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(SP)GERMANY-BERLIN-SPECIAL OLYMPICS WORLD GAMES 2023-CLOSING CEREMONY

(230626) -- BERLIN, June 26, 2023 (Xinhua) -- The flame is being quenched during the closing ceremony of the Special Olympics World Games 2023 in Berlin, Germany, June 25, 2023. (Xinhua/Liu Yang)

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(SP)GERMANY-BERLIN-SPECIAL OLYMPICS WORLD GAMES 2023-CLOSING CEREMONY

(230626) -- BERLIN, June 26, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Stefano Lo Russo (C), mayor of Italy's Turin, representing host city of Special Olympics World Games 2025, waves the Special Olympic flag during the closing ceremony of the Special Olympics World Games 2023 in Berlin, Germany, June 25, 2023. (Xinhua/Liu Yang)

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(SP)GERMANY-BERLIN-SPECIAL OLYMPICS WORLD GAMES 2023-CLOSING CEREMONY

(230626) -- BERLIN, June 26, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Timothy Shriver (C), chairman of Special Olympics International Board of Directors, waves to spectators during the closing ceremony of the Special Olympics World Games 2023 in Berlin, Germany, June 25, 2023. (Xinhua/Liu Yang)

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(SP)GERMANY-BERLIN-SPECIAL OLYMPICS-OPEN

(230618) -- BERLIN , June 18, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Delegation of China parade into the Berlin Olympic Stadium during the opening ceremony of the 2023 Special Olympics World Games in Berlin, Germany, June 17, 2023. (Xinhua/Liu Yang)

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(SP)GERMANY-BERLIN-SPECIAL OLYMPICS-OPEN

(230618) -- BERLIN , June 18, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Delegation of China parade into the Berlin Olympic StadiDelegation of China parade into the Berlin Olympic Stadium during the opening ceremony of the 2023 Special Olympics World Games in Berlin, Germany, June 17, 2023. (Xinhua/Liu Yang)

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(SP)GERMANY-BERLIN-SPECIAL OLYMPICS-OPEN

(230618) -- BERLIN , June 18, 2023 (Xinhua) -- China's Artistic Gymnastics coach Gao Chengshuang (Front), representative of coaches, takes an oath during the opening ceremony of the 2023 Special Olympics World Games in Berlin, Germany, June 17, 2023. (Xinhua/Liu Yang)

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(SP)GERMANY-BERLIN-SPECIAL OLYMPICS-OPEN

(230618) -- BERLIN , June 18, 2023 (Xinhua) -- German athlete Sophie Rensmann carries the torch after lighting the Special Olympics cauldron with the torch during the opening ceremony of the 2023 Special Olympics World Games in Berlin, Germany, June 17, 2023. (Xinhua/Liu Yang)

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(SP)GERMANY-BERLIN-SPECIAL OLYMPICS-OPEN

(230618) -- BERLIN , June 18, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Delegation of China parade into the Berlin Olympic Stadium during the opening ceremony of the 2023 Special Olympics World Games in Berlin, Germany, June 17, 2023. (Xinhua/Liu Yang)

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(SP)GERMANY-BERLIN-SPECIAL OLYMPICS-OPEN

(230618) -- BERLIN , June 18, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Delegation of China parade into the Berlin Olympic Stadium during the opening ceremony of the 2023 Special Olympics World Games in Berlin, Germany, June 17, 2023. (Xinhua/Liu Yang)

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(SP)GERMANY-BERLIN-SPECIAL OLYMPICS-NOWITZKI

(230618) -- BERLIN, June 18, 2023 (Xinhua) -- German former NBA star Dirk Nowitzki (4th R, top) poses with the basketball players preparing for the Special Olympics World Games Berlin 2023, in Berlin, Germany, June 17, 2023. (Xinhua/Liu Yang)

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(SP)GERMANY-BERLIN-SPECIAL OLYMPICS-NOWITZKI

(230618) -- BERLIN, June 18, 2023 (Xinhua) -- German former NBA star Dirk Nowitzki speaks during a press conference as part of the Special Olympics World Games Berlin 2023, in Berlin, Germany, June 17, 2023. (Xinhua/Liu Yang)

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(SP)GERMANY-BERLIN-SPECIAL OLYMPICS-NOWITZKI

(230618) -- BERLIN, June 18, 2023 (Xinhua) -- German former NBA star Dirk Nowitzki (5th L, top) poses with the basketball players preparing for the Special Olympics World Games Berlin 2023, in Berlin, Germany, June 17, 2023. (Xinhua/Liu Yang)

