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Rwandan Epic cycling race kicks off with impressive start

STORY: Rwandan Epic cycling race kicks off with impressive start SHOOTING TIME: Nov. 1, 2023 DATELINE: Nov. 2, 2023 LENGTH: 00:03:43 LOCATION: Kigali CATEGORY: SPORTS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the race 2. SOUNDBITE (English): SIMON DE SCHUTTER, Organizer of Rwandan Epic 2023 STORYLINE: German cyclists Daniel Gathof and Bart Classens of the Shift Up For Rwanda 1 team got off to an impressive start at the 2023 Rwandan Epic-mountain bike race, as they forged an incredible partnership and successfully won the Duo Men Kigali-Kigali prologue of the race that kicked off in the capital of Kigali on Tuesday. The duo won the 9 km race with 27 minutes and 11 seconds, followed by the Kenyan duo Joseph Bobby and Ndung'u Wa Keiya of Team 48, who used 29 minutes and 2 seconds. In the Duo Women category, Rwandan cyclists Diane Ingabire and Valentine Nzayisenga of Team Rwanda won the race on 51 minutes and 55 seconds. In the Duo Mixed category, Belgian cyclists Melanie Bourgeoui and William Rauw of Team Les Baroudeurs won

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Int'l marathon held at Cambodia's Angkor Wat

STORY: Int'l marathon held at Cambodia's Angkor Wat DATELINE: Aug. 7, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:12 LOCATION: SIEM REAP, Cambodia CATEGORY: SPORTS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the 2023 Khmer Empire Marathon 2. various of awarding ceremony STORYLINE: The 2023 Khmer Empire Marathon took place at the Angkor Archeological Park in Siem Reap on Sunday, attracting more than 2,000 local and overseas runners. Tourism Minister Thong Khon, also president of the National Olympic Committee of Cambodia (NOCC), said the annual event was designed to attract more tourists to the Angkor park during the rainy season. "Most of the overseas participants were Vietnamese, Chinese and Japanese," he told reporters, adding that there were four categories: full marathon (42km), half marathon (21km), and a 10km race, as well as a 3km fun run. Held in front of Angkor Wat, a key ancient temple in the Angkor Archeological Park, the men's full marathon was won by Vietnam's Long Nguyen Van, who finished in two hours, 51 minutes and 13 seconds, whil

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Toyo Univ. wins Hakone ekiden

TOKYO, Japan - Toyo University anchor Takashi Saito crosses the finishing line in Tokyo's Otemachi business district on Jan. 3, 2012. Toyo won the annual collegiate ekiden road relay -- a two-day, 217.9-kilometer round trip between Otemachi and the spa resort of Hakone in Kanagawa Prefecture -- for the third time in four years with a record time of 10 hours, 51 minutes, 36 seconds.

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Toyo Univ. wins Hakone ekiden

TOKYO, Japan - Toyo University's Ryuji Kashiwabara is tossed into the air by teammates in Tokyo's Otemachi business district on Jan. 3, 2012, after the university won the Tokyo-Hakone collegiate ekiden relay race. Toyo won the annual race -- a two-day, 217.9-kilometer round trip between Otemachi and the spa resort of Hakone in Kanagawa Prefecture -- for the third time in four years with a record time of 10 hours, 51 minutes, 36 seconds. (Pool photo)

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Toyota wins 2nd corporate ekiden title

MAEBASHI, Japan - Tsubasa Hayakawa of Toyota Motor Corp. crosses the finish line of the annual corporate ekiden race in Gunma Prefecture on Jan. 1, 2015. Toyota completed the seven-leg, 100-kilometer road relay in 4 hours, 51 minutes, 41 seconds for its second crown in the competition.

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Nagoya Women's Marathon

NAGOYA, Japan - Photo shows Berhane Dibaba of Ethiopia who finished second in a time of 2 hours, 23 minutes and 51 seconds, in the Nagoya Women's Marathon at Nagoya Dome in Aichi Prefecture on March 10, 2013.

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Ndereba of Kenya finishes 3rd in Yokohama Women's Marathon

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Olympic silver medalist Catherine Ndereba of Kenya crosses the finish line, placing third with 2:29:13 in the Yokohama Women's Marathon on Nov. 15, 2009, in Yokohama, just southwest of Tokyo. Ndereba followed Inga Abitova of Russia who finished in 2:27:18 and Japan's Kiyoko Shimahara in 2 hours, 28 minutes, 51 seconds.

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Japan's Shimahara finishes 2nd in Yokohama Women's Marathon

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Japan's Kiyoko Shimahara crosses the finish line, placing second in 2 hours, 28 minutes, 51 seconds in the Yokohama Women's Marathon on Nov. 15, 2009, in Yokohama, just southwest of Tokyo, following Inga Abitova of Russia who finished in 2:27:18. Olympic silver medalist Catherine Ndereba placed third in 2:29:13.

