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World Athletics Awards 2025 - Monte Carlo

Kenya's London Marathon and Berlin Marathon champion Sabastian Sawe (L) and Spain's world 20km and 35km race walk champion Maria Perez (C) receive their Men's and Women's out of stadium athlete of the year awards during the World Athletics Awards 2025 in Monte Carlo, Monaco, Nov. 30, 2025. Photo by Gao Jing/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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World Athletics Awards 2025 - Monte Carlo

Kenya's London Marathon and Berlin Marathon champion Sabastian Sawe (L) and Spain's world 20km and 35km race walk champion Maria Perez pose with their Men's and Women's out of stadium athlete of the year awards during the World Athletics Awards 2025 in Monte Carlo, Monaco, Nov. 30, 2025. Photo by Gao Jing/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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World Athletics Awards 2025 - Monte Carlo

Kenya's London Marathon and Berlin Marathon champion Sabastian Sawe (L) speaks after receiving the Men's out of stadium athlete of the year award during the World Athletics Awards 2025 in Monte Carlo, Monaco, Nov. 30, 2025. Photo by Gao Jing/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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World Athletics Awards 2025 - Monte Carlo

Kenya's London Marathon and Berlin Marathon champion Sabastian Sawe (L) and Spain's world 20km and 35km race walk champion Maria Perez (C) receive their Men's and Women's out of stadium athlete of the year awards during the World Athletics Awards 2025 in Monte Carlo, Monaco, Nov. 30, 2025. Photo by Gao Jing/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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TOP 10 WORLD SPORTS NEWS EVENTS IN 2023

(231229) -- BEIJING, Dec. 29, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Here is Xinhua News Agency's selection of the 10 most significant pieces of international sports news in 2023: Both men's and women's marathon world records were shattered in 2023. On October 8, Kenya's Kelvin Kiptum became the first man to run a marathon in under 2:01:00, setting a new world record of two hours and 35 seconds to win the Chicago Marathon, while Tigst Assefa of Ethiopia lowered the women's record with her 2:11:53 run to victory in the Berlin Marathon on September 24. This file photo taken on Oct. 8, 2023 shows Kelvin Kiptum (L) competing during the Chicago Marathon in downtown Chicago, the United States. (Photo by Vincent D. Johnson/Xinhua)

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TOP 10 WORLD SPORTS NEWS EVENTS IN 2023

(231229) -- BEIJING, Dec. 29, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Here is Xinhua News Agency's selection of the 10 most significant pieces of international sports news in 2023: Both men's and women's marathon world records were shattered in 2023. On October 8, Kenya's Kelvin Kiptum became the first man to run a marathon in under 2:01:00, setting a new world record of two hours and 35 seconds to win the Chicago Marathon, while Tigst Assefa of Ethiopia lowered the women's record with her 2:11:53 run to victory in the Berlin Marathon on September 24. This file photo taken on Sept. 24, 2023 shows Tigist Assefa celebrating after winning the women's race of the Berlin Marathon 2023. (Xinhua/Ren Pengfei)

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TOP 10 WORLD SPORTS NEWS EVENTS IN 2023

(231229) -- BEIJING, Dec. 29, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Here is Xinhua News Agency's selection of the 10 most significant pieces of international sports news in 2023: Both men's and women's marathon world records were shattered in 2023. On October 8, Kenya's Kelvin Kiptum became the first man to run a marathon in under 2:01:00, setting a new world record of two hours and 35 seconds to win the Chicago Marathon, while Tigst Assefa of Ethiopia lowered the women's record with her 2:11:53 run to victory in the Berlin Marathon on September 24. This file photo taken on Oct. 8, 2023 shows Kelvin Kiptum competing during the Chicago Marathon in downtown Chicago, the United States. (Photo by Vincent D. Johnson/Xinhua)

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TOP 10 WORLD ATHLETES OF 2023

