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Athletics: Inter-Prefectural Women's Ekiden

Miyagi Prefecture anchor Haruka Kokai breaks the tape at the finish line of the Inter-Prefectural Women's Ekiden road relay in Kyoto on Jan. 14, 2024, securing the northeastern Japan prefecture's first title in 29 years and the second overall.

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Baseball: Tigers clinch pennant

Hanshin Tigers players celebrate after clinching their first Central League baseball title in 18 years and sixth overall with a win over the Yomiuri Giants at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, western Japan, on Sept. 14, 2023.

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Baseball: Tigers clinch pennant

Hanshin Tigers fans gather in Osaka's Dotonbori area on Sept. 14, 2023, after the team clinched their first Central League baseball title in 18 years and their sixth overall.

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Baseball: Tigers clinch pennant

Hanshin Tigers fans gather in Osaka's Dotonbori area on Sept. 14, 2023, after the team clinched their first Central League baseball title in 18 years and their sixth overall.

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Baseball: Tigers clinch pennant

Hanshin Tigers fans celebrate after the team clinched their first Central League baseball title in 18 years and sixth overall with a win over the Yomiuri Giants at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, western Japan, on Sept. 14, 2023.

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Baseball: Tigers clinch pennant

Hanshin Tigers players celebrate after clinching their first Central League baseball title in 18 years and sixth overall with a win over the Yomiuri Giants at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, western Japan, on Sept. 14, 2023.

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Baseball: Tigers clinch pennant

Hanshin Tigers manager Akinobu Okada is tossed up in the air at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, western Japan, on Sept. 14, 2023, after the team clinched their first Central League baseball title in 18 years and sixth overall following a win over the Yomiuri Giants.

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Baseball: Tigers clinch pennant

Hanshin Tigers players celebrate after clinching their first Central League baseball title in 18 years and sixth overall with a win over the Yomiuri Giants at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, western Japan, on Sept. 14, 2023.

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Baseball: Tigers clinch pennant

Hanshin Tigers manager Akinobu Okada is tossed up in the air at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, western Japan, on Sept. 14, 2023, after the team clinched their first Central League baseball title in 18 years and sixth overall following a win over the Yomiuri Giants.

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Slovenia's Roglic wins Giro d'Italia, Britain's Cavendish outsprints field to win closing stage in Rome

STORY: Slovenia's Roglic wins Giro d'Italia, Britain's Cavendish outsprints field to win closing stage in Rome DATELINE: May 29, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:27 LOCATION: Rome CATEGORY: SPORTS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the athletes of the Giro d'Italia bike race STORYLINE: Primoz Roglic became the first Slovenian to lift Giro d'Italia bike race title while British cyclist Mark Cavendish celebrated his final stage victory in his last appearance in the 106th edition of the event. The three-week race embraced much of the Italian peninsula, spanning 3,364 kilometers (2,090 miles). The concluding stage journeyed 126 kilometers (78 miles) in and around the Italian capital, ending dramatically in the shadow of the renowned Roman Colosseum. Roglic expressed his astonishment at his overall victory, saying, "I am still in disbelief." This win marks Roglic's maiden victory in the Giro d'Italia, following his three wins in Spain's Vuelta a Espana. Geraint Thomas of Britain held the race lead entering Saturday's mountainous ti

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(2) Yoshii, Kobayashi 1st-time winners at sprint c'ships

CHINO, Japan - Masaaki Kobayashi skates in the men's 1,000-meter race at the national sprint championships at Chino sports park skate center in Nagano Prefecture on Dec. 29. He won the overall title at the meet for the first time after finishing fourth in the second leg of the 500 and third in the 1,000. He earned 144.180 points for victory.

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Lundby wins overall World Cup title

OBERSTDORF, Germany, March 26 Kyodo - Maren Lundby of Norway poses after winning her first overall women's ski jumping World Cup title in Oberstdorf, Germany, on March 25, 2018.

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Uemura ends career with victory

HAKUBA, Japan - Japan's Aiko Uemura hurtles down the piste during her first run in the women's moguls final at the freestyle skiing national championships in Hakuba, Nagano Prefecture, on March 27, 2014. Uemura won the eighth national title of her career in her last competitive appearance. The five-time Olympian won the overall World Cup crown in the 2007-2008 season and two titles at the 2009 world freestyle championships.

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Uemura ends career with victory

HAKUBA, Japan - Japanese moguls skier Aiko Uemura takes a second air jump during her first run in the women's final at the freestyle skiing national championships in Hakuba, Nagano Prefecture, on March 27, 2014. Uemura won the eighth national title of her career in her last competitive appearance. The five-time Olympian won the overall World Cup crown in the 2007-2008 season and two titles at the 2009 world freestyle championships.

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Nippon Sport Science wins Tokyo-Hakone ekiden

TOKYO, Japan - Nippon Sport Science University anchor Yuichi Taninaga crosses the finishing line in Tokyo's Otemachi business district on Jan. 3, 2013. Nippon Sport Science won the annual collegiate ekiden road relay -- a two-day, 217.9-kilometer round trip between Otemachi and the spa resort of Hakone in Kanagawa Prefecture -- for the first time in 30 years in a time of 11 hours, 13 minutes, 26 seconds for its 10th overall title.

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Nippon Sport Science wins Tokyo-Hakone ekiden

TOKYO, Japan - Nippon Sport Science University anchor Yuichi Taninaga celebrates after crossing the finishing line in Tokyo's Otemachi business district on Jan. 3, 2013. Nippon Sport Science won the annual collegiate ekiden road relay -- a two-day, 217.9-kilometer round trip between Otemachi and the spa resort of Hakone in Kanagawa Prefecture -- for the first time in 30 years in a time of 11 hours, 13 minutes, 26 seconds for its 10th overall title.

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Nippon Sport Science wins Tokyo-Hakone ekiden

TOKYO, Japan - Nippon Sport Science University anchor Yuichi Taninaga celebrates after crossing the finishing line in Tokyo's Otemachi business district on Jan. 3, 2013. Nippon Sport Science won the annual collegiate ekiden road relay -- a two-day, 217.9-kilometer round trip between Otemachi and the spa resort of Hakone in Kanagawa Prefecture -- for the first time in 30 years in a time of 11 hours, 13 minutes, 26 seconds for its 10th overall title.

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Nippon Sport Science wins Tokyo-Hakone ekiden

TOKYO, Japan - Nippon Sport Science University anchor Yuichi Taninaga crosses the finishing line in Tokyo's Otemachi business district on Jan. 3, 2013. Nippon Sport Science won the annual collegiate ekiden road relay -- a two-day, 217.9-kilometer round trip between Otemachi and the spa resort of Hakone in Kanagawa Prefecture -- for the first time in 30 years in a time of 11 hours, 13 minutes, 26 seconds for its 10th overall title.

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Mogi wins Yonex Ladies

NAGAOKA, Japan - Hiromi Mogi wins the Yonex Ladies at Yonex Country Club in Niigata Prefecture on May 29, 2011. It was her first title in three years and fifth overall.

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Haga wins men's overall title

MORIOKA, Japan - Ryohei Haga skates during the 1,000-meter race of the national sprint championships at Iwate Prefectural Skate Rink in Iwate Prefecture on Dec. 29, 2010. Haga went on to win his first overall title.

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Kasai wins HTB Cup

SAPPORO, Japan - Japan's Noriaki Kasai celebrates after winning the HTB Cup ski jumping event at the Okurayama Hill in Sapporo on Jan. 9, 2010. The veteran captured his first title in six years and fourth overall in the competition.

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Kasai wins HTB Cup

SAPPORO, Japan - Japan's Noriaki Kasai soars to victory in the HTB Cup ski jumping event at the Okurayama Hill in Sapporo on Jan. 9, 2010. The veteran captured his first title in six years and fourth overall in the competition.

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Toyo Univ. holds on to win Tokyo-Hakone ekiden

TOKYO, Japan - Ryo Takami of Toyo University celebrates in Tokyo's Otematchi district Jan. 3 after breaking the tape to bring the university its first overall title at the Tokyo-Hakone collegiate ekiden road relay. Toyo claimed its first ever first-stage title in the relay from Tokyo to the spa resort of Hakone in Kanagawa Prefecture the previous day with Ryuji Kashiwabara's stirring final-leg run.

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Toyo Univ. holds on to win Tokyo-Hakone ekiden

TOKYO, Japan - Ryo Takami of Toyo University breaks the tape in Tokyo's Otematchi district to bring the university its first overall title in the Tokyo-Hakone collegiate ekiden road relay on Jan. 3. Toyo claimed its first ever first-stage title in the relay from Tokyo to the spa resort of Hakone in Kanagawa Prefecture the previous day with Ryuji Kashiwabara's stirring final-leg run.

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Oyama picks up 1st win of season at Masters GC Ladies

MIKI, Japan - Shiho Oyama smiles after winning the Masters GC Ladies at 7-under 209 at Masters Golf Club in Hyogo Prefecture on Oct. 26. Oyama claimed her first title of the year and 11th overall.

