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China's Tecno partners with Olympic marathon champion to boost product popularity in Kenya

STORY: China's Tecno partners with Olympic marathon champion to boost product popularity in Kenya DATELINE: Jan. 6, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:22 LOCATION: Nairobi CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the ceremony 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): ANTHONY BRIAN OTIENO, Brand Retail Manager of Tecno Kenya 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): ELIUD KIPCHOGE, Marathoner and Tecno Brand Ambassador STORYLINE: Chinese phone maker Tecno has partnered with Eliud Kipchoge, Kenya's two-time Olympic champion and world record holder in marathon running, in order to boost its product popularity in Kenya. Anthony Brian Otieno, brand retail manager of Tecno Kenya said at a ceremony on Thursday that Eliud Kipchoge will be the brand ambassador for the company's upcoming flagship model PHANTOM X2 series in the Kenyan market. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): ANTHONY BRIAN OTIENO, Brand Retail Manager of Tecno Kenya "Our slogan at Tecno is 'stop at nothing,' and so pioneers are those people who will never rest at any point. And those people who are ver

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Arimori runs in Angkor Wat half marathon

SIEM REAP, Cambodia - Japanese Olympic medalist marathoner Yuko Arimori (L) runs in the 19th Angkor Wat International Half Marathon in Siem Reap in northwestern Cambodia on Dec. 7, 2014, to call for the elimination of antipersonnel mines.

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Arimori runs with kid in Angkor Wat half marathon

SIEM REAP, Cambodia - Japanese Olympic medalist marathoner Yuko Arimori (C) runs with a child in the 19th Angkor Wat International Half Marathon in Siem Reap in northwestern Cambodia on Dec. 7, 2014, to support a ban on antipersonnel mines.

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Marathoner Abebe Bikila's son attends photo exhibition

NARITA, Japan - Yetnayet Bikila, son of the late Ethiopian marathon legend Abebe Bikila, poses before his father's picture at a photo exhibition marking the 50th anniversary of the 1964 Tokyo Olympics at Narita airport, east of Tokyo, on Oct. 8, 2014.

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Kimihara, Hayata discuss memories of 1964 Tokyo Olympics

TOKYO, Japan - Takuji Hayata (L), a gold medalist in gymnastics at the 1964 Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo, and marathoner Kenji Kimihara (C), who won silver at the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City, discuss their memories of the sporting events during a talk show on Oct. 7, 2014, held in Tokyo to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Tokyo Olympics.

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Gratitude to Swedish family

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Yoshiaki Kurado (L), the great-grandson of a Japanese marathoner who received help from a Swedish family after failing to complete the 1912 Stockholm Olympic race due to ill health, and a descendent of the family shake hands in the suburb of Stockholm on July 134, 2012. Kurado visited the family to express gratitude for the act of kindness 100 years ago.

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Marathoner to protest Cambodia picking Japan-born man

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Cambodian marathon runner Hem Bunting (front R) after winning an international half marathon in Phnom Penh in June 2011, while Japan-born comedian and runner Hiroshi Neko (front L) finished second. Hem Bunting said on April 17, 2012, he will protest to the Cambodian sports authorities the nomination of Neko to represent Cambodia at the Olympic Games in London.

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Japan's Tosa places 3rd in Tokyo Marathon, her last race

TOKYO, Japan - Veteran marathoner Reiko Tosa of Japan trips and falls at a point around 5 kilometers from the start line in the women's race of the Tokyo Marathon on March 22. Tosa who ran in the competition as her last race placed third. (Pool photo)

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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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De Lima of Brazil arrives in Japan to join marathon race

OSAKA, Japan - Brazilian marathoner Vanderlei de Lima, who won bronze in the men's marathon in the Athens Olympics in August 2004 after being attacked by a spectator, arrives at Kansai airport March 1 to take part in Lake Biwa Mainichi Marathon on March 6.

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(6)Special Olympics winter competition begins in Nagano

NAGANO, Japan - Tatsuya Kambara (L) lights the cauldron with the Special Olympics flame at the Nagano Memorial Arena (M-Wave) in Nagano on Feb. 26 during the opening ceremony of the 2005 Special Olympics World Winter Games, with Olympic medal-winning marathoner Yuko Arimori behind him. (Pool photo)

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(1)Brazil's De Lima marred in Athens marathon

ATHENS, Greece - Brazilian marathoner Vanderlei de Lima (C) looks back as Italy's Stefano Baldini (L) runs past him after he was pushed off the road by a spectator late in the race in the Athens Olympics on Aug. 29.

