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Marathon at Lake Toya, venue of this summer's G-8 summit

TOYAKO, Japan - Runners participate in the Toyako Marathon on May 25, an annual race held around Lake Toya, Hokkaido, the venue of this summer's Group of Eight summit. About 5,000 runners took part in the event, which features a full marathon as well as 2 km, 5 km and 10 km races.

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Jockey Take reaches 3,000 career wins

KYOTO, Japan - Japanese jockey Yutaka Take (L) stretched his all-time career wins record to 3,000 in races organized by the Japan Racing Association on Nov. 3. It took 20 years and eight months and 14,288 starts for Take to reach the new milestone since his debut in 1987.

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Wang picks season's first win

NEW YORK, United States - The New York Yankees' Taiwan-born right-hander Wang Chien-ming (R) races with Seattle Mariners infielder Yuniesky Betancourt, who hit a grounder to the first base in the sixth inning at Yankee Stadium on May 5. Wang allowed one run on two hits with no walks and four strikeouts in eight innings to notch his first win of the season. (MLB)

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Take wins 8 races for JRA single-day record

TAKARAZUKA, Japan - Jockey Yutaka Take poses for a photograph after setting a Japan Racing Association (JRA) record by winning eight races in a single day on Dec. 7. Take, who took part in 10 of the day's 12 races in drizzly conditions at Hanshin Racecourse, won six of the first 10 to tie the previous record and went on to take the final two races.

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T.M. Opera O rewrites records with Arima Kinen victory

FUNABASHI, Japan - Odds-on favorite T.M. Opera O captures the Arima Kinen title in a photo finish at Nakayama Racecourse in suburban Tokyo on Dec. 24, with the 4-year-old making Japanese horse-racing history by ending the year unbeaten with eight straight victories in graded races.

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Horse racing: Contrail bows out after winning Japan Cup

Jockey Yuichi Fukunaga sheds tears after winning the Grade 1 Japan Cup on Nov. 28, 2021, at Tokyo Racecourse. Last year's Japanese Triple Crown winner retired as a winner of eight races, five of those Grade 1 events.

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Horse racing: Contrail bows out after winning Japan Cup

Contrail (2), ridden by jockey Yuichi Fukunaga, blows rivals away to win the Grade 1 Japan Cup on Nov. 28, 2021, at Tokyo Racecourse. Last year's Japanese Triple Crown winner retired as a winner of eight races, five of those Grade 1 events.

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Horse racing: Contrail bows out after winning Japan Cup

Jockey Yuichi Fukunaga sheds tears after winning the Grade 1 Japan Cup on Nov. 28, 2021, at Tokyo Racecourse. Last year's Japanese Triple Crown winner retired as a winner of eight races, five of those Grade 1 events.

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Horse racing: Contrail bows out after winning Japan Cup

Contrail, ridden by jockey Yuichi Fukunaga, wins the Grade 1 Japan Cup on Nov. 28, 2021, at Tokyo Racecourse. Last year's Japanese Triple Crown winner retired as a winner of eight races, five of those Grade 1 events.

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Jockey Take reaches 3,000 career wins

KYOTO, Japan - Japanese jockey Yutaka Take (L) stretched his all-time career wins record to 3,000 in races organized by the Japan Racing Association on Nov. 3. It took 20 years and eight months and 14,288 starts for Take to reach the new milestone since his debut in 1987. (Kyodo)

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Marathon at Lake Toya, venue of this summer's G-8 summit

TOYAKO, Japan - Runners participate in the Toyako Marathon on May 25, an annual race held around Lake Toya, Hokkaido, the venue of this summer's Group of Eight summit. About 5,000 runners took part in the event, which features a full marathon as well as 2 km, 5 km and 10 km races. (Kyodo)

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Wang picks season's first win

NEW YORK, United States - The New York Yankees' Taiwan-born right-hander Wang Chien-ming (R) races with Seattle Mariners infielder Yuniesky Betancourt, who hit a grounder to the first base in the sixth inning at Yankee Stadium on May 5. Wang allowed one run on two hits with no walks and four strikeouts in eight innings to notch his first win of the season. (MLB) (Kyodo)

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Take wins 8 races for JRA single-day record

TAKARAZUKA, Japan - Jockey Yutaka Take poses for a photograph after setting a Japan Racing Association (JRA) record by winning eight races in a single day on Dec. 7. Take, who took part in 10 of the day's 12 races in drizzly conditions at Hanshin Racecourse, won six of the first 10 to tie the previous record and went on to take the final two races. (Kyodo)

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T.M. Opera O rewrites records with Arima Kinen victory

FUNABASHI, Japan - Odds-on favorite T.M. Opera O captures the Arima Kinen title in a photo finish at Nakayama Racecourse in suburban Tokyo on Dec. 24, with the 4-year-old making Japanese horse-racing history by ending the year unbeaten with eight straight victories in graded races.