(231227) -- BEIJING, Dec. 27, 2023 (Xinhua) -- As the sporting year draws to a close, here is Xinhua News Agency's selection of the world's top 10 athletes in 2023: 4. Kelvin Kiptum (Kenya, athletics) Kiptum became the first man to run a marathon in under 2:01 hours in October, as he took the Chicago Marathon title in 2:00:35, breaking the previous record of 2:01:09 set by his compatriot Eliud Kipchoge in Berlin in 2022. The rising Kenyan also won the London Marathon in April and was named World Athletes of the Year for 2023 by World Athletics. This file photo taken on April 23, 2023 shows Kenya's Kelvin Kiptum crossing the finish line to win the men's elite race at 2023 London Marathon in London, Britain. (Xinhua/Li Ying)

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Kenya fetes new world marathon record holder

STORY: Kenya fetes new world marathon record holder DATELINE: Oct. 12, 2023 LENGTH: 00:03:03 LOCATION: Nairobi CATEGORY: SPORTS SHOTLIST: 1. various of exteriors of the hotel 2. various of Kenya's new world marathon record holder 3. various of Kiptum being awarded 4. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): ABABU NAMWAMBA, Kenya's sports cabinet secretary 5. various of the awarding ceremony 6. various of celebrations 7. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): KELVIN KIPTUM, Marathon world record holder 8. various of the awarding ceremony STORYLINE: The Kenyan government on Tuesday feted new marathon world record holder Kelvin Kiptum for his astonishing 2:00:35 victory in the Chicago Marathon on Sunday. The 23-year-old broke the previous record of 2:01:09, set by his compatriot Eliud Kipchoge in last year's Berlin Marathon. Kiptum, who also holds the Valencia and London marathon titles, was awarded 5 million shillings (about 33,580 U.S. dollars) by the Kenyan government. Kenya's sports cabinet secretary Ababu Namwamba said it was the coun

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(SP)GERMANY-BERLIN-MARATHON

(230925) -- BERLIN, Sept. 24, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Runners compete during the Berlin Marathon 2023 in Berlin, capital of Germany, Sept. 24, 2023. (Xinhua/Ren Pengfei)

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(SP)GERMANY-BERLIN-MARATHON

(230925) -- BERLIN, Sept. 24, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Gold medalist of the men's race, Eliud Kipchoge of Kenya, dashes past the finish line during the Berlin Marathon 2023 in Berlin, capital of Germany, Sept. 24, 2023. (Xinhua/Ren Pengfei)

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(SP)GERMANY-BERLIN-MARATHON

(230925) -- BERLIN, Sept. 24, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Gold medalist of the men's race, Eliud Kipchoge (R) of Kenya, and gold medalist of the women's race, Tigist Assefa of Ethiopia, pose after the awarding ceremony of the Berlin Marathon 2023 in Berlin, capital of Germany, Sept. 24, 2023. (Xinhua/Ren Pengfei)

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(SP)GERMANY-BERLIN-MARATHON

(230925) -- BERLIN, Sept. 24, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Gold medalist of the women's race, Tigist Assefa of Ethiopia, celebrates after winning during the Berlin Marathon 2023 in Berlin, capital of Germany, Sept. 24, 2023. (Xinhua/Ren Pengfei)

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(SP)GERMANY-BERLIN-MARATHON

(230925) -- BERLIN, Sept. 24, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Jia Erenjia of China reacts after finishing his race during the Berlin Marathon 2023 in Berlin, capital of Germany, Sept. 24, 2023. (Xinhua/Ren Pengfei)

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(SP)GERMANY-BERLIN-MARATHON

(230925) -- BERLIN, Sept. 24, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Gold medalist of the men's race, Eliud Kipchoge of Kenya, celebrates after winning during the Berlin Marathon 2023 in Berlin, capital of Germany, Sept. 24, 2023. (Xinhua/Ren Pengfei)

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(SP)GERMANY-BERLIN-MARATHON

(230925) -- BERLIN, Sept. 24, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Runners compete during the Berlin Marathon 2023 in Berlin, capital of Germany, Sept. 24, 2023. (Xinhua/Ren Pengfei)

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TOP 10 WORLD SPORTS NEWS EVENTS IN 2022

(221228) -- BEIJING, Dec. 28, 2022 (Xinhua) -- File photo taken on Sept. 25, 2022 shows Eliud Kipchoge of Kenya celebrates after the Berlin Marathon 2022 in Berlin, Germany. On September 25, Kenya's two-time Olympic champion Eliud Kipchoge clocked two hours, one minute and nine seconds to win the 2022 Berlin Marathon, beating his own world record set in 2018 by 30 seconds. (Xinhua/Ren Pengfei)