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(SP)GERMANY-BERLIN-SPECIAL OLYMPICS-NOWITZKI

(230618) -- BERLIN, June 18, 2023 (Xinhua) -- German former NBA star Dirk Nowitzki (top) poses with the basketball players preparing for the Special Olympics World Games Berlin 2023, in Berlin, Germany, June 17, 2023. (Xinhua/Liu Yang)

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(SP)GERMANY-BERLIN-SPECIAL OLYMPICS-NOWITZKI

(230618) -- BERLIN, June 18, 2023 (Xinhua) -- German former NBA star Dirk Nowitzki (3rd R) interacts with the basketball players preparing for the Special Olympics World Games Berlin 2023, in Berlin, Germany, June 17, 2023. (Xinhua/Liu Yang)

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Flame for Berlin 2023 Special Olympics World Games lit in Athens

STORY: Flame for Berlin 2023 Special Olympics World Games lit in Athens DATELINE: June 8, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:21 LOCATION: Athens CATEGORY: SPORTS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the ceremony 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Greek): DIONISIS KODELAS, President of Special Olympics Hellas 3. various of the ceremony 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): SVEN ALBRECHT, CEO of Special Olympics World Games Berlin 2023 5. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): DAVID EVANGELISTA, Regional president and managing director, Europe Eurasia Special Olympics STORYLINE: The Flame of Hope, which will be burning for the Berlin 2023 Special Olympics World Games, was lit in Athens on Wednesday. The ritual ceremony was held with the participation of Special Olympics athletes in the tradition of lighting of the flame for the Olympic Games. The event was hosted at Zappeion exhibition hall, near the stadium which hosted the first modern Olympics in 1896. The flame was ignited out of a concave mirror using the sun's rays. A Greek girl playing the role of an ancient Greek High Pri

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(SP)GREECE-ATHENS-SPECIAL OLYMPICS-FLAME

(230608) -- ATHENS, June 8, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A performer lights up the flame of the Special Olympics World Games at Zappeion exhibition hall, in Athens, Greece on June 7, 2023. TO GO WITH "Flame for Berlin 2023 Special Olympics World Games lit in Athens" (Xinhua/Marios Lolos)

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(SP)GREECE-ATHENS-SPECIAL OLYMPICS-FLAME

(230608) -- ATHENS, June 8, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A performer lights up the flame of the Special Olympics World Games at Zappeion exhibition hall, in Athens, Greece on June 7, 2023. TO GO WITH "Flame for Berlin 2023 Special Olympics World Games lit in Athens" (Xinhua/Marios Lolos)

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(SP)GREECE-ATHENS-SPECIAL OLYMPICS-FLAME

(230608) -- ATHENS, June 8, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A Greek girl (L) playing the role of an ancient Greek High Priestess lights up the torch of the Special Olympics World Games at Zappeion exhibition hall, in Athens, Greece on June 7, 2023. TO GO WITH "Flame for Berlin 2023 Special Olympics World Games lit in Athens" (Xinhua/Marios Lolos)

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(SP)GREECE-ATHENS-SPECIAL OLYMPICS-FLAME

(230608) -- ATHENS, June 8, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Members of the German delegation for the Special Olympics World Games carry the flame of the Games at Zappeion exhibition hall, in Athens, Greece on June 7, 2023. TO GO WITH "Flame for Berlin 2023 Special Olympics World Games lit in Athens" (Xinhua/Marios Lolos)

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(SP)GREECE-ATHENS-SPECIAL OLYMPICS-FLAME

(230608) -- ATHENS, June 8, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Artists perform at the ceremony of the lighting of the flame of the Special Olympics World Games at Zappeion exhibition hall, in Athens, Greece on June 7, 2023. TO GO WITH "Flame for Berlin 2023 Special Olympics World Games lit in Athens" (Xinhua/Marios Lolos)

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(SP)GREECE-ATHENS-SPECIAL OLYMPICS-FLAME

(230608) -- ATHENS, June 8, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Artists perform at the ceremony of the lighting of the flame of the Special Olympics World Games at Zappeion exhibition hall, in Athens, Greece on June 7, 2023. TO GO WITH "Flame for Berlin 2023 Special Olympics World Games lit in Athens" (Xinhua/Marios Lolos)

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Centennial of birth of gold-medal swimmer Maehata

HASHIMOTO, Japan - Masaomi Hyodo (far L), a son of legendary Olympic gold-medal swimmer Hideko Maehata, sees some 50 exhibits of his mother during a centennial ceremony of her birth at a gymnasium in Hashimoto, Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on July 31, 2014. Maehata is best remembered by many Japanese for a live NHK radio broadcast of the 200-meter breaststroke final in the 1936 Berlin Olympics in which an announcer repeatedly shouted "Ganbare (Go for it), Maehata!"