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Asashoryu crowned overall champion in Mongolian tour

ULAN BATOR, Mongolia - Yokozuna Asashoryu, who won the overall title in the first-ever sumo exhibition tour of Mongolia, holds back tears as he greets spectators in Ulan Bator on Aug. 28.

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Asashoryu crowned overall champion in Mongolian tour

ULAN BATOR, Mongolia - Yokozuna Asashoryu (L) is presented by Mongolian President Nambaryn Enkhbayar (R) with a trophy for winning the overall title in the first-ever sumo exhibition tour of Mongolia in Ulan Bator on Aug. 28.

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Asashoryu crowned overall champion on Mongolian tour

ULAN BATOR, Mongolia - Yokozuna Asashoryu (L) beat fellow Mongolian grand champion Hakuho (R), winning the overall title in the first-ever sumo exhibition tour of Mongolia in Ulan Bator on Aug. 28.

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Asashoryu crowned overall champion in Mongolian tour

ULAN BATOR, Mongolia - Yokozuna Asashoryu (L) is presented with an embroidered picture after winning the overall title in the first-ever sumo exhibition tour of Mongolia in Ulan Bator on Aug. 28.

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Uemura wins 5th straight World Cup event

VALMALENCO, Italy - Newly crowned moguls World Cup champion Aiko Uemura continued her dominance March 15, winning her fifth straight title with a convincing victory in the final event of the season. Uemura, who became the first Japanese to capture the overall World Cup moguls crown a week earlier, put the icing on the cake to a brilliant season, winning the event with a score of 24.50.

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Kashima Antlers crowned J-League champions as Urawa Reds choke

KASHIMA, Japan - Kashima Antlers manager Oswaldo Oliveira is thrown into the air by his players at Kashima Soccer Stadium on Dec. 1 after the club won their first J-League title since 2001 and fifth overall after sweeping aside Shimizu S-Pulse 3-0 at home.

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Athens champion Tani to compete in national invitational meet

TOKYO, Japan - The All Japan Judo Federation said on Jan. 17 that Athens Olympic 48-kilogram women's gold medalist Ryoko Tani (in file photo) will take part in the national invitational weight-class championships in April. Tani's appearance at the April 7-8 meet in Fukuoka will be her first since she prevailed to capture her third straight title and 14th overall in 2005. Kyodo)

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Juntendo wins 1st Tokyo-Hakone ekiden title in 6 years

TOKYO, Japan - Juntendo University anchor Genta Matsuse crosses the finish line in Tokyo's Otemachi business district on Jan. 3, securing the university team's first overall title in six years in the two-day Tokyo-Hakone round-trip collegiate ekiden road relay.

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Asia Univ. wins 1st Tokyo-Hakone ekiden title

TOKYO, Japan - Asia University's ''ekiden'' road relay team anchor, Naohiro Okada, breaks the tape in Tokyo on Jan. 3. to grab the university's first overall title in the Tokyo-Hakone collegiate ''ekiden'' relay.

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Japan's Tomita clinches overall gold at gymnastic worlds

MELBOURNE, Australia - Hiroyuki Tomita (C) captures the men's overall title at the world gymnastic championships on Nov. 24, becoming the first Japanese man to accomplish the feat in 31 years. Compatriot Hisashi Mizutori (L) took second and Denis Savenkov of Belarus finished third.

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Japan's Tomita clinches overall gold at gymnastic worlds

MELBOURNE, Australia - Hiroyuki Tomita (L) captures the men's overall title at the world gymnastic championships on Nov. 24, becoming the first Japanese man to accomplish the feat in 31 years. Compatriot Hisashi Mizutori (R) took second.

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(1)Slutskaya wins Grand Prix final, Arakawa places 2nd

BEIJING, China - Irina Slutskaya of Russia performs during the women's free skating at the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final in Beijing on Dec. 18. Slutskaya Slutskaya dominated both the free and short programs to take home her fourth overall title and first in three seasons with a tally of 180.88.

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Japan claims 3rd title at women's World Cup

TOKYO, Japan - Members of the Japanese women's wrestling team pose for photos at Tokyo's Komazawa Gymnasium Oct. 9 after winning their first title in two years and third overall with an unbeaten record at the women's wrestling World Cup.

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Fujii beats Kimura in playoff to win Promise Ladies

TOJO, Japan - Kasumi Fujii beams with her cup in hand after winning her first title in 14 months and sixth overall by defeating veteran Toshimi Kimura in a two-way playoff of the Promise Ladies at the Water Hills Golf Club in Hyogo Prefecture on June 27.

