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Japanese marathon trio run together early in race

SYDNEY, Australia - The Japanese women's marathon trio, billed as the strongest ever sent to the Olympics, run together early in the race at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney on Sept. 24. Left to right, eventual gold medalist Naoko Takahashi, Ari Ichihashi and Eri Yamaguchi. Yamaguchi finished the race in seventh place, Ichihashi 15th.

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Japanese marathon trio meets press, Olympic mascots

SYDNEY, Australia - Japan's strongest-ever collection of runners for the women's marathon pose with the Sydney Olympic mascots after a news conference Sept. 22. Seen L to R are Ari Ichihashi, Naoko Takahashi and Eri Yamaguchi. The women's marathon in the Games is set to begin at 9 a.m. (7 a.m. in Japan) on Sept. 24.

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Japanese marathoners check out tough Sydney course

SYDNEY, Australia - Olympic marathon gold medal favorite Naoko Takahashi (L) and 1999 World Championship silver medalist Ari Ichihashi (R) pose for pictures in front of the Olympic Stadium on May 18 after inspecting the tough Sydney marathon course.

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Japan wins women's marathon team gold medal in Seville

SEVILLE, Spain - Japanese women marathoners receive gold medals in the team division at the world athletics championships in Seville on the final day, Aug. 29. Photo shows the marathoners at the prize-giving ceremony -- (from L) Ari Ichihashi finishing 2nd, Kayoko Obata eighth, Junko Asari 16th, and Mayumi Ichikawa 17th.

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Ichihashi celebrates getting silver in women's marathon

SEVILLE, Spain - Japan's Ari Ichihashi poses with Japanese fans holding Japanese national flags after winning the silver medal in the women's marathon at the world athletics championships in Seville on Aug. 29. The gold medal went to North Korea's Jong Song Ok.

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Japan's Ichihashi wins silver medal in women's marathon

SEVILLE, Spain - Japan's Ari Ichihashi shows off the silver medal she won in the women's marathon on the final day of the world athletics championships in Seville on Aug. 29. The winner, Jong Song Ok of North Korea, finished with a time of 2:26.59, while Ichihashi came in only 3 seconds later -- a personal best. The photo shows Ichihashi after the award ceremony at Seville's Olympic Stadium.

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N. Korea's Jong wins women's marathon at world c'ships

SEVILLE, Spain - North Korea's Jong Song Ok wins the women's marathon at the world athletics championships in Seville on Aug. 29, followed by Japan's Ari Ichihashi. Photo shows their finish, with Jong clocking 2:26.59 and Ichihashi 3 seconds behind at Seville's Olympic Stadium.

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Japanese marathon trio meets press, Olympic mascots

SYDNEY, Australia - Japan's strongest-ever collection of runners for the women's marathon pose with the Sydney Olympic mascots after a news conference Sept. 22. Seen L to R are Ari Ichihashi, Naoko Takahashi and Eri Yamaguchi. The women's marathon in the Games is set to begin at 9 a.m. (7 a.m. in Japan) on Sept. 24.

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Japanese marathoners check out tough Sydney course

SYDNEY, Australia - Olympic marathon gold medal favorite Naoko Takahashi (L) and 1999 World Championship silver medalist Ari Ichihashi (R) pose for pictures in front of the Olympic Stadium on May 18 after inspecting the tough Sydney marathon course.

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Japan's marathon hopeful Ichihashi departs for China

TOKYO, Japan - Ari Ichihashi, one of Japan's ''strongest-ever'' trio of runners for the women's marathon at this year's Sydney Olympics, departs from Haneda airport March 15 for China, where she is be engaged in an intensive highland training.

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Four more named to Japan's six-member Olympic marathon squad

TOKYO, Japan - Naoko Takahashi (bottom R) and Takayuki Inubushi (top C) were named March 13 to Japan's six-member Olympic marathon squad along with Shinji Kawashima (top R) and Eri Yamaguchi (bottom C). The four will join Nobuyuki Sato (top L) and Ari Ichihashi (bottom L) who had been given tentative approval for the Olympic team last summer after winning medals in the athletics world championships in Spain.

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N. Korea's Jong wins women's marathon at world c'ships

SEVILLE, Spain - North Korea's Jong Song Ok wins the women's marathon at the world athletics championships in Seville on Aug. 29, followed by Japan's Ari Ichihashi. Photo shows their finish, with Jong clocking 2:26.59 and Ichihashi 3 seconds behind at Seville's Olympic Stadium.

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Japan's Ichihashi wins silver medal in women's marathon

SEVILLE, Spain - Japan's Ari Ichihashi shows off the silver medal she won in the women's marathon on the final day of the world athletics championships in Seville on Aug. 29. The winner, Jong Song Ok of North Korea, finished with a time of 2:26.59, while Ichihashi came in only 3 seconds later -- a personal best. The photo shows Ichihashi after the award ceremony at Seville's Olympic Stadium.

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Japan wins women's marathon team gold medal in Seville

SEVILLE, Spain - Japanese women marathoners receive gold medals in the team division at the world athletics championships in Seville on the final day, Aug. 29. Photo shows the marathoners at the prize-giving ceremony -- (from L) Ari Ichihashi finishing 2nd, Kayoko Obata eighth, Junko Asari 16th, and Mayumi Ichikawa 17th.

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Ichihashi celebrates getting silver in women's marathon

SEVILLE, Spain - Japan's Ari Ichihashi poses with Japanese fans holding Japanese national flags after winning the silver medal in the women's marathon at the world athletics championships in Seville on Aug. 29. The gold medal went to North Korea's Jong Song Ok.