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Osaka Marathon

Ryota Kondo of Japan reacts as he crosses the Osaka Marathon finish line second in the western Japan city of Osaka on Feb. 24, 2025, setting a record time for a Japanese marathon debutant.

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Osaka Marathon

Ryota Kondo of Japan poses for photos after finishing the Osaka Marathon second in the western Japan city of Osaka on Feb. 24, 2025. He set a record time for a Japanese marathon debutant.

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Osaka Marathon

Ryota Kondo of Japan reacts as he crosses the Osaka Marathon finish line second in the western Japan city of Osaka on Feb. 24, 2025, setting a record time for a Japanese marathon debutant.

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Osaka Marathon

Ryota Kondo of Japan reacts as he crosses the Osaka Marathon finish line second in the western Japan city of Osaka on Feb. 24, 2025, setting a record time for a Japanese marathon debutant.

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Athletics: Beppu-Oita Mainichi Marathon

Japan's Hiroki Wakabayashi poses after finishing second at the Beppu-Oita Mainichi Marathon in 2 hours, 6 minutes and 7 seconds, the fastest time ever by a Japanese marathon debutant, at J-Lease Stadium in Oita, southwestern Japan, on Feb. 2, 2025.

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Athletics: Beppu-Oita Mainichi Marathon

Japan's Hiroki Wakabayashi crosses the finish line of the Beppu-Oita Mainichi Marathon, finishing second in 2 hours, 6 minutes and 7 seconds, the fastest time ever by a Japanese marathon debutant, at J-Lease Stadium in Oita, southwestern Japan, on Feb. 2, 2025.

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Athletics: Beppu-Oita Mainichi Marathon

Japan's Hiroki Wakabayashi crosses the finish line of the Beppu-Oita Mainichi Marathon, finishing second in 2 hours, 6 minutes and 7 seconds, the fastest time ever by a Japanese marathon debutant, at J-Lease Stadium in Oita, southwestern Japan, on Feb. 2, 2025.

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Sumo: Spring Grand Sumo Tournament

Top-division debutant Takerufuji is pictured after being beaten by former ozeki Asanoyama on the 14th day of the 15-day Spring Grand Sumo Tournament in Osaka on March 23, 2024.

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Sumo: Spring Grand Sumo Tournament

Top-division debutant Takerufuji (L) is pictured after being beaten by former ozeki Asanoyama on the 14th day of the 15-day Spring Grand Sumo Tournament in Osaka on March 23, 2024.

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Sumo: Spring Grand Sumo Tournament

Top-division debutant Takerufuji (L) is beaten by former ozeki Asanoyama on the 14th day of the 15-day Spring Grand Sumo Tournament in Osaka on March 23, 2024.

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Sumo: Spring Grand Sumo Tournament

Top-division debutant Takerufuji (R) is beaten by former ozeki Asanoyama on the 14th day of the 15-day Spring Grand Sumo Tournament in Osaka on March 23, 2024.

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Sumo: Spring Grand Sumo Tournament

Top-division debutant Takerufuji is pictured before taking on sekiwake Wakamotoharu on the 13th day of the 15-day Spring Grand Sumo Tournament in Osaka on March 22, 2024. The bottom-ranked No. 17 maegashira beat Wakamotoharu with a 12-1 record, coming close to becoming the first makuuchi-division rookie to win the Emperor's Cup since 1914.

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Sumo: Spring Grand Sumo Tournament

No. 17 maegashira Takerufuji looks dejected after being beaten by ozeki Hoshoryu on the 12th day of the 15-day Spring Grand Sumo Tournament in Osaka on March 21, 2024. The top-division debutant's perfect run came to a halt.

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Sumo: Spring Grand Sumo Tournament

No. 17 maegashira Takerufuji (L) is beaten by ozeki Hoshoryu on the 12th day of the 15-day Spring Grand Sumo Tournament in Osaka on March 21, 2024. The top-division debutant's perfect run came to a halt.

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Sumo: Spring Grand Sumo Tournament

No. 17 maegashira Takerufuji (L) is beaten by ozeki Hoshoryu on the 12th day of the 15-day Spring Grand Sumo Tournament in Osaka on March 21, 2024. The top-division debutant's perfect run came to a halt.