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TOP 10 WORLD ATHLETES OF 2022

(221226) -- BEIJING, Dec. 26, 2022 (Xinhua) -- File photo taken on Sept. 25, 2022 shows Eliud Kipchoge of Kenya celebrates after the Berlin Marathon 2022 in Berlin, Germany. 38-year-old Kipchoge claimed the 48th Berlin Marathon title with a new world record of two hours, one minute and nine seconds, breaking his own record from 2018 by 30 seconds. (Xinhua/Ren Pengfei)

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Japan's Fukushi joins rivals in press meet for Berlin marathon

BERLIN, Germany - Japan's Kayoko Fukushi, a 2013 Moscow World Championships bronze medalist in marathon, smiles with other competitors at a press conference in Berlin, Germany, on Sept. 25, 2014, prior to the Berlin Marathon.

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Berlin marathon

BERLIN, Germany - Kenya's Geoffrey Mutai (L) finishes in 2:04:15 to win the Berlin Marathon 2012 in the German capital on Sept. 30, 2012. Compatriot Dennis Kimetto (R) came in second.

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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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Ozaki still taking in marathon silver medal win at worlds

BERLIN, Germany - Japan's Yoshimi Ozaki shows her silver medal in the women's marathon at the World Athletics Championships at a Berlin airport on Aug. 24. Ozaki claimed Japan's first medal of the championships on Aug. 23 with a time of 2 hours, 25 minutes, 25 seconds.

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Ozaki wins silver at world c'ships marathon

BERLIN, Germany - Japan's Yoshimi Ozaki celebrates after winning the silver medal in the women's marathon at the world athletics championships in Berlin on Aug. 23.

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Ozaki wins silver at world c'ships marathon

BERLIN, Germany - Japan's Yoshimi Ozaki celebrates after winning the silver medal in the women's marathon at the world athletics championships in Berlin on Aug. 23.

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Ozaki wins silver at world c'ships marathon

BERLIN, Germany - Japan's Yoshimi Ozaki celebrates after winning the silver medal in the women's marathon at the world athletics championships in Berlin on Aug. 23.

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Ozaki wins silver at world c'ships marathon

BERLIN, Germany - Japan's Yoshimi Ozaki bites the silver medal she won in the women's marathon at the world athletics championships at the Olympic Stadium in Berlin on Aug. 23.

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Winners of women's marathon of world c'ships

BERLIN, Germany - (From L) Japan's Yoshimi Ozaki, China's Bai Xue and Ethiopia's Aselefech Mergia celebrate after the women's marathon at the world athletics championships in Berlin on Aug. 23. Xue won the gold medal.

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Ozaki wins silver at world c'ships marathon

BERLIN, Germany - Japan's Yoshimi Ozaki acknowledges spectators after winning the silver medal in the women's marathon at the world athletics championships in Berlin on Aug. 23.

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Ozaki wins silver at world c'ships marathon

BERLIN, Germany - Japan's Yoshimi Ozaki acknowledges spectators after winning the silver medal in the women's marathon at the world athletics championships in Berlin on Aug. 23.

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Ozaki wins silver at world c'ships marathon

BERLIN, Germany - Japan's Yoshimi Ozaki crosses the finish line to win the silver medal in the women's marathon at the world athletics championships in Berlin on Aug. 23.

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Ozaki wins silver at world c'ships marathon

BERLIN, Germany - Japan's Yoshimi Ozaki celebrates after winning the silver medal in the women's marathon at the world athletics championships in Berlin on Aug. 23.

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Ozaki in women's marathon, Brandenburg Gate

BERLIN, Germany - Japan's Yoshimi Ozaki (C) and other competitors run past the Brandenburg Gate near the 10-kilomter mark during the women's marathon at the world athletics championships in Berlin on Aug. 23. Ozaki won the silver medal with a time of 2:25:25.

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Marathon: Shibui wins Osaka marathon to book ticket to Berlin

OSAKA, Japan - Japan's Yoko Shibui reacts as she crosses the line to win the Osaka International Women's Marathon at Nagai Stadium in Osaka on Jan. 25. Shibui won her second Osaka title in 2 hours, 23 minutes, 42 seconds, earning herself a place on the Japanese team for this summer's world championships in Berlin.