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(2)Brazil's De Lima marred in Athens marathon

ATHENS, Greece - Brazilian marathoner Vanderlei de Lima kneels down at Panathinaiko Stadium as he finished the men's marathon race in the Athens Olympics on Aug. 29 after being attacked by a spectator late in the race.

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Aburaya leaves for Olympic marathon

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Japanese marathoner Shigeru Aburaya is encouraged by his company colleagues in Hiroshima on Aug. 17 before leaving for Athens to take part in the event.

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Marathoner Noguchi returns to Japan

OSAKA, Japan - Mizuki Noguchi, who became the first Japanese marathoner to clinch a berth for next year's Athens Olympics by winning the silver medal in the just-ended world track and field championships in Paris, returns to Kansai International Airport near Osaka on Sept. 3.

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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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Chinese athletes gain inspiration from Kenyan peers

STORY: Chinese athletes gain inspiration from Kenyan peers DATELINE: Oct. 1, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:16 LOCATION: Nairobi CATEGORY: SPORTS SHOTLIST: 1. various of China's men's marathon team training in Kipchoge Keino Stadium 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): DONG GUOJIAN, Chinese marathoner 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): XIAO LI, Coach of China's national track and field team 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): GIDEON KIPCHIRCHIR, Kenyan half marathon champion 5. SOUNDBITE 4 (Swahili): SILAS CHEPOII, Kenyan marathoner STORYLINE: China's men's marathon team is training in Kenya with the country's best marathoners ahead of next year's World Championships in Budapest. At the Kipchoge Keino stadium, Dong Guojian and his Chinese teammates run head to head with some of Kenya's biggest names in field and track. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): DONG GUOJIAN, Chinese marathoner "This is the sixth time I've come to Kenya this year. Their training conditions are very tough, but Kenyan athletes still love marathons. That's what makes them best marathon

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Kenya hosts inaugural marathon on new Chinese-built Nairobi Expressway

STORY: Kenya hosts inaugural marathon on new Chinese-built Nairobi Expressway DATELINE: May 9, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:34 LOCATION: Nairobi CATEGORY: SPORTS SHOTLIST: 1. STANDUP 1 (English): JAMES ASANDE, Xinhua reporter 2. Various of Kenyan president flagging off the marathon 3. Various of the marathon 4. STANDUP 2 (English): JAMES ASANDE, Xinhua reporter 5. Various of the marathon 6. Various of Kenyan President at the finishing line 7. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): DANIEL MANGULI, Marathoner 8. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): GEORGE KAMAU, Marathoner 9. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): OLIVIA TANUI, Marathoner 10. SOUNDBITE 4 (English): UHURU KENYATTA, Kenyan President 11. Various of marathon STORYLINE: Kenya's top athletes and ordinary citizens got a chance to run on the Chinese-built Nairobi Expressway when the east African nation's capital hosted its inaugural marathon on Sunday. STANDUP 1 (English): JAMES ASANDE, Xinhua reporter "I'm on top of the new Chinese-built Nairobi Expressway where the inaugural Nairobi City Marathon dubb

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(BEIJING2022)CHINA-ZHANGJIAKOU-OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES-CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING-TRIAL SKIER (CN)

(220214) -- ZHANGJIAKOU, Feb. 14, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Torsongan Bullik (1st L) of the national cross-country skiing training team takes part in a training at a cross-country skiing resort in Wenquan county, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Nov. 21, 2021. Born in a herdsman's family in the pastoral area of Wenquan County in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, the 27-year-old Torsongan Bullik has many identities: shepherd, marathoner, cyclist and skier. He now works as a trial skier for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics. Long before the start of the cross-country skiing game of the Beijing Winter Olympics, the trail skiers had already buckled down on ski slopes to test skiing and its related training on a daily basis. "This is the Winter Olympic Games. The cross-country skiing track is the most important track to me," said Bullik. "I will make my best .....