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Sumo: Spring Grand Sumo Tournament

No. 17 maegashira Takerufuji (top) beats ozeki Kotonowaka on the 11th day of the 15-day Spring Grand Sumo Tournament in Osaka on March 20, 2024, improving to 11-0 to match the record for a top-tier makuuchi-division debutant's perfect start set in January 1960 by legendary yokozuna Taiho.

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Sumo: Spring Grand Sumo Tournament

No. 17 maegashira Takerufuji smiles after beating ozeki Kotonowaka on the 11th day of the 15-day Spring Grand Sumo Tournament in Osaka on March 20, 2024, improving to 11-0 to match the record for a top-tier makuuchi-division debutant's perfect start set in January 1960 by legendary yokozuna Taiho.

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Athletics: Osaka Marathon

Marathon debutant Kiyoto Hirabayashi hits the tape to win the Osaka Marathon in 2 hours, 6 minutes, 18 seconds on Feb. 25, 2024, in the western Japan city of Osaka.

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Athletics: Osaka Marathon

Marathon debutant Kiyoto Hirabayashi hits the tape to win the Osaka Marathon in 2 hours, 6 minutes, 18 seconds on Feb. 25, 2024, in the western Japan city of Osaka.

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Chinese film opens 2023 Asian Film Festival Barcelona

STORY: Chinese film opens 2023 Asian Film Festival Barcelona DATELINE: Oct. 27, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:42 LOCATION: BARCELONA, Spain CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of posters of the Chinese film "Yangzi's Confusion" 2. various of the 2023 Asian Film Festival Barcelona 3. SOUNDBITE (Spanish): MENENE GRAS, Director of the Asian Film Festival Barcelona STORYLINE: The 2023 Chinese film "Yangzi's Confusion" by debutant filmmaker Li Jue opened the 11th edition of the Asian Film Festival Barcelona (AFFBCN) on Wednesday. The inaugural film tells the story of the ten-year-old Yangzi, who discovered that her mother gave up the custody of Yangzi after divorce, causing tension between the two. Running until Nov. 5, the festival boasts over a hundred films from 25 countries in the Asia-Pacific region. Coinciding with the 50th anniversary of the diplomatic relations between China and Spain, some 22 films in this year's festival are from China, five more than in 2022. Twelve of the Chinese films are feature-leng

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TOP 10 CHINESE ATHLETES OF 2022

(221225) -- BEIJING, Dec. 25, 2022 (Xinhua) -- File photo taken on March 6, 2022 shows Yang Hongqiong of China competes during during the Para Cross-Country Skiing Women's Long Distance Sitting of Beijing 2022 Winter Paralympics at National Biathlon Center in Zhangjiakou, north China's Hebei Province. Yang won three gold medals in the sprint, middle, and long distance sitting at the Beijing 2022 Paralympic Winter Games. The 33-year-old Paralympic debutant became the most decorated Chinese Para-Olympian and was named the flag bearer of the Chinese delegation at the closing ceremony of the Beijing Winter Paralympics. (Xinhua/Xue Yuge)

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Kotomitsuki beaten by Asasekiryu at autumn sumo

TOKYO, Japan - Ozeki debutant Kotomitsuki (R) was forced out of the ring by Mongolian sekiwake Asasekiryu (L) for a second loss at the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament on Sept. 14.

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Kotomitsuki beats Tokitenku at autumn sumo

TOKYO, Japan - Ozeki-debutant Kotomitsuki (back) deployed a well-timed underarm throw against No. 1 maegashira Tokitenku to bounce back from a shock defeat to Ama a day earlier on the fourth day of the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament in Tokyo on Sept. 12.

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Nursery tale author debuts at age of 92 in Tokushima

TOKUSHIMA, Japan - Sachiko Horie, a debutant author of nursery tales, holds her book on Nov. 11, 2014. Horie, residing in Tokushima, western Japan, made her debut as a nursery tale author just before turning 93 years old.

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Ichinojo beats grand champion Kakuryu

TOKYO, Japan - Ichinojo (C), a 10th-ranked maegashira, smiles as fans ask for his autograph after he beat grand champion Kakuryu in the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo on Sept. 26, 2014. The victory leaves the 21-year-old Ichinojo, the first makuuchi debutant to beat a yokozuna since 1973, tied at 12-1 with grand champion Hakuho.

