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Athletics: World championships

Shota Iizuka (R) of Japan reacts after finishing seventh in a men's 200 meters semifinal heat at the world athletics championships in Budapest on Aug. 24, 2023.

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Athletics: World championships

Shota Iizuka (R) of Japan competes in a men's 200 meters semifinal heat at the world athletics championships in Budapest on Aug. 24, 2023.

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Olympics: Japan relay quartet gets silver medals

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil, Aug. 21 Kyodo - (From L) Ryota Yamagata, Shota Iizuka, Yoshihide Kiryu and Asuka Cambridge of Japan pose with their silver medals during the award ceremony for the men's 4x100-meter relay at the athletics competitions of the Rio de Janeiro Olympics on Aug. 20, 2016.

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Japan win men's 4x400m relay at Asian Games

INCHEON, South Korea - (From L to R) Japan's Nobuya Kato, Shota Iizuka, Kenji Fujimitsu and Yuzo Kanemaru celebrate after winning the gold in the men's 4x400-meter relay at the Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea, on Oct. 2, 2014.

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Jamaica wins gold in men's 4x100 meter relay

LONDON, Britain - Jamaican team anchor Usain Bolt (far L) competes in the men's 4x100-meter relay final at the London 2012 Olympics at the Olympic Stadium in London on Aug. 11, 2012. At third from right is Japanese team anchor Shota Iizuka and at second from right is Japan's third runner Shinji Takahira.

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Tokyo Olympics: Athletics

(From L) Jose Andres Salazar of El Salvador, Shota Iizuka of Japan and Anaso Jobodwana of South Africa run in the first round of the men's 200 meters at the Tokyo Olympics on Aug. 3, 2021, at the National Stadium.

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Athletics: Japanese c'ships, Olympic qualifying meet

Yuki Koike runs en route to winning the men's 200-meter final at the national athletics championships at Yanmar Stadium Nagai in Osaka, western Japan, on June 27, 2021, earning a berth for the Tokyo Olympics. Seen on the left is Shota Iizuka who finished sixth.

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Athletics: Japanese c'ships, Olympic qualifying meet

Yuki Koike (R) wins the men's 200-meter final at the national athletics championships at Yanmar Stadium Nagai in Osaka, western Japan, on June 27, 2021, earning a berth for the Tokyo Olympics. Seen on the left is Shota Iizuka who finished sixth.

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Olympics: Japan wins 4x100 relay silver

(From L) Ryota Yamagata, Shota Iizuka, Yoshihide Kiryu and Asuka Cambridge of Japan pose for a photo with national flags after finishing second behind Jamaica in the men's 4x100-meter relay final at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics on Aug. 19, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan win men's 4x400m relay at Asian Games

INCHEON, South Korea - (From L to R) Japan's Nobuya Kato, Shota Iizuka, Kenji Fujimitsu and Yuzo Kanemaru celebrate after winning the gold in the men's 4x400-meter relay at the Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea, on Oct. 2, 2014. (Kyodo)

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Pictograms for 2020 Tokyo Olympics

Rio Olympics 4x100 meters relay silver medalist Shota Iizuka (top row, center), two-time world women's karate kata champion Kiyo Shimizu (top row, 5th from L) and children unveil a set of pictograms on March 12, 2019, representing the different sports and competitions at the 2020 Tokyo Summer Games. Olympic pictograms were first introduced at the 1964 Tokyo Games. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Pictograms for 2020 Tokyo Olympics

Rio Olympics 4x100 meters relay silver medalist Shota Iizuka (top row, center), two-time world women's karate kata champion Kiyo Shimizu (top row, 4th from R) and children unveil a set of pictograms on March 12, 2019, representing the different sports and competitions at the 2020 Tokyo Summer Games. Olympic pictograms were first introduced at the 1964 Tokyo Games. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Athletics: Seiko Golden Grand Prix in Osaka

Michael Norman (R) of the United States wins the men's 200 meters at the Seiko Golden Grand Prix athletics meet at Yanmar Stadium Nagai in Osaka on May 19, 2019. Shota Iizuka of Japan, who finished sixth, can be seen in the background. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Pictograms for 2020 Tokyo Olympics

Rio Olympics 4x100 meters relay silver medalist Shota Iizuka (L) and two-time world women's karate kata champion Kiyo Shimizu attend an event held in Tokyo on March 12, 2019, to release 50 pictograms representing the different sports and competitions at the 2020 Tokyo Summer Games. Olympic pictograms were first introduced at the 1964 Tokyo Games. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Pictograms for 2020 Tokyo Olympics

Rio Olympics 4x100 meters relay silver medalist Shota Iizuka (L) assumes a posture similar to the pictogram representing his sport at an event in Tokyo on March 12, 2019, to release 50 pictograms representing the different sports and competitions at the 2020 Tokyo Summer Games. Standing next to Iizuka is two-time world women's karat kata champion Kiyo Shimizu. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Pictograms for 2020 Tokyo Olympics