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Nakamura wins Nagoya marathon

NAGOYA, Japan - Yurika Nakamura smiles after winning the Nagoya International Women's Marathon on March 9. Nakamura won the third and final domestic qualifier for Beijing on her full marathon debut in 2 hours, 25 minutes 51 seconds.

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Nakamura wins Nagoya marathon

NAGOYA, Japan - Yurika Nakamura runs cross the finish line to win the Nagoya Women's International Marathon on March 9. Nakamura won the third and final domestic qualifier for Beijing on her full marathon debut in 2 hours, 25 minutes 51 seconds, giving a selection headache to Japanese athletics officials scheduled to pick the Olympic squad on Monday.

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Greene claims victory in 100 meters at Japan Grand Prix

OSAKA, Japan - Olympic champion Maurice Greene (51) blew away the competition to win the men's 100 meters in the IAAF Japan Grand Prix athletic meet in Osaka on May 8. Greene shrugged off an ankle injury to coast home in 10.04 seconds. Japan's Nobuharu Asahara (2nd from L) came fifth in 10.17.

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Former record holder Fujita pulls out of Fukuoka marathon

TOKYO, Japan - Former Japanese record holder Atsushi Fujita (in file photo) has pulled out of this December's Fukuoka International marathon after failing to regain full fitness following a niggling thigh injury, Fujitsu team officials said on Oct. 3. Fujita, who set a national record of 2 hours, 6 minutes, 51 seconds at the 2000 Fukuoka race, has been unable to practice sufficiently due to a left thigh injury sustained during training in July.

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Fujita hits tape at Fukuoka marathon with national record

FUKUOKA, Japan - Atsushi Fujita hits the tape at Heiwadai stadium in Fukuoka on Dec. 3 to win the Fukuoka International Marathon in a national record time of 2 hours, 6 minutes, 51 seconds. The previous best time for a Japanese marathoner was 2:06:57 set by Takayuki Inubushi in Berlin in September 1999.

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Jones wins women's 100 meters at IAAF Grand Prix meet

OSAKA, Japan - American Marion Jones wins the women's 100 meters at the IAAF Grand Prix track and field meet in Osaka on May 13. Jones (40) posted a time of 10.84 seconds to finish ahead of runner-up Chandra Sturrup (6) of the Bahamas. Melinda Gainsford-Taylor of Australia (1) was fourth. Kaori Sakagami in Lane 1 finished seventh and fellow Japanese Motoka Arai (51) in Lane 2 was eighth.

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Greece's Pitsolis wins 39th Athens Authentic Marathon

STORY: Greece's Pitsolis wins 39th Athens Authentic Marathon DATELINE: Nov. 14, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:51 LOCATION: Athens CATEGORY: SPORTS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the 39th edition of the Athens Authentic Marathon STORYLINE: Greece's Charalampos Pitsolis won the 39th edition of the Athens Authentic Marathon on Sunday. The 29-year-old runner crossed the finish line at the Panathenaic Stadium in the center of Athens in two hours, 23 minutes and 43 seconds. Greece's Konstantinos Gkelaouzos, last year's winner, followed second, clocking 2:24:45, and Konstantinos Stamoulis ranked third in 2:25:37. Greek runner Vasiliki Konstantinopoulou was the first in the women's category, clocking 2:46:01. The classic course from Marathon city to Athens follows in the footsteps of Pheidippides who inspired the race. According to legend, the ancient soldier first ran the route from the battlefield of Marathon beach to Athens in 490 BC to inform Athenians of the victory against Persian forces. Kenya's Felix Kipchirchir Kandi

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Kenya dominates Israel's Tel Aviv Marathon

STORY: Kenya dominates Israel's Tel Aviv Marathon DATELINE: Feb. 26, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:39 LOCATION: Tel Aviv CATEGORY: SPORTS SHOTLIST: 1.various of the marathon STORYLINE: Kenya's Vincent Kipsang Rono won the men's race of Israel's annual Tel Aviv Marathon on Friday at two hours, 12 minutes and 55 seconds. His compatriots Alfred Kipkemboi Koech, who clocked 2:15:38, and John Langat (2:17:50), finished in second and third place, respectively. Israel's Mintamir Bikaya won the women's marathon at 2:53:02, ahead of 2020's winner, Elena Tolstykh of Russia at 2:56:04 and Israel's Anna Prais in 3:15:59. The first-place runners Rono and Bikaya won a prize of 7,500 U.S. dollars each. Malade Bukayaw of Israel won the men's half marathon race at 1:03:11, while Ethiopia's Buzunesh Getachew Gudeta finished first in the women's event with 1:09:51. About 40,000 runners participated in the event, which also included half marathon, 10 km and 5 km runs. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from

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Nakamura wins Nagoya marathon

NAGOYA, Japan - Yurika Nakamura smiles after winning the Nagoya International Women's Marathon on March 9. Nakamura won the third and final domestic qualifier for Beijing on her full marathon debut in 2 hours, 25 minutes 51 seconds. (Kyodo)