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(220214) -- ZHANGJIAKOU, Feb. 14, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Aerial photo taken on Nov. 25, 2021 shows the hometown of Torsongan Bullik in Zalmute Township, Wenquan County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Born in a herdsman's family in the pastoral area of Wenquan County in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, the 27-year-old Torsongan Bullik has many identities: shepherd, marathoner, cyclist and skier. He now works as a trial skier for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics. Long before the start of the cross-country skiing game of the Beijing Winter Olympics, the trail skiers had already buckled down on ski slopes to test skiing and its related training on a daily basis. "This is the Winter Olympic Games. The cross-country skiing track is the most important track to me," said Bullik. "I will make my best efforts to serve the athletes from all over the world an.....

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(220214) -- ZHANGJIAKOU, Feb. 14, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Torsongan Bullik of the national cross-country skiing training team takes part in a training at a cross-country skiing resort in Wenquan county, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Nov. 21, 2021. Born in a herdsman's family in the pastoral area of Wenquan County in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, the 27-year-old Torsongan Bullik has many identities: shepherd, marathoner, cyclist and skier. He now works as a trial skier for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics. Long before the start of the cross-country skiing game of the Beijing Winter Olympics, the trail skiers had already buckled down on ski slopes to test skiing and its related training on a daily basis. "This is the Winter Olympic Games. The cross-country skiing track is the most important track to me," said Bullik. "I will make my best efforts .....

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(220214) -- ZHANGJIAKOU, Feb. 14, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Torsongan Bullik participates in a trial skiing training of the cross-country skiing event ahead of the Beijing Winter Olympics at National Cross-Country Skiing Centre in Zhangjiakou, north China's Hebei Province, Jan. 29, 2022. Born in a herdsman's family in the pastoral area of Wenquan County in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, the 27-year-old Torsongan Bullik has many identities: shepherd, marathoner, cyclist and skier. He now works as a trial skier for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics. Long before the start of the cross-country skiing game of the Beijing Winter Olympics, the trail skiers had already buckled down on ski slopes to test skiing and its related training on a daily basis. "This is the Winter Olympic Games. The cross-country skiing track is the most important track to me," said Bullik. "I will make.....

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(220214) -- ZHANGJIAKOU, Feb. 14, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Torsongan Bullik participates in a trial skiing training of the cross-country skiing event ahead of the Beijing Winter Olympics at National Cross-Country Skiing Centre in Zhangjiakou, north China's Hebei Province, Jan. 28, 2022. Born in a herdsman's family in the pastoral area of Wenquan County in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, the 27-year-old Torsongan Bullik has many identities: shepherd, marathoner, cyclist and skier. He now works as a trial skier for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics. Long before the start of the cross-country skiing game of the Beijing Winter Olympics, the trail skiers had already buckled down on ski slopes to test skiing and its related training on a daily basis. "This is the Winter Olympic Games. The cross-country skiing track is the most important track to me," said Bullik. "I will make.....

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(220214) -- ZHANGJIAKOU, Feb. 14, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Torsongan Bullik (R) talks to Chinese cross-country skiing athlete Shang Jincai, who was once his teammate in the national cross-country skiing training team, ahead of the Beijing Winter Olympics at National Cross-Country Skiing Centre in Zhangjiakou, north China's Hebei Province, Jan. 29, 2022. Born in a herdsman's family in the pastoral area of Wenquan County in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, the 27-year-old Torsongan Bullik has many identities: shepherd, marathoner, cyclist and skier. He now works as a trial skier for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics. Long before the start of the cross-country skiing game of the Beijing Winter Olympics, the trail skiers had already buckled down on ski slopes to test skiing and its related training on a daily basis. "This is the Winter Olympic Games. The cross-country skiing.....

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(220214) -- ZHANGJIAKOU, Feb. 14, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Torsongan Bullik participates in a trial skiing training of the cross-country skiing event ahead of the Beijing Winter Olympics at National Cross-Country Skiing Centre in Zhangjiakou, north China's Hebei Province, Jan. 29, 2022. Born in a herdsman's family in the pastoral area of Wenquan County in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, the 27-year-old Torsongan Bullik has many identities: shepherd, marathoner, cyclist and skier. He now works as a trial skier for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics. Long before the start of the cross-country skiing game of the Beijing Winter Olympics, the trail skiers had already buckled down on ski slopes to test skiing and its related training on a daily basis. "This is the Winter Olympic Games. The cross-country skiing track is the most important track to me," said Bullik. "I will make.....

