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Vibrant Plateau: Young Tibetan man's love for downhill mountain biking

STORY: Vibrant Plateau: Young Tibetan man's love for downhill mountain biking SHOOTING TIME: Earlier footages DATELINE: June 26, 2024 LENGTH: 00:07:07 LOCATION: LHASA, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY/SPORTS STORYLINE: SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): Referee "30 seconds to go! Listen to the countdown and go!" "Five, four, three, two, one." Having been passionate about cycling for nearly a decade, Tenzin Jigme will finally compete on a national-level stage. Tenzin Jigme is busy packing up his bike for an entirely new challenge. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): TENZIN JIGME "I am prepping stuff for tomorrow. And the bike also needs to be ready for tomorrow's flight." As it's his first time leaving Xizang for a competition, Jigme seems a bit out of his element. Thankfully, help from his friends has given him much peace of mind. SOUNDBITE 3 (Tibetan): TENZIN JIGME "All done, right?" SOUNDBITE 4 (Chinese): ZHOU GEJIA, Jigme's friend "Aren't you going to take the pedals?" SOUNDBITE 5 (Chinese): ZHOU GEJIA, Jigme's friend "I heard

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Folk customs of Duanwu Festival in 60 seconds

STORY: Folk customs of Duanwu Festival in 60 seconds SHOOTING TIME: Recent footage DATELINE: June 10, 2024 LENGTH: 0:00:59 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of folk customs of Duanwu Festival STORYLINE: The Duanwu Festival has arrived. Tying five-color silk string Wearing scented sachets Hanging mugwort leaves and calamus Fish-shaped lantern parade Releasing floating lanterns Dragon lantern dance Dragon boat racing Sprinkling Xionghuang powder Expelling five poisonous pests Eating Zongzi (sticky rice dumplings) Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Beijing. (XHTV)

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Chinese student solves Klotski puzzle within 1s

STORY: Chinese student solves Klotski puzzle within 1s SHOOTING TIME: Recent footage DATELINE: June 6, 2024 LENGTH: 00:00:08 LOCATION: XIAMEN, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the student solving a 4×5 Klotski puzzle STORYLINE: A 16-year-old boy from China's Guangzhou recently solved a 4×5 Klotski puzzle with the "passing through the five barriers" layout in 0.979 seconds, breaking the world record. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Xiamen, China. (XHTV)

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Nigeria grabs men's 4x100m relay gold at 13th African Games

STORY: Nigeria grabs men's 4x100m relay gold at 13th African Games SHOOTING TIME: March 20, 2024 DATELINE: March 22, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:50 LOCATION: Accra CATEGORY: SPORTS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the men's 4x100m relay final 2. various of the Nigerian national team 3. various of the medals awarded 4. SOUNDBITE (English): ALABA AKINTOLA, Nigerian sprinter 5. various of the women's 4x100m relay final STORYLINE: Nigeria late Wednesday clinched the gold medal in the men's 4x100m relay at the 13th African Games in Accra, the capital of Ghana. The Nigerian quartet finished the race in 38.41 seconds to snatch the gold from Ghana, who won it in Morocco in 2019. Ghana came in second with a time of 38.43 seconds to receive the silver, as fellow West African country Liberia grabbed bronze, finishing in 38.73 seconds. SOUNDBITE (English): ALABA AKINTOLA, Nigerian sprinter "It feels good because I was in the same position last five years and Joseph (Paul Amoah of Ghana) ran ahead of me, and this year I was

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Lithuania's Sorokin breaks own world record for 100km ultramarathon

STORY: Lithuania's Sorokin breaks own world record for 100km ultramarathon DATELINE: May 15, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:27 LOCATION: Vilnius CATEGORY: SPORTS SHOTLIST: 1. various of runners during the event 2. various of the audience watching and cheering 3. various of Aleksandr Sorokin 4. SOUNDBITE (Lithuanian): ALEKSANDR SOROKIN, Lithuanian runner STORYLINE: Lithuanian runner Aleksandr Sorokin broke his own world record in the 100km Ultramarathon Championship held in Vilnius on Sunday. Sorokin finished first in six hours, five minutes and 35 seconds, six seconds faster than the previous record made by himself. Sorokin said that he had a stomach ache during his run, but did his utmost during the last hour to break the record. SOUNDBITE (Lithuanian): ALEKSANDR SOROKIN, