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Japanese hurdler Rachid Muratake waves during a training session at the National Stadium in Tokyo on Sept. 4, 2025, ahead of the World Athletics Championships, set to open on Sept. 13.

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World Athletics Championships

Japanese hurdler Rachid Muratake waves during a training session at the National Stadium in Tokyo on Sept. 4, 2025, ahead of the World Athletics Championships, set to open on Sept. 13.

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World Athletics Championships

Japanese hurdler Rachid Muratake waves during a training session at the National Stadium in Tokyo on Sept. 4, 2025, ahead of the World Athletics Championships, set to open on Sept. 13.

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World Athletics Championships

Japanese hurdler Shunsuke Izumiya practices at the National Stadium in Tokyo on Sept. 4, 2025, ahead of the World Athletics Championships, set to open on Sept. 13.

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World Athletics Championships

Japanese hurdler Shunsuke Izumiya practices at the National Stadium in Tokyo on Sept. 4, 2025, ahead of the World Athletics Championships, set to open on Sept. 13.

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World Athletics Championships

Japanese hurdler Shunsuke Izumiya practices at the National Stadium in Tokyo on Sept. 4, 2025, ahead of the World Athletics Championships, set to open on Sept. 13. (Pool photo)

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World Athletics Championships

Japanese hurdler Shunsuke Izumiya works out at the National Stadium in Tokyo on Sept. 4, 2025, ahead of the World Athletics Championships, set to open on Sept. 13.

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World Athletics Championships

Japanese hurdler Shunsuke Izumiya works out at the National Stadium in Tokyo on Sept. 4, 2025, ahead of the World Athletics Championships, set to open on Sept. 13.

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Paris 2024 - USA’s Tara Davis-Woodhall Takes Gold In The Women’s Long Jump

Gold Medalist Tara DAVIS-WOODHALL, Silver medalist Jasmine MOORE of USA and 400m hurdler silver Medalist Anna COCKRELL competes in the women’s Long Jump Final at the Stade de France during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games on August 8, 2024 in Saint Denis, north of Paris, France. Photo by Julien Poupart/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Ukrainian athletes come back home from Paris 2024 OlympicsUkrainian athletes come back home from Paris 2024 Olympics

KYIV, UKRAINE - AUGUST 5, 2024 - Ukrainian rowers Yevheniia Dovhodko, Anastasiia Kozhenkova, Daryna Verkhohliad, Nataliia Dovhodko and Ukrainian track and field sprinter and hurdler Tetyana Melnyk (L to R) hold a national flag at the Central Railway Station during a welcome ceremony upon their return from the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine.

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The Paris Summer Olympic Games 2024

Hurdler Reetta Hurske attends a press conference of Team Finland at the Paris Summer Olympic Games at the Olympic Village on August 5, 2024. LEHTIKUVA / VESA MOILANEN - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Vesa Moilanen/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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The Paris Summer Olympic Games 2024

Hurdler Reetta Hurske attends a press conference of Team Finland at the Paris Summer Olympic Games at the Olympic Village on August 5, 2024. LEHTIKUVA / VESA MOILANEN - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Vesa Moilanen/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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The Paris Summer Olympic Games 2024

Hurdler Lotta Harala attends a press conference of Team Finland at the Paris Summer Olympic Games at the Olympic Village on August 5, 2024. LEHTIKUVA / VESA MOILANEN - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Vesa Moilanen/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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The Paris Summer Olympic Games 2024

Hurdler Lotta Harala attends a press conference of Team Finland at the Paris Summer Olympic Games at the Olympic Village on August 5, 2024. LEHTIKUVA / VESA MOILANEN - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Vesa Moilanen/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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Athletics legends in Sendai

SENDAI, Japan - U.S. athletics legends -- former triple jump world-record holder Willie Banks (L), nine-time Olympic gold medal winner Carl Lewis (2nd from R) and current long jump world-record holder Mike Powell (R) -- and Japanese hurdler Dai Tamesue (2nd from L) pose at Tohoku Sports Summit 2013 in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 23, 2013.

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Tamesue to keep on running, eyeing London Games

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese hurdler Dai Tamesue speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 1 saying he intends to continue running and has set his sights on a fourth Olympic appearance at the 2012 London Games. Tamesue, 30, a two-time 400-meter hurdles world bronze medalist, did not make his intentions clear after he failed to reach the final in both the 400-meter hurdles and the 4x400 relay at the Beijing Olympics in August.

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Murofushi, Tamesue named to strong world c'ships squad

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's 400-meter hurdler Dai Tamesue speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on June 6 after being selected along with 38 athletes to compete in the world championships scheduled for Aug. 6-14 in Helsinki.

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Kanazawa sets record in Nambu memorial meet

SAPPORO, Japan - Hurdler Yvonne Kanazawa sets a Japanese national record on July 16 at the Nambu memorial track and field meet at Maruyama athletics stadium. She clocked 13.00 seconds to better her mark in the 100-meter hurdles for the third time in just two months.

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World athletics c'ships in Oregon

Norwegian hurdler Karsten Warholm attends an event in Eugene, Oregon, on July 13, 2022, ahead of the world athletics championships starting July 15.

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Murofushi, Tamesue named to strong world c'ships squad

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's 400-meter hurdler Dai Tamesue speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on June 6 after being selected along with 38 athletes to compete in the world championships scheduled for Aug. 6-14 in Helsinki. (Kyodo)

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Olympic athletes' village officially opens in Beijing

BEIJING, China - China's Basketball icon Yao Ming (back) and hurdler Liu Xiang (L) smile during a photo session at the Olympic athletes' village for the Beijing Games that officially opened on July 27. (Kyodo)

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Tamesue to keep on running, eyeing London Games

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese hurdler Dai Tamesue speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 1 saying he intends to continue running and has set his sights on a fourth Olympic appearance at the 2012 London Games. Tamesue, 30, a two-time 400-meter hurdles world bronze medalist, did not make his intentions clear after he failed to reach the final in both the 400-meter hurdles and the 4x400 relay at the Beijing Olympics in August. (Kyodo)

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Indoor track and field, a model for the Olympics

The world's top class athletes were invited to compete in the track and field event.Long jumper Ralph Boston (U.S.), hurdler Hayes Jones(U.S.), high jumper Pettersson(Sweden), pole vaulter Joolseth(U.S.),*Date of shooting unknown,release date:March 17,1962

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Olympic gold-winning hurdler Liu Xiang retires

Undated photo shows China's Liu Xiang, the 2004 Athens Olympic 110-meter hurdle gold medalist. The 31-year-old confirmed his retirement on April 7, 2015, citing leg injuries. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese-Brazilian hurdler aiming high in Rio Olympics

Photo taken Dec. 11, 2015, in Niiza, Saitama Prefecture, shows Mahau Sugimachi, a Japanese-Brazilian hurdler, at his team's track. Sugimachi will represent Brazil at the 2016 Summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kanazawa sets record in Nambu memorial meet

SAPPORO, Japan - Hurdler Yvonne Kanazawa sets a Japanese national record on July 16 at the Nambu memorial track and field meet at Maruyama athletics stadium. She clocked 13.00 seconds to better her mark in the 100-meter hurdles for the third time in just two months.