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Boy tries sports wheelchair with Paralympics in mind

TOKYO, Japan - A boy, one of about 70 participants of an event to find athletes deemed capable of shining particularly in the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics, rides a sports wheelchair while former Olympian Dai Tamesue (3rd from R) and others look on at a sports center for disabled people in Tokyo on Aug. 23, 2014.

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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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Tokyo stocks dip on 2005's last trading day

TOKYO, Japan - Dai Tamesue, the winner of bronze in the men's 400-meter hurdles at the world championships in August, speaks during a ceremony to mark the end of this year's trading at the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Dec. 30.

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Tamesue takes 400m hurdle bronze

HELSINKI, Finland - Men's 400 meter hurdles bronze medalist Dai Tamesue of Japan holds up a bouquet on the podium at the World Athletics Championships in Helsinki on Aug. 10.

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Tamesue takes 400m hurdle bronze

HELSINKI, Finland - Silver medalist James Carter of the United States (L), teammate and gold medalist Bershawn Jackson (C) and bronze medalist Dai Tamesue of Japan hold up their medals during the award ceremony for the men's 400 metres hurdles at the world athletics championships in Helsinki Aug. 10.

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Tamesue wins bronze in world men's 400m hurdles

HELSINKI, Finland - Japan's Dai Tamesue responds to spectators after winning bronze in the men's 400-meter hurdles at the world athletics championships in Helsinki on Aug. 9.

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Tamesue wins bronze in world men's 400m hurdles

HELSINKI, Finland - Japan's Dai Tamesue poses after winning bronze in the men's 400-meter hurdles at the world athletics championships in Helsinki on Aug. 9.

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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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Tamesue gives Japan 2nd medal at Edmonton

EDMONTON, Canada - Dai Tamesue of Japan beams with joy after winning the bronze medal in the men's 400-meter hurdles final of the athletics world championships at Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton, Canada, on Aug. 10. He is the first Japanese man to win a medal in a track event at either the Olympics or the world championships.

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Tamesue wins bronze medal in men's 400 meters hurdles

EDMONTON, Canada - Japan's Dai Tamesue (L), who finished third in the men's 400 meters hurdles, poses for picture with Felix Sanchez (C) of the Dominican Republic, the winner of the race, and Italy's Fabrizio Mori, who came in second, at the World Track and Field Championships at Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton on Aug. 10.

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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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Tamesue wins bronze in world men's 400m hurdles

HELSINKI, Finland - Japan's Dai Tamesue responds to spectators after winning bronze in the men's 400-meter hurdles at the world athletics championships in Helsinki on Aug. 9. (Kyodo)

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Tamesue wins bronze in world men's 400m hurdles

HELSINKI, Finland - Japan's Dai Tamesue poses after winning bronze in the men's 400-meter hurdles at the world athletics championships in Helsinki on Aug. 9. (Kyodo)

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Tamesue takes 400m hurdle bronze

HELSINKI, Finland - Men's 400 meter hurdles bronze medalist Dai Tamesue of Japan holds up a bouquet on the podium at the World Athletics Championships in Helsinki on Aug. 10. (Kyodo)

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Tokyo stocks dip on 2005's last trading day

TOKYO, Japan - Dai Tamesue, the winner of bronze in the men's 400-meter hurdles at the world championships in August, speaks during a ceremony to mark the end of this year's trading at the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Dec. 30. (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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Tamesue takes 400m hurdle bronze

HELSINKI, Finland - Silver medalist James Carter of the United States (L), teammate and gold medalist Bershawn Jackson (C) and bronze medalist Dai Tamesue of Japan hold up their medals during the award ceremony for the men's 400 metres hurdles at the world athletics championships in Helsinki Aug. 10. (Kyodo)

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Ex-Olympian Tamesue fears "totalitarian atmosphere"

Guest speaker Dai Tamesue, a three-time Olympian in athletics, speaks at an international symposium on peace in Hiroshima, western Japan, on July 25, 2015. At the symposium titled "The Road to Nuclear Abolition," he expressed fears over possible development of a totalitarian atmosphere in society in connection with militarism-dominated Japan during World War II. His grandmother was subjected to nuclear radiation at the time of the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Event launches nature park used jointly with U.S. military

Mayor Ryuichi Hirai (2nd from L, front row) of Zushi, Kanagawa Prefecture, and former Olympian Dai Tamesue (3rd from L, front row) run at a ceremony launching the use of part of the Ikego Housing Area and U.S. Navy Annex in the city southwest of Tokyo as the "Ikego no Mori" nature park from February. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Boy tries sports wheelchair with Paralympics in mind

TOKYO, Japan - A boy, one of about 70 participants of an event to find athletes deemed capable of shining particularly in the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics, rides a sports wheelchair while former Olympian Dai Tamesue (3rd from R) and others look on at a sports center for disabled people in Tokyo on Aug. 23, 2014. (Kyodo)

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Tokyo Olympic torch relay

Former 400-meter hurdle Olympian Dai Tamesue runs in the Tokyo Olympic torch relay in Fukuyama in Hiroshima Prefecture, on May 18, 2021. The torch relay was taken off public roads and held without spectators in the western Japan prefecture with a coronavirus state of emergency in place.

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Tokyo Olympic torch relay

Former 400-meter hurdle Olympian Dai Tamesue transfers the Olympic flame to a cauldron in Fukuyama in Hiroshima Prefecture, on May 18, 2021. The Tokyo Olympic torch relay was taken off public roads and held without spectators in the western Japan prefecture with a coronavirus state of emergency in place.

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Tokyo Olympic torch relay

Former 400-meter hurdle Olympian Dai Tamesue smiles before running in the Tokyo Olympic torch relay in Fukuyama in Hiroshima Prefecture, on May 18, 2021. The torch relay was taken off public roads and held without spectators in the western Japan prefecture with a coronavirus state of emergency in place.

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Tamesue gives Japan 2nd medal at Edmonton

EDMONTON, Canada - Dai Tamesue of Japan beams with joy after winning the bronze medal in the men's 400-meter hurdles final of the athletics world championships at Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton, Canada, on Aug. 10. He is the first Japanese man to win a medal in a track event at either the Olympics or the world championships.