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(220214) -- ZHANGJIAKOU, Feb. 14, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Torsongan Bullik (C) goes on a test run before the cross-country skiing men's 4x10 km relay of the Beijing Winter Olympics at National Cross-Country Skiing Centre in Zhangjiakou, north China's Hebei Province, Feb. 13, 2022. Born in a herdsman's family in the pastoral area of Wenquan County in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, the 27-year-old Torsongan Bullik has many identities: shepherd, marathoner, cyclist and skier. He now works as a trial skier for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics. Long before the start of the cross-country skiing game of the Beijing Winter Olympics, the trail skiers had already buckled down on ski slopes to test skiing and its related training on a daily basis. "This is the Winter Olympic Games. The cross-country skiing track is the most important track to me," said Bullik. "I will make my b.....

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(220214) -- ZHANGJIAKOU, Feb. 14, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Torsongan Bullik (1st L) poses for a photo with his teammates after the first Cycling Tour of Sayram Lake, a national road bicycle race for amateur cyclists, in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, July 24, 2016. Born in a herdsman's family in the pastoral area of Wenquan County in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, the 27-year-old Torsongan Bullik has many identities: shepherd, marathoner, cyclist and skier. He now works as a trial skier for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics. Long before the start of the cross-country skiing game of the Beijing Winter Olympics, the trail skiers had already buckled down on ski slopes to test skiing and its related training on a daily basis. "This is the Winter Olympic Games. The cross-country skiing track is the most important track to me," said Bullik. "I will make .....

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(220214) -- ZHANGJIAKOU, Feb. 14, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Torsongan Bullik and his co-workers go on a test run before the cross-country skiing men's 15km+15km skiathlon of the Beijing Winter Olympics at National Cross-Country Skiing Centre in Zhangjiakou, north China's Hebei Province, Feb. 6, 2022. Born in a herdsman's family in the pastoral area of Wenquan County in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, the 27-year-old Torsongan Bullik has many identities: shepherd, marathoner, cyclist and skier. He now works as a trial skier for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics. Long before the start of the cross-country skiing game of the Beijing Winter Olympics, the trail skiers had already buckled down on ski slopes to test skiing and its related training on a daily basis. "This is the Winter Olympic Games. The cross-country skiing track is the most important track to me," said Bullik......

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(220214) -- ZHANGJIAKOU, Feb. 14, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Torsongan Bullik participates in a trial skiing training of the cross-country skiing event ahead of the Beijing Winter Olympics at National Cross-Country Skiing Centre in Zhangjiakou, north China's Hebei Province, Jan. 29, 2022. Born in a herdsman's family in the pastoral area of Wenquan County in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, the 27-year-old Torsongan Bullik has many identities: shepherd, marathoner, cyclist and skier. He now works as a trial skier for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics. Long before the start of the cross-country skiing game of the Beijing Winter Olympics, the trail skiers had already buckled down on ski slopes to test skiing and its related training on a daily basis. "This is the Winter Olympic Games. The cross-country skiing track is the most important track to me," said Bullik. "I will make.....

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(220214) -- ZHANGJIAKOU, Feb. 14, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Torsongan Bullik (1st R) of the national cross-country skiing training team talks with his coaches at a cross-country skiing resort in Wenquan county, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Nov. 24, 2021. Born in a herdsman's family in the pastoral area of Wenquan County in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, the 27-year-old Torsongan Bullik has many identities: shepherd, marathoner, cyclist and skier. He now works as a trial skier for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics. Long before the start of the cross-country skiing game of the Beijing Winter Olympics, the trail skiers had already buckled down on ski slopes to test skiing and its related training on a daily basis. "This is the Winter Olympic Games. The cross-country skiing track is the most important track to me," said Bullik. "I will make my best ef.....

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(220214) -- ZHANGJIAKOU, Feb. 14, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Torsongan Bullik (L) and his co-worker go on a test run before the women's cross-country skiing sprint free semifinal of the Beijing Winter Olympics at National Cross-Country Skiing Centre in Zhangjiakou, north China's Hebei Province, Feb. 8, 2022. Born in a herdsman's family in the pastoral area of Wenquan County in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, the 27-year-old Torsongan Bullik has many identities: shepherd, marathoner, cyclist and skier. He now works as a trial skier for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics. Long before the start of the cross-country skiing game of the Beijing Winter Olympics, the trail skiers had already buckled down on ski slopes to test skiing and its related training on a daily basis. "This is the Winter Olympic Games. The cross-country skiing track is the most important track to me," said .....