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Olympic champion Wanjiru sets sights on world record

OSAKA, Japan - Beijing Olympic marathon winner Samuel Wanjiru holds up his gold medal during a press conference in Osaka on Sept. 5. Wanjiru said he is aiming to set a world record at next year's Berlin Marathon.

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Hashimoto holds off Hiroyama to win Nagoya race

NAGOYA, Japan - Yasuko Hashimoto (R) surges ahead of defending champion Harumi Hiroyama with 700 meters remaining to win the Nagoya International Women's Marathon on March 11. Hashimoto, winner of the 2003 Berlin Marathon, ran shoulder to shoulder with Hiroyama for about 3 km before running away into Mizuho stadium and holding on to cross the line in 2 hours, 28 minutes, 49 seconds.

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Olympic champion Noguchi to sit out Berlin race

OSAKA, Japan - Athens Olympic champion Mizuki Noguchi speaks with reporters on arrival at Kansai International Airport from her altitude training in Switzerland on Sept. 8. Noguchi said she has abandoned a plan to run in the upcoming Berlin Marathon due to an ankle injury she picked up in August.

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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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Noguchi sets national record in Berlin Marathon victory

Berlin, Germany - Olympic champion Mizuki Noguchi throws up an arm in joy on Sept. 25 after winning the Berlin Marathon women's race with a Japanese record time of 2 hours, 19 minutes, 12 seconds, shaving 29 seconds off the previous mark set by Yoko Shibui in the 2004 race in Berlin.

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Shibui sets sights on world championships

TOKYO, Japan - Yoko Shibui, who won the Berlin Marathon in a national record on Sept. 26, smiles during a press conference at Narita airport, northeast of Tokyo, on Sept. 28 after arriving there from Berlin.

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

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean legend Sohn Kee Chung (file photo) wins gold in the men's marathon running for Japan in the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games. He died of respiratory failure in a Seoul hospital Nov. 15 after a long illness. He was 90.

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

SEOUL, South Korea - In a photo taken in September 1988 at his home in Seoul, Sohn Kee Chung remembers the marathon race in the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games, in which he won gold running under the Japanese name of Kitei Son. Sohn became a hero in his native country after winning the race. He died of respiratory failure in a Seoul hospital Nov. 15 after a long illness. He was 90.

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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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Takahashi repeats in Berlin

BERLIN, Germany - Reigning Olympic marathon champion Naoko Takahashi breezes to victory in the women's event of the Berlin marathon on Sept. 29. Takahashi, who set a world record of 2 hours, 19 minutes, 44 seconds in Berlin a year ago, hit the tape this year in 2:21:49 to win her sixth straight marathon.

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Olympic champ Takahashi speaks on Berlin marathon

BERLIN, Germany - Sydney Olympic champion Naoko Takahashi smiles during a press conference she gave in Berlin on Sept. 26. She is to run in the Berlin marathon on Sept. 29. Seated to her right is her coach Yoshio Koide.

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Takahashi speaks of world-record marathon win

BERLIN, Germany - Naoko Takahashi, who won the Berlin marathon on Sept. 30 in a world-record 2 hours, 20 minutes and 46 seconds, appears at a press conference in Berlin on Oct. 1. Takahashi became the first woman to run a marathon in less than 2 hours and 20 minutes.

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

BERLIN, Germany - Naoko Takahashi of Japan (R) and her coach Yoshio Koide celebrate after Takahashi won the Berlin marathon on Sept. 30 with a world record 2:19:46.

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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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Olympic women's marathon winner Takahashi returns home

NARITA, Japan - Sydney Olympic women's marathon winner Naoko Takahashi (L) shows off her gold medal at Narita airport Oct. 2 after flying back from Sydney with her coach Yoshio Koide (R). Takahashi won the women's marathon on Sept. 24 in an Olympic best time of 2 hours, 23 minutes, 14 seconds to capture Japan's first gold medal in athletics since the 1936 Berlin Games.

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Berlin Marathon

Japan's Rika Kaseda makes a final push to the finish line at the 48th Berlin Marathon in Berlin on Sept. 25, 2022. Kaseda finished seventh in the women's race.