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Ichinojo beats grand champion Kakuryu

TOKYO, Japan - Ichinojo (L), a 10th-ranked maegashira, beats grand champion Kakuryu in the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo on Sept. 26, 2014. The victory leaves the 21-year-old Ichinojo, the first makuuchi debutant to beat a yokozuna since 1973, tied at 12-1 with grand champion Hakuho.

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Ichinojo beats grand champion Kakuryu

TOKYO, Japan - Ichinojo (R), a 10th-ranked maegashira, beats grand champion Kakuryu in the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo on Sept. 26, 2014. The victory leaves the 21-year-old Ichinojo, the first makuuchi debutant to beat a yokozuna since 1973, tied at 12-1 with grand champion Hakuho.

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Nagoya basho 1st day

NAGOYA, Japan - Makuuchi division debutant Tokushoryu (L) pushes Chinese wrestler Sokokurai out of the ring on July 7, 2013, the first day of the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament at Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium. Sokokurai was fired due to accusations of bout rigging in 2011 but reinstated in April 2013 after a court ruled his dismissal invalid.

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1st day of summer basho

TOKYO, Japan - Grand champion Harumafuji (L) pushes komusubi debutant Okinoumi out of the ring on May 12, 2013, the first day of the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan hall.

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Harumafuji loses

FUKUOKA, Japan - Grand champion debutant Harumafuji (front) loses to Myogiryu on the 12th day of the 15-day Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament in Fukuoka on Nov. 22, 2012.

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Kisenosato beats Aminishiki

TOKYO, Japan - Ozeki debutant Kisenosato (front) beats Aminishiki with a thrust down on the second day of the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament on Jan. 9, 2012, at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo.

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Marathon debutant Adachi wins Beppu-Oita race

OITA, Japan - Little-known local runner Tomoya Adachi emerges as the surprise winner at the Beppu-Oita Mainichi Marathon with a come-from-behind victory in his marathon debut on Feb. 3. He crossed the finish line at Oita municipal athletics stadium in 2 hours, 11 minutes, 59 seconds.

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Hakuho, Kotomitsuki stay perfect at Nagoya meet

NAGOYA, Japan - Yokozuna debutant Hakuho (R) beats No. 4 maegashira Takamisakari by a well-timed slap on the shoulder on the sixth day of the 15-day Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament on July 13. Hakuho, along with promotion-chasing sekiwake Kotomitsuki, maintained his spotless record.

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Ogaki Nichidai reaches Koshien final

NISHINOMIYA, Japan - Members of tournament debutant Ogaki Nichidai from Gifu Prefecture run to celebrate after their team held off a late rally by Tokyo's Teikyo to claim a 5-4 victory in the semifinals of the national high school invitational tournament at Koshien Stadium on April 2. Ogaki Nichidai advanced to the final to face Tokoha Gakuen Kikugawa of Shizuoka Prefecture which beat Kumamoto Kogyo 6-4.

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Japan's Niiya wins women's part of Tokyo Marathon

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese marathon debutant Hitomi Niiya, 18, hits the tape to become the women's champion in the first Tokyo Marathon on Feb. 18. The Tokyo Marathon, which replaced the Tokyo International Marathon, began at the Tokyo governmental building with runners passing some of the capital's tourist spots like Ginza, the outer gardens of the Imperial Palace and Asakusa.

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Hakuho wins playoff against Miyabiyama at summer sumo

TOKYO, Japan - Mongolian ozeki debutant Hakuho (C, front), flanked by his father (R, front), is congratulated by his supporters on his victory in the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on May 21.

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Hakuho wins playoff against Miyabiyama at summer sumo

TOKYO, Japan - Mongolian ozeki debutant Hakuho (R) won a nailbiting playoff against sekiwake Miyabiyama at the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on May 21, claiming his career first title.

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Hakuho maintains share of lead at summer sumo

TOKYO, Japan - Mongolian ozeki debutant Hakuho (L) stayed in a share of the lead with sekiwake Miyabiyama and ozeki Chiyotaikai, dispatching of countryman Ama for his eighth victory at the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament in Tokyo on May 15.

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Asashoryu still chasing Chiyo

OSAKA, Japan - Grand champion debutant Asashoryu throws second-ranked maegashira Takamisakari for a convincing fifth win at the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament at Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium on March 14. But the Mongolian yokozuna was still left chasing front-running Chiyotaikai, who hauled down Tosanoumi to grab sole possession of the lead at 6-0.

