmeset wins gold in 50-km classical

SAPPORO, Japan - Odd-Bjoern Hjelmeset shows off his gold medal after leading a 1-2 finish for Norway in the men's 50-kilometer cross country classical in the final event at the Nordic world ski championships in Sapporo on March 4.

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Poland's Korzeniowski wins men's 50km walk

ATHENS, Greece - Robert Korzeniowski of Poland carries a national flag at the Olympic Stadium in Athens on Aug. 27 after winning the men's 50-kilometer walk event of the 2004 Olympic Games.

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Spain's Muehlegg wins men's 50-km classical event

SALT LAKE CITY, United States - German-born Johann Muehlegg of Spain rejoices after winning the men's 50-kilometer classical event at the Salt Lake City Winter Games on Feb. 23. Muehlegg won his third gold medal of the Games with a time of 2:06:05.9 in skiing's most grueling event.

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Imai earns Japan's 1st Olympic diploma in cross country

SALT LAKE CITY, United States - Japan's Hiroyuki Imai takes seventh place in the men's 50-kilometer classical event at the Salt Lake City Winter Games on Feb. 23. Imai earned Japan's first Olympic diploma, awarded to the top eight place winners, in an individual cross country skiing event.

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Sailboarder reaches Pusan

Mie Tajima, a 29-year-old Japanese woman, arrives at the southern South Korean port of Pusan on July 23 after crossing the Korean Strait from the southwestern Japan island of Tsushima aboard a sailboard to mark the co-hosting of succer's World Cup finals by Japan and South Korea in 2002. Two other Japanese also arrived in Pusan after completing a 50-kilometer trip with Tajima.

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Daehlie shows off gold medal

Norway's Bjorn Daehlie shows off the gold medal he won in the Nagano Olympic 50-kilometer cross-country skiing race Feb. 22. The ceremony to honor him was held at Nagano's Central Square.

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Battling for Supremacy

Three skiers battle for supremacy in the 50-kilometer cross-country skiing race of the Nagano Winter Olympic Games in Hakuba, central Japan, on Feb. 22. Norway's Bjorn Daehlie (L) won the gold medal, while Sweden's Niklas Jonsson (C) won the silver and Austria's Christian Hoffmann (R) the bronze.

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Cross-Country skiing medalists

The medalists in the 50-kilometer cross-country skiing race of the Nagano Olympic Winter Games in the central Japan village of Hakuba on Feb. 22 respond to the cheers of the spectators. From left: Sweden's Niklas Jonsson, the silver medalist, Norway's Bjorn Daehlie, the gold medalist, and Austria's Christian Hoffmann, the bronze medalist.

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Daehlie helped by officials

Norway's Bjorn Daehlie (C) is supported by officials after he collapsed virtually unconscious on the finish line in the 50-kilometer cross-country skiing race of the Nagano Olympic Winter Games in Hakuba, central Japan, on Feb. 22. Daehlie won the gold medal, edging Sweden's Niklas Jonsson and Austria's Christian Hoffmann.

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Daehlie collapses on finish line

Bjorn Daehlie of Norway collapses virtually unconscious on the finish line after more than 2 hours in the 50-kilometer cross-country skiing race of the Nagano Olympic Winter Games in Hakuba, central Japan, on Feb. 22. Daehlie won the gold medal.

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Collapsed Daehlie and Hoffmann

Christian Hoffmann of Austria is about to pass the finish line, while Norway's Bjorn Daehlie lies unconscious in the 50-kilometer cross-country skiing race of the Nagano Olympic Winter Games in the central Japan village of Hakuba on Feb. 22, the last day of the Games. Hoffmann won the bronze medal.

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Daehlie on way to gold medal

Norway's Bjorn Daehlie skis as fast as he can on his way to win the gold medal in the 50-kilometer cross-country skiing race on the last day of the Nagano Olympic Winter Games in the central Japan village of Hakuba on Feb. 22 for the eighth Olympic gold of his life.

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Graduation ceremony of Paratroopers Brigade in Israel

STORY: Graduation ceremony of Paratroopers Brigade in Israel DATELINE: Nov. 12, 2022 LENGTH: 0:02:20 LOCATION: Jerusalem CATEGORY: MILITARY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Israeli paratroopers soldiers STORYLINE: Newly-recruited Israeli paratroopers attend a graduation ceremony on Thursday, after finishing a 50-kilometer 12-hour hike in full combat gear on Ammunition Hill in Jerusalem. The Paratroopers Brigade (35th Brigade) is an elite infantry brigade in the Israel Defense Forces. Before the recruits, they have to finish their "Beret March" to receive their red berets. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Jerusalem. (XHTV)

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Beijing Olympics: Cross-Country Skiing

Cross-country skiers competes in the men's 50 kilometer mass start race that was shortened to 30 km due to adverse weather at the Beijing Winter Olympics on Feb. 19, 2022, at the National Cross-Country Skiing Centre in Zhangjiakou, China.

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Beijing Olympics: Cross-Country Skiing

Cross-country skier Alexander Bolshunov (front) of the Russian Olympic Committee competes en route to winning the men's 50-kilometer mass start race that was shortened to 30 km due to adverse weather at the Beijing Winter Olympics on Feb. 19, 2022, at the National Cross-Country Skiing Centre in Zhangjiakou, China.

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Beijing Olympics: Cross-Country Skiing

Cross-country skier Alexander Bolshunov of the Russian Olympic Committee celebrates after winning the men's 50 kilometer mass start race that was shortened to 30 km due to adverse weather at the Beijing Winter Olympics on Feb. 19, 2022, at the National Cross-Country Skiing Centre in Zhangjiakou, China.

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Beijing Olympics: Cross-Country Skiing

Cross-country skier Alexander Bolshunov of the Russian Olympic Committee kisses the ground after winning the men's 50-kilometer mass start race that was shortened to 30 km due to adverse weather at the Beijing Winter Olympics on Feb. 19, 2022, at the National Cross-Country Skiing Centre in Zhangjiakou, China.

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Beijing Olympics: Cross-Country Skiing

Cross-country skier Alexander Bolshunov of the Russian Olympic Committee reacts after winning the men's 50-kilometer mass start race that was shortened to 30 km due to adverse weather at the Beijing Winter Olympics on Feb. 19, 2022, at the National Cross-Country Skiing Centre in Zhangjiakou, China.