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Asashoryu wins at Kyushu sumo

FUKUOKA, Japan - Yokozuna Asashoryu, aiming for his second straight victory and fifth overall title, pushes komusubi Iwakiyama out of the ring on the first day of the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament on Nov. 9.

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Veteran Ku wins Vernal Ladies

AMAGI, Japan - Veteran Ku Ok Hee of South Korea smiles with her cup in hands after clinching a two-stroke victory at the Vernal Ladies golf tournament the Fukuoka Century Golf Club in Fukuoka Prefecture on May 18. It was the 46-year-old Ku's first victory since winning the Japan LPGA Championship in September 2002 and her 23rd overall title.

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Masuoka wins 2nd straight Dakar rally title

SHARM EL SHEIKH, Egypt - Mitsubishi driver Hiroshi Masuoka (in file photo) of Japan maintained his overnight lead at the 25th Dakar rally on Jan. 19, winning his second straight title in the grueling 8,552-kilometer race through Europe, Tunisia, Libya and Egypt. Masuoka's fortune twisted for the better the moment he climbed into the top of the four-wheel division standings when Mitsubishi teammate Stephane Peterhansel of France dropped from first to fourth overall for suspension problems the previous day.

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Komazawa Univ. wins overall crown in Tokyo-Hakone ekiden

TOKYO, Japan - Shuichi Kawamura of Komazawa University cuts the tape at Tokyo's Otemachi district Jan. 3 to bring his team the overall title of the Tokyo-Hakone collegiate ekiden road relay for its first victory in two years.

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Vingegaard wins maiden Tour de France title

STORY: Vingegaard wins maiden Tour de France title DATELINE: July 26, 2022 LENGTH: 00:04:20 LOCATION: Paris CATEGORY: SPORTS SHOTLIST: various of the matchvarious of audiences cheeringvarious of the awarding ceremony STORYLINE: Jonas Vingegaard of Denmark claimed his first Tour de France title in the 109th edition of the most prestigious road cycling race in Paris on Sunday. Vingegaard, who finished second behind Tadej Pogacar last year, has become the first Danish rider to have won the competition since Bjarne Riis in 1996. The 25-year-old Dane finished the three-week race two minutes and 43 seconds ahead of Pogacar, thanks to his excellent performance in the mountain stages. He also won the polka-dot jersey for the mountains classification. White jersey holder Pogacar finished runner-up overall, and the 2018 winner Geraint Thomas rounded out the podium. Vingegaard's teammate Wout van Aert became the winner of the green sprint jersey, and team Jumbo-Visma combined for six stage wi

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Komazawa Univ. wins overall crown in Tokyo-Hakone ekiden

TOKYO, Japan - Shuichi Kawamura of Komazawa University cuts the tape at Tokyo's Otemachi district Jan. 3 to bring his team the overall title of the Tokyo-Hakone collegiate ekiden road relay for its first victory in two years.

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(1)Slutskaya wins Grand Prix final, Arakawa places 2nd

BEIJING, China - Irina Slutskaya of Russia performs during the women's free skating at the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final in Beijing on Dec. 18. Slutskaya Slutskaya dominated both the free and short programs to take home her fourth overall title and first in three seasons with a tally of 180.88. (Kyodo)

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(2) Yoshii, Kobayashi 1st-time winners at sprint c'ships

CHINO, Japan - Masaaki Kobayashi skates in the men's 1,000-meter race at the national sprint championships at Chino sports park skate center in Nagano Prefecture on Dec. 29. He won the overall title at the meet for the first time after finishing fourth in the second leg of the 500 and third in the 1,000. He earned 144.180 points for victory. (Kyodo)

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Japan's Tomita clinches overall gold at gymnastic worlds

MELBOURNE, Australia - Hiroyuki Tomita (C) captures the men's overall title at the world gymnastic championships on Nov. 24, becoming the first Japanese man to accomplish the feat in 31 years. Compatriot Hisashi Mizutori (L) took second and Denis Savenkov of Belarus finished third. (Kyodo)

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Asia Univ. wins 1st Tokyo-Hakone ekiden title

TOKYO, Japan - Asia University's ''ekiden'' road relay team anchor, Naohiro Okada, breaks the tape in Tokyo on Jan. 3. to grab the university's first overall title in the Tokyo-Hakone collegiate ''ekiden'' relay. (Kyodo)

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Juntendo wins 1st Tokyo-Hakone ekiden title in 6 years

TOKYO, Japan - Juntendo University anchor Genta Matsuse crosses the finish line in Tokyo's Otemachi business district on Jan. 3, securing the university team's first overall title in six years in the two-day Tokyo-Hakone round-trip collegiate ekiden road relay. (Kyodo)