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Yokozuna Asashoryu back in groove

OSAKA, Japan - Grand champion debutant Asashoryu (L) manages to dodge a bullet to get his bid for a third consecutive championship back on track with a win over Shimotori on the fourth day of the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament at Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium on March 12.

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Asashoryu wins on 2nd day in sumo tourney

OSAKA, Japan - Yokozuna debutant Asashoryu (R) pushes No. 1 maegashira Takanonami out of the ring March 10, the second day of the 15-day Spring Grand Sumo Tournament in Osaka.

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Athletics: Joint Osaka-Biwako marathon

Marathon debutant Gaku Hoshi (L) runs in Osaka on his way to winning the combined Osaka Marathon and Lake Biwa Mainichi Marathon on Feb. 27, 2022. (Pool photo)

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Athletics: Joint Osaka-Biwako marathon

Marathon debutant Gaku Hoshi runs in Osaka on his way to winning the combined Osaka Marathon and Lake Biwa Mainichi Marathon on Feb. 27, 2022. (Pool photo)

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Athletics: Joint Osaka-Biwako marathon

Marathon debutant Gaku Hoshi crosses the finish line in Osaka as he wins the combined Osaka Marathon and Lake Biwa Mainichi Marathon on Feb. 27, 2022.

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Athletics: Joint Osaka-Biwako marathon

Marathon debutant Gaku Hoshi crosses the finish line in Osaka as he wins the combined Osaka Marathon and Lake Biwa Mainichi Marathon on Feb. 27, 2022.

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Athletics: Joint Osaka-Biwako marathon

Marathon debutant Gaku Hoshi crosses the finish line in Osaka as he wins the combined Osaka Marathon and Lake Biwa Mainichi Marathon on Feb. 27, 2022.

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Real Madrid Sign France Teenager Eduardo Camavinga

File photo dated August 31, 2020 of Eduardo Camavinga during a training session at the French National Football Centre in Clairefontaine, Yvelines, France. Real Madrid have signed highly-rated France midfielder Eduardo Camavinga from Rennes on a six-year deal. The 18-year-old had entered the final 12 months of his contract with the Ligue 1 club, who were not prepared to lose him on a free transfer next year. He completed his medical at France's Clairefontaine training centre on Monday. In April 2019, Camavinga became the youngest Rennes debutant aged 16 years and four months. Photo byABACAPRESS.COM

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Real Madrid Sign France Teenager Eduardo Camavinga

File photo dated September 13, 2020 of Rennes Eduardo Camavinga in action during the Ligue 1 Nimes vs Rennes football match on in Nimes, France. Real Madrid have signed highly-rated France midfielder Eduardo Camavinga from Rennes on a six-year deal. The 18-year-old had entered the final 12 months of his contract with the Ligue 1 club, who were not prepared to lose him on a free transfer next year. He completed his medical at France's Clairefontaine training centre on Monday. In April 2019, Camavinga became the youngest Rennes debutant aged 16 years and four months. Photo by Patrick Aventurier/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Real Madrid Sign France Teenager Eduardo Camavinga

File photo dated October 7, 2020 of Eduardo Camavinga of France in action during the international friendly match between France and Ukraine in Paris, France. Real Madrid have signed highly-rated France midfielder Eduardo Camavinga from Rennes on a six-year deal. The 18-year-old had entered the final 12 months of his contract with the Ligue 1 club, who were not prepared to lose him on a free transfer next year. He completed his medical at France's Clairefontaine training centre on Monday. In April 2019, Camavinga became the youngest Rennes debutant aged 16 years and four months. Photo by David Niviere/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Real Madrid Sign France Teenager Eduardo Camavinga

File photo dated September 13, 2020 of Rennes Eduardo Camavinga in action during the Ligue 1 Nimes vs Rennes football match on in Nimes, France. Real Madrid have signed highly-rated France midfielder Eduardo Camavinga from Rennes on a six-year deal. The 18-year-old had entered the final 12 months of his contract with the Ligue 1 club, who were not prepared to lose him on a free transfer next year. He completed his medical at France's Clairefontaine training centre on Monday. In April 2019, Camavinga became the youngest Rennes debutant aged 16 years and four months. Photo by Patrick Aventurier/ABACAPRESS.COM