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(220214) -- ZHANGJIAKOU, Feb. 14, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Torsongan Bullik participates in a high-altitude cycling race in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, Oct. 17, 2018. Born in a herdsman's family in the pastoral area of Wenquan County in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, the 27-year-old Torsongan Bullik has many identities: shepherd, marathoner, cyclist and skier. He now works as a trial skier for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics. Long before the start of the cross-country skiing game of the Beijing Winter Olympics, the trail skiers had already buckled down on ski slopes to test skiing and its related training on a daily basis. "This is the Winter Olympic Games. The cross-country skiing track is the most important track to me," said Bullik. "I will make my best efforts to serve the athletes from all over the world and try to give them a boost for the compet.....

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(220214) -- ZHANGJIAKOU, Feb. 14, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Torsongan Bullik (C) goes on a test run before the cross-country skiing men's 15km+15km skiathlon of the Beijing Winter Olympics at National Cross-Country Skiing Centre in Zhangjiakou, north China's Hebei Province, Feb. 6, 2022. Born in a herdsman's family in the pastoral area of Wenquan County in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, the 27-year-old Torsongan Bullik has many identities: shepherd, marathoner, cyclist and skier. He now works as a trial skier for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics. Long before the start of the cross-country skiing game of the Beijing Winter Olympics, the trail skiers had already buckled down on ski slopes to test skiing and its related training on a daily basis. "This is the Winter Olympic Games. The cross-country skiing track is the most important track to me," said Bullik. "I will make.....

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(220214) -- ZHANGJIAKOU, Feb. 14, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Torsongan Bullik (L) and his co-worker leave after completing the test runs before the cross-country skiing women's 10km classic of the Beijing Winter Olympics at National Cross-Country Skiing Centre in Zhangjiakou, north China's Hebei Province, Feb. 10, 2022. Born in a herdsman's family in the pastoral area of Wenquan County in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, the 27-year-old Torsongan Bullik has many identities: shepherd, marathoner, cyclist and skier. He now works as a trial skier for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics. Long before the start of the cross-country skiing game of the Beijing Winter Olympics, the trail skiers had already buckled down on ski slopes to test skiing and its related training on a daily basis. "This is the Winter Olympic Games. The cross-country skiing track is the most important track t.....

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(220214) -- ZHANGJIAKOU, Feb. 14, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Torsongan Bullik participates in a trial skiing training of the cross-country skiing event ahead of the Beijing Winter Olympics at National Cross-Country Skiing Centre in Zhangjiakou, north China's Hebei Province, Jan. 29, 2022. Born in a herdsman's family in the pastoral area of Wenquan County in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, the 27-year-old Torsongan Bullik has many identities: shepherd, marathoner, cyclist and skier. He now works as a trial skier for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics. Long before the start of the cross-country skiing game of the Beijing Winter Olympics, the trail skiers had already buckled down on ski slopes to test skiing and its related training on a daily basis. "This is the Winter Olympic Games. The cross-country skiing track is the most important track to me," said Bullik. "I will make.....

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(220214) -- ZHANGJIAKOU, Feb. 14, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Aerial photo taken on Nov. 22, 2021 shows a cross-country skiing resort in Wenquan county, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Born in a herdsman's family in the pastoral area of Wenquan County in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, the 27-year-old Torsongan Bullik has many identities: shepherd, marathoner, cyclist and skier. He now works as a trial skier for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics. Long before the start of the cross-country skiing game of the Beijing Winter Olympics, the trail skiers had already buckled down on ski slopes to test skiing and its related training on a daily basis. "This is the Winter Olympic Games. The cross-country skiing track is the most important track to me," said Bullik. "I will make my best efforts to serve the athletes from all over the world and try to give them a .....

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(220214) -- ZHANGJIAKOU, Feb. 14, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Torsongan Bullik and his co-workers go on a test run before the cross-country skiing women's sprint free qualification of the Beijing Winter Olympics at National Cross-Country Skiing Centre in Zhangjiakou, north China's Hebei Province, Feb. 8, 2022. Born in a herdsman's family in the pastoral area of Wenquan County in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, the 27-year-old Torsongan Bullik has many identities: shepherd, marathoner, cyclist and skier. He now works as a trial skier for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics. Long before the start of the cross-country skiing game of the Beijing Winter Olympics, the trail skiers had already buckled down on ski slopes to test skiing and its related training on a daily basis. "This is the Winter Olympic Games. The cross-country skiing track is the most important track to me," said.....