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Olympic gold medalist Maehata's 100th birthday commemorated

HASHIMOTO, Japan - Visitors look at mementoes commemorating the 100th birthday of the late Hideko Maehata, the first Japanese female swimmer to win an Olympic gold medal, at an exhibition held in Hashimoto, Wakayama Prefecture, on April 1, 2014. Maehata won her gold at the Berlin Olympics in 1936.

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IOC adds Korean name to Berlin gold medalist

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Son Kitei (C) at the medal ceremony after winning gold in the marathon at the 1936 Berlin Olympics. The International Olympic Committee has added his Korean name, Sohn Kee-chung, to its website. He had been listed as Japanese when he won the medal as the Korean Peninsula was under Japanese colonial rule at the time.

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Bolt rewrites world record for men's 100m

BERLIN, Germany - Jamaica's Usain Bolt set a new world record for the men's 100 meters at the world athletic championships in Berlin on Aug. 16 with a time of 9.58 seconds, 0.11 second faster than the previous world record he set at last year's Beijing Olympics.

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1936 feat of Korean marathoner Son Gi Jeong remembered

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Son Jong In (L), eldest son of the Korean winner of the 1936 Berlin Olympics marathon, Son Gi Jeong, and Keizo Yamada, the winner of the 1953 Boston Marathon, pose for a photo during a ceremony held on Aug. 9 in Yokohama to mark the 70th anniversary of Son's feat. Son, whose name is sometimes spelled Sohn Kee Chung, was forced to compete for the Japanese team during the Olympics because the Korean Peninsula was under Japanese occupation then.

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(1)S. Korean Olympic marathon hero Sohn dies at age 90

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean legend Sohn Kee Chung (file photo), who won gold in the men's marathon running for Japan in the 1936 Berlin Olympics, died of respiratory failure in a Seoul hospital Nov. 15 after a long illness. He was 90. Under the Japanese colonial rule of the Korean Peninsula between 1910 and 1945, Sohn, entered under the Japanese name Kitei Son, became a hero in his native country after winning the gold medal.

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(1)Olympic champ Takahashi sets world record in Berlin marathon

BERLIN, Germany - Naoko Takahashi of Japan breaks the tape in the Berlin marathon on Sept. 30 with a world record 2:19:46, eclipsing the previous record of 2:20:43 set by Kenya's Tegla Loroupe in the 1999 Berlin race. Takahashi won the women's marathon at the Sydney Olympics just over a year ago.

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1936 feat of Korean marathoner Son Gi Jeong remembered

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Son Jong In (L), eldest son of the Korean winner of the 1936 Berlin Olympics marathon, Son Gi Jeong, and Keizo Yamada, the winner of the 1953 Boston Marathon, pose for a photo during a ceremony held on Aug. 9 in Yokohama to mark the 70th anniversary of Son's feat. Son, whose name is sometimes spelled Sohn Kee Chung, was forced to compete for the Japanese team during the Olympics because the Korean Peninsula was under Japanese occupation then. (Kyodo)

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1936 Berlin Olympics

1936 Berlin Olympic Games swimming relay teams from Japan and Europe. In the men's event the Japanese team won easily and the European team of two Dutch and two German swimmers won the women's event. Date: 1936

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Olympia Part One film (1938)

The 1936 Berlin Olympics Film: Olympia Part One (1934) 01 May 1938 Date: 01 May 1938

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Protest in Berlin against nuclear energy

Demonstrators hold a banner in front of Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany, on March 6, 2021, expressing their opposition to the Tokyo Olympics during a protest against the global generation of nuclear power.

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Centennial of birth of gold-medal swimmer Maehata

HASHIMOTO, Japan - Masaomi Hyodo (far L), a son of legendary Olympic gold-medal swimmer Hideko Maehata, sees some 50 exhibits of his mother during a centennial ceremony of her birth at a gymnasium in Hashimoto, Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on July 31, 2014. Maehata is best remembered by many Japanese for a live NHK radio broadcast of the 200-meter breaststroke final in the 1936 Berlin Olympics in which an announcer repeatedly shouted "Ganbare (Go for it), Maehata!" (Kyodo)

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IOC adds Korean name to Berlin gold medalist

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Son Kitei (C) at the medal ceremony after winning gold in the marathon at the 1936 Berlin Olympics. The International Olympic Committee has added his Korean name, Sohn Kee-chung, to its website. He had been listed as Japanese when he won the medal as the Korean Peninsula was under Japanese colonial rule at the time. (Kyodo)

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(1)Olympic champ Takahashi sets world record in Berlin marathon

BERLIN, Germany - Naoko Takahashi of Japan breaks the tape in the Berlin marathon on Sept. 30 with a world record 2:19:46, eclipsing the previous record of 2:20:43 set by Kenya's Tegla Loroupe in the 1999 Berlin race. Takahashi won the women's marathon at the Sydney Olympics just over a year ago.

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Cycling: Japan's Kajihara wins

Yumi Kajihara of Japan (L) competes en route to winning the women's omnium at the Track Cycling World Championships in Berlin on Feb. 28, 2020. With this victory, Japan was awarded a quota spot in women's omnium for the Tokyo Olympics. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Cycling: Japan's Kajihara wins

Yumi Kajihara of Japan (C) competes en route to winning the women's omnium at the Track Cycling World Championships in Berlin on Feb. 28, 2020. With this victory, Japan was awarded a quota spot in women's omnium for the Tokyo Olympics. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Cycling: Japan's Kajihara wins

Yumi Kajihara of Japan (Front) competes en route to winning the women's omnium at the Track Cycling World Championships in Berlin on Feb. 28, 2020. With this victory, Japan was awarded a quota spot in women's omnium for the Tokyo Olympics. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Cycling: Japan's Kajihara wins

Yumi Kajihara (L) competes en route to winning the women's omnium at the Track Cycling World Championships in Berlin on Feb. 28, 2020. With this victory, Japan was awarded a quota spot in women's omnium for the Tokyo Olympics. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Cycling: Japan's Kajihara wins

Yumi Kajihara of Japan (2nd from R) competes en route to winning the women's omnium at the Track Cycling World Championships in Berlin on Feb. 28, 2020. With this victory, Japan was awarded a quota spot in women's omnium for the Tokyo Olympics. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Cycling: Japan's Kajihara wins

Yumi Kajihara of Japan acknowledges the crowd after winning the women's omnium at the Track Cycling World Championships in Berlin on Feb. 28, 2020. With this victory, Japan was awarded a quota spot in women's omnium for the Tokyo Olympics. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Cycling: Japan's Kajihara wins

Yumi Kajihara acknowledges the crowd after winning the women's omnium at the Track Cycling World Championships in Berlin on Feb. 28, 2020. With this victory, Japan was awarded a quota spot in women's omnium for the Tokyo Olympics. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Cycling: Japan's Kajihara wins

Yumi Kajihara smiles with her gold medal after winning the women's omnium at the Track Cycling World Championships in Berlin on Feb. 28, 2020. With this victory, Japan was awarded a quota spot in women's omnium for the Tokyo Olympics. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Cycling: Japan's Kajihara wins

Yumi Kajihara of Japan smiles with her gold medal after winning the women's omnium at the Track Cycling World Championships in Berlin on Feb. 28, 2020. With this victory, Japan was awarded a quota spot in women's omnium for the Tokyo Olympics. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Cycling: Japan's Kajihara wins

Yumi Kajihara of Japan (R) competes en route to winning the women's omnium at the Track Cycling World Championships in Berlin on Feb. 28, 2020. With this victory, Japan was awarded a quota spot in women's omnium for the Tokyo Olympics. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Bolt rewrites world record for men's 100m

BERLIN, Germany - Jamaica's Usain Bolt set a new world record for the men's 100 meters at the world athletic championships in Berlin on Aug. 16 with a time of 9.58 seconds, 0.11 second faster than the previous world record he set at last year's Beijing Olympics. (Kyodo)

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(1)S. Korean Olympic marathon hero Sohn dies at age 90

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean legend Sohn Kee Chung (file photo), who won gold in the men's marathon running for Japan in the 1936 Berlin Olympics, died of respiratory failure in a Seoul hospital Nov. 15 after a long illness. He was 90. Under the Japanese colonial rule of the Korean Peninsula between 1910 and 1945, Sohn, entered under the Japanese name Kitei Son, became a hero in his native country after winning the gold medal. (Kyodo)