Rio Olympics 4x100 meters relay silver medalist Shota Iizuka (top row, center), two-time world women's karate kata champion Kiyo Shimizu (top row, 4th from R) and children unveil a set of pictograms on March 12, 2019, representing the different sports and competitions at the 2020 Tokyo Summer Games. Olympic pictograms were first introduced at the 1964 Tokyo Games. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Pictograms for 2020 Tokyo Olympics

Rio Olympics 4x100 meters relay silver medalist Shota Iizuka (top row, 8th from L), two-time world women's karate kata champion Kiyo Shimizu (top row, 9th from L) and children unveil a set of pictograms on March 12, 2019, representing the different sports and competitions at the 2020 Tokyo Summer Games. Olympic pictograms were first introduced at the 1964 Tokyo Games. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Athletics: Japan takes bronze in men's 4x100m relay

Combined photo shows (from L) Japan's Shuhei Tada, Shota Iizuka, Yoshihide Kiryu and Kenji Fujimitsu running for a third-place finish in the men's 4x100-meter relay final at the world athletics championships in London on Aug. 12, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan makes cut for men's 4x100 meters relay final

Japan men's 4x100 meter relay team members (from L) Asuka Cambridge, Yoshihide Kiryu, Shota Iizuka and Shuhei Tada look at the results of a heat at the world athletics championships in London on Aug. 12, 2017. Japan advanced to the final later in the day with a time of 38.21 seconds. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan makes cut for men's 4x100 meters relay final

Japan men's 4x100 meter relay team members (from L) Asuka Cambridge, Yoshihide Kiryu, Shota Iizuka and Shuhei Tada look at the results of a heat at the world athletics championships in London on Aug. 12, 2017. Japan advanced to the final later in the day with a time of 38.21 seconds. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Athletics: Iizuka qualifies for 200m semis at worlds

Shota Iizuka of Japan competes in the men's 200-meter heats at the world athletics championships in London on Aug. 7, 2017. Iizuka placed second in his heat to qualify for the semifinals. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Athletics: Iizuka qualifies for 200m semis at worlds

Shota Iizuka (R) of Japan competes in the men's 200-meter heats at the world athletics championships in London on Aug. 7, 2017. Iizuka placed second in his heat to qualify for the semifinals. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Olympic silver medal-winning relay members named athletes of year

The members of Japan's Rio Olympic silver medal-winning men's 4x100-meter relay team, (from L) Ryota Yamagata, Shota Iizuka, Yoshihide Kiryu and Asuka Cambridge, pose with their plaques in Tokyo on Dec. 19, 2016, as they were named the Japan Association of Athletics Federations' athletes of the year. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Silver medal-winning sprinters at start line for 2020

(From L) Asuka Cambridge, Yoshihide Kiryu, Shota Iizuka and Ryota Yamagata pose with their Rio Olympic silver medals for the men's 4x100 meter relay during a news conference at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo on Aug. 29, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese athletes return from Rio

(From L) Members of Japan's silver-winning men's 4x100-meter relay at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics -- Shota Iizuka, Ryota Yamagata, Asuka Cambridge and Yoshihide Kiryu -- arrive at Tokyo's Haneda airport on Aug. 24, 2016, from the Brazilian city. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese athletes return from Rio

(From L) Members of Japan's silver-winning men's 4x100-meter relay at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics -- Shota Iizuka, Ryota Yamagata, Asuka Cambridge and Yoshihide Kiryu -- as well as Hirooki Arai (C in back), bronze medalist in the men's 50-kilometer walk, arrive at Tokyo's Haneda airport on Aug. 24, 2016, from the Brazilian city. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Olympics: PM Abe meets Japanese athletes

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (C) smiles as he stands alongside his country's Olympic relay runners -- Yoshihide Kiryu (L), Asuka Cambridge (2nd from L), Shota Iizuka (2nd from R) and Ryota Yamagata -- in Rio de Janeiro on Aug. 21, 2016. Abe attended the closing ceremony of the Rio de Janeiro Olympics after a meeting with Japanese athletes who took part in the Games, including the four runners who took the silver medal in the men's 4x100-meter relay. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Olympics: Abe thanks Japanese athletes for courage, dreams, hope

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (5th from L) speaks to the members of the silver-winning men's 4x100-meter relay team, (from L) Yoshihide Kiryu, Asuka Cambridge, Ryota Yamagata and Shota Iizuka, in Rio de Janeiro on Aug. 21, 2016. Abe arrived in the Brazilian city to attend the closing ceremony of the Olympics. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Olympics: Japan relay quartet gets silver medals

(From L) Ryota Yamagata, Shota Iizuka, Yoshihide Kiryu and Asuka Cambridge of Japan pose with their silver medals during the award ceremony for the men's 4x100-meter relay at the athletics competitions of the Rio de Janeiro Olympics on Aug. 20, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Olympics: Japan relay quartet gets silver medals

(From L) Ryota Yamagata, Shota Iizuka, Yoshihide Kiryu and Asuka Cambridge of Japan pose with their silver medals during the award ceremony for the men's 4x100-meter relay at the athletics competitions of the Rio de Janeiro Olympics on Aug. 20, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Olympics: Japan relay quartet gets silver medals