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(220214) -- ZHANGJIAKOU, Feb. 14, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Torsongan Bullik and his co-workers go on a test run before the women's cross-country skiing sprint free semifinal of the Beijing Winter Olympics at National Cross-Country Skiing Centre in Zhangjiakou, north China's Hebei Province, Feb. 8, 2022. Born in a herdsman's family in the pastoral area of Wenquan County in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, the 27-year-old Torsongan Bullik has many identities: shepherd, marathoner, cyclist and skier. He now works as a trial skier for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics. Long before the start of the cross-country skiing game of the Beijing Winter Olympics, the trail skiers had already buckled down on ski slopes to test skiing and its related training on a daily basis. "This is the Winter Olympic Games. The cross-country skiing track is the most important track to me," said Bul.....

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(6)Special Olympics winter competition begins in Nagano

NAGANO, Japan - Tatsuya Kambara (L) lights the cauldron with the Special Olympics flame at the Nagano Memorial Arena (M-Wave) in Nagano on Feb. 26 during the opening ceremony of the 2005 Special Olympics World Winter Games, with Olympic medal-winning marathoner Yuko Arimori behind him. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)

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De Lima of Brazil arrives in Japan to join marathon race

OSAKA, Japan - Brazilian marathoner Vanderlei de Lima, who won bronze in the men's marathon in the Athens Olympics in August 2004 after being attacked by a spectator, arrives at Kansai airport March 1 to take part in Lake Biwa Mainichi Marathon on March 6. (Kyodo)

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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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Japan's Tosa places 3rd in Tokyo Marathon, her last race

TOKYO, Japan - Veteran marathoner Reiko Tosa of Japan trips and falls at a point around 5 kilometers from the start line in the women's race of the Tokyo Marathon on March 22. Tosa who ran in the competition as her last race placed third. (Pool photo) (Kyodo)

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Japan's Hiroyama places 10th in Tokyo Marathon, her last race

TOKYO, Japan - Veteran marathoner Harumi Hiroyama (L) of Japan is given a coat by her husband and coach Tsutomu after finishing the Tokyo Marathon, her last race, in 10th on March 22. (Kyodo)

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Olympic gold medalist marathoner Noguchi stands by monument

2004 Olympic gold medalist marathoner Mizuki Noguchi stands by a monument to her in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, on May 23, 2015. The monument was unveiled at a ceremony to mark the completion of a jogging track in the western Japanese city. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Jogging track completed in Kobe

2004 Olympic gold medalist marathoner Mizuki Noguchi (R foreground) exercises with children at a ceremony to mark the completion of a jogging track in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, on May 23, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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(2)Brazil's De Lima marred in Athens marathon

ATHENS, Greece - Brazilian marathoner Vanderlei de Lima kneels down at Panathinaiko Stadium as he finished the men's marathon race in the Athens Olympics on Aug. 29 after being attacked by a spectator late in the race. (Kyodo)

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(1)Brazil's De Lima marred in Athens marathon

ATHENS, Greece - Brazilian marathoner Vanderlei de Lima (C) looks back as Italy's Stefano Baldini (L) runs past him after he was pushed off the road by a spectator late in the race in the Athens Olympics on Aug. 29. (Kyodo)

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Aburaya leaves for Olympic marathon

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Japanese marathoner Shigeru Aburaya is encouraged by his company colleagues in Hiroshima on Aug. 17 before leaving for Athens to take part in the event. (Kyodo)

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Marathoner to protest Cambodia picking Japan-born man

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Cambodian marathon runner Hem Bunting (front R) after winning an international half marathon in Phnom Penh in June 2011, while Japan-born comedian and runner Hiroshi Neko (front L) finished second. Hem Bunting said on April 17, 2012, he will protest to the Cambodian sports authorities the nomination of Neko to represent Cambodia at the Olympic Games in London. (Kyodo)

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Kimihara, Hayata discuss memories of 1964 Tokyo Olympics

TOKYO, Japan - Takuji Hayata (L), a gold medalist in gymnastics at the 1964 Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo, and marathoner Kenji Kimihara (C), who won silver at the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City, discuss their memories of the sporting events during a talk show on Oct. 7, 2014, held in Tokyo to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Tokyo Olympics. (Kyodo)