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Nakamura wins Nagoya marathon

NAGOYA, Japan - Yurika Nakamura runs cross the finish line to win the Nagoya Women's International Marathon on March 9. Nakamura won the third and final domestic qualifier for Beijing on her full marathon debut in 2 hours, 25 minutes 51 seconds, giving a selection headache to Japanese athletics officials scheduled to pick the Olympic squad on Monday. (Kyodo)

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Greene claims victory in 100 meters at Japan Grand Prix

OSAKA, Japan - Olympic champion Maurice Greene (51) blew away the competition to win the men's 100 meters in the IAAF Japan Grand Prix athletic meet in Osaka on May 8. Greene shrugged off an ankle injury to coast home in 10.04 seconds. Japan's Nobuharu Asahara (2nd from L) came fifth in 10.17. (Kyodo)

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Former record holder Fujita pulls out of Fukuoka marathon

TOKYO, Japan - Former Japanese record holder Atsushi Fujita (in file photo) has pulled out of this December's Fukuoka International marathon after failing to regain full fitness following a niggling thigh injury, Fujitsu team officials said on Oct. 3. Fujita, who set a national record of 2 hours, 6 minutes, 51 seconds at the 2000 Fukuoka race, has been unable to practice sufficiently due to a left thigh injury sustained during training in July. (Kyodo)

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The 18th Tokyo Olympic Games: General Dressage, Dressage Competition

The 18th Tokyo Olympics General Dressage Dressage competition. The actual footage is 33 minutes and 51 seconds long. shooting date unknown, release date: December 31, 1964.

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Toyo Univ. wins Hakone ekiden

TOKYO, Japan - Toyo University anchor Takashi Saito crosses the finishing line in Tokyo's Otemachi business district on Jan. 3, 2012. Toyo won the annual collegiate ekiden road relay -- a two-day, 217.9-kilometer round trip between Otemachi and the spa resort of Hakone in Kanagawa Prefecture -- for the third time in four years with a record time of 10 hours, 51 minutes, 36 seconds. (Kyodo)

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Toyo Univ. wins Hakone ekiden

TOKYO, Japan - Toyo University's Ryuji Kashiwabara is tossed into the air by teammates in Tokyo's Otemachi business district on Jan. 3, 2012, after the university won the Tokyo-Hakone collegiate ekiden relay race. Toyo won the annual race -- a two-day, 217.9-kilometer round trip between Otemachi and the spa resort of Hakone in Kanagawa Prefecture -- for the third time in four years with a record time of 10 hours, 51 minutes, 36 seconds. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)

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Ndereba of Kenya finishes 3rd in Yokohama Women's Marathon

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Olympic silver medalist Catherine Ndereba of Kenya crosses the finish line, placing third with 2:29:13 in the Yokohama Women's Marathon on Nov. 15, 2009, in Yokohama, just southwest of Tokyo. Ndereba followed Inga Abitova of Russia who finished in 2:27:18 and Japan's Kiyoko Shimahara in 2 hours, 28 minutes, 51 seconds. (Kyodo)

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Japan's Shimahara finishes 2nd in Yokohama Women's Marathon

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Japan's Kiyoko Shimahara crosses the finish line, placing second in 2 hours, 28 minutes, 51 seconds in the Yokohama Women's Marathon on Nov. 15, 2009, in Yokohama, just southwest of Tokyo, following Inga Abitova of Russia who finished in 2:27:18. Olympic silver medalist Catherine Ndereba placed third in 2:29:13. (Kyodo)

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Fujita hits tape at Fukuoka marathon with national record

FUKUOKA, Japan - Atsushi Fujita hits the tape at Heiwadai stadium in Fukuoka on Dec. 3 to win the Fukuoka International Marathon in a national record time of 2 hours, 6 minutes, 51 seconds. The previous best time for a Japanese marathoner was 2:06:57 set by Takayuki Inubushi in Berlin in September 1999.

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Jones wins women's 100 meters at IAAF Grand Prix meet

OSAKA, Japan - American Marion Jones wins the women's 100 meters at the IAAF Grand Prix track and field meet in Osaka on May 13. Jones (40) posted a time of 10.84 seconds to finish ahead of runner-up Chandra Sturrup (6) of the Bahamas. Melinda Gainsford-Taylor of Australia (1) was fourth. Kaori Sakagami in Lane 1 finished seventh and fellow Japanese Motoka Arai (51) in Lane 2 was eighth.

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Japan's Enoki wins Beppu-Oita marathon

OITA, Japan - Kazutaka Enoki overtakes Kenya's Samson Kandie with 4 kilometers left in the Beppu-Oita Mainichi Marathon on Feb. 6 and holds on to win the rain-soaked race. Enoki dropped out of the lead pack near the 23-kilometer mark of the fast-paced race but rallied to overcome the deficit and cross the line at Oita municipal stadium in 2 hours, 10 minutes, 51 seconds.