(From L) Ryota Yamagata, Shota Iizuka, Yoshihide Kiryu and Asuka Cambridge of Japan pose with their silver medals during the award ceremony for the men's 4x100-meter relay at the athletics competitions of the Rio de Janeiro Olympics on Aug. 20, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Olympics: Silver-winning relay team meets press

(From L) Ryota Yamagata, Shota Iizuka, Yoshihide Kiryu and Asuka Cambridge attend a press conference on Aug, 20, 2016, a day after they won silver for Japan in the men's 4x100-meter relay final at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Olympics: Silver-winning relay team meets press

(From L) Ryota Yamagata, Shota Iizuka, Yoshihide Kiryu and Asuka Cambridge pose during a press conference on Aug, 20, 2016, a day after they won silver for Japan in the men's 4x100-meter relay final at the athletics competitions of the Rio de Janeiro Olympics. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Olympics: Japan wins silver in 4x100 relay

(From L) Asuka Cambridge, Yoshihide Kiryu, Shota Iizuka and Ryota Yamagata of Japan celebrate after winning silver in the men's 4x100-meter relay final at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics on Aug. 19, 2016. Jamaica won gold. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Olympics: Japan wins silver in 4x100 relay

(From L) Ryota Yamagata, Shota Iizuka, Asuka Cambridge and Yoshihide Kiryu of Japan celebrate with their country's national flag after winning silver in the men's 4x100-meter relay final at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics on Aug. 19, 2016. Jamaica won gold (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Olympics: Japan wins silver in 4x100 relay

(From L) Ryota Yamagata, Shota Iizuka, Asuka Cambridge and Yoshihide Kiryu of Japan celebrate with their country's national flag after winning silver in the men's 4x100-meter relay final at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics on Aug. 19, 2016. Jamaica won gold (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Olympics: Japan wins silver in 4x100 relay

(From L) Ryota Yamagata, Asuka Cambridge, Yoshihide Kiryu and Shota Iizuka of Japan celebrate after winning silver in the men's 4x100-meter relay final at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics on Aug. 19, 2016. Jamaica won gold. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Olympics: Bolt, Japanese relay team in celebration

Usain Bolt (front) of Jamaica strikes his signature "Lightning Bolt" pose beside Japan's 4x100-meter relay members -- (from R) Asuka Cambridge, Yoshihide Kiryu, Shota Iizuka and Ryota Yamagata -- after the men's 4x100-meter relay final at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics on Aug. 19, 2016. Jamaica won gold while Japan took silver. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Olympics: Celebration for Bolt, Japanese runners

Usain Bolt of Jamaica (C) shakes hands with Ryota Yamagata (far L), Yoshihide Kiryu (2nd from L), Asuka Cambridge (2nd from R) and Shota Iizuka of Japan after the men's 4x100-meter relay final at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics on Aug. 19, 2016. Jamaica won gold while Japan took silver. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Olympics: Japan wins 4x100 relay silver

(From L) Ryota Yamagata, Shota Iizuka, Yoshihide Kiryu and Asuka Cambridge of Japan pose for a photo with national flags after finishing second behind Jamaica in the men's 4x100-meter relay final at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics on Aug. 19, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Olympics: Japan wins 4x100 relay silver

(From L) Asuka Cambridge, Shota Iizuka, Yoshihide Kiryu and Ryota Yamagata of Japan celebrate after finishing second behind Jamaica in the men's 4x100-meter relay final at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics on Aug. 19, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Olympics: Japan wins 4x100 relay silver

(From L) Asuka Cambridge, Yoshihide Kiryu, Shota Iizuka and Ryota Yamagata of Japan pose for a photo with national flags after finishing second behind Jamaica in the men's 4x100-meter relay final at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics on Aug. 19, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Olympics: Japan wins relay silver in national record

(From L) Ryota Yamagata, Shota Iizuka, Asuka Cambridge and Yoshihide Kiryu of Japan stand draped in Japanese flags next to the scoreboard showing their time in the 4x400-meter relay final at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics on Aug. 19, 2016. The Japanese team won silver in a national record time of 37.60 seconds. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Olympics: Scenes from athletics on Day 14

(From L to R) Asuka Cambridge, Yoshihide Kiryu, Shota Iizuka and Ryota Yamagata of Japan celebrate after winning a 4x100-meter relay qualification heat at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics on Aug. 18, 2016. The team qualified for the final in a national-record 37.68 seconds. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Olympics: Scenes from athletics on Day 14

(From L to R) Ryota Yamagata, Shota Iizuka, Yoshihide Kiryu and Asuka Cambridge of Japan pose for a photo after winning a 4x100-meter relay qualification heat at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics on Aug. 18, 2016. Japan qualified for the final in a national-record 37.68 seconds. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan advances to men's 400-meter relay track final

Japanese runners -- (from L) Ryota Yamagata, Yoshihide Kiryu, Aska Cambridge and Shota Iizuka -- celebrate after advancing to the men's 400-meter relay track final at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics on Aug. 18, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo