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Athletics: Osaka Marathon

Japan's Yuka Ando speaks at a press conference in the western Japan city of Osaka on Jan. 30, 2023, the day after her third-place finish in the Osaka Women's Marathon.

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Athletics: Osaka Marathon

Japan's Yuka Ando speaks at a press conference in the western Japan city of Osaka on Jan. 30, 2023, the day after her third-place finish in the Osaka Women's Marathon.

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Athletics: Osaka Marathon

Japan's Yuka Ando (rear) chases two Ethiopian competitors near the 30-kilometer mark during the Osaka Women's Marathon in western Japan on Jan. 29, 2023. (Pool photo)

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Athletics: Osaka Marathon

Japan's Yuka Ando crosses the finish line at Yanmar Field Nagai in Osaka, western Japan, to take third place in the Osaka Women's Marathon on Jan. 29, 2023. (Pool photo)

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Athletics: Osaka Marathon

Japan's Yuka Ando finishes third in Osaka Women's Marathon on Jan. 29, 2023.

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Athletics: Osaka Marathon

Japan's Yuka Ando poses after finishing third in Osaka Women's Marathon on Jan. 29, 2023.

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Athletics: Nagoya Women's Marathon

Japan's Yuka Ando finishes third at the Nagoya Women's Marathon in Nagoya, central Japan, on March 13, 2022.

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Athletics: Nagoya Women's Marathon

Japan's Yuka Ando finishes third at the Nagoya Women's Marathon in Nagoya, central Japan, on March 13, 2022.

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Athletics: Nagoya Women's Marathon

Japan's Yuka Ando poses after finishing third at the Nagoya Women's Marathon in Nagoya, central Japan, on March 13, 2022.

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Athletics: Japanese marathon runners for world c'ships in London

Japanese marathon runners for the world championships in London in August 2017 pose for a photo in Tokyo on March 20: (from L) Kentaro Nakamoto, Yuki Kawauchi, Hiroto Inoue, Yuka Ando, Risa Shigetomo and Mao Kiyota. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Athletics: Polestar Ando among 6 marathon runners for world c'ships

Yuka Ando, who clocked the fourth-fastest time ever by a Japanese female runner in her recent debut marathon race, poses at a press conference in Tokyo on March 17, 2017, after being named among six runners by the Japan Association of Athletics Federations to compete at the upcoming world athletics championships in London. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Athletics: Debutant Ando runs Japan's 4th fastest female marathon

Bahrain's Kenyan-born star Eunice Kirwa (front) and Yuka Ando of Japan compete in the Nagoya Women's Marathon in the central Japanese city of Nagoya on March 12, 2017. Kirwa, the Rio Olympic silver medalist, won the race for the third straight year while Ando finished second. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Athletics: Debutant Ando runs Japan's 4th fastest female marathon

Yuka Ando of Japan poses after finishing second in the Nagoya Women's Marathon in the central Japanese city of Nagoya on March 12, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Athletics: Debutant Ando runs Japan's 4th fastest female marathon

Yuka Ando of Japan crosses the Nagoya Women's Marathon finish line in the central Japanese city of Nagoya on March 12, 2017. The 22-year-old -- known for her unorthodox "ninja-like" form in which she barely swings her arms -- finished behind only Bahrain's Kenyan-born star Eunice Kirwa. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Athletics: Debutant Ando runs Japan's 4th fastest female marathon

Yuka Ando of Japan crosses the Nagoya Women's Marathon finish line as her coach readies to congratulate her in the central Japanese city of Nagoya on March 12, 2017. The 22-year-old -- known for her unorthodox "ninja-like" form in which she barely swings her arms -- finished behind only Bahrain's Kenyan-born star Eunice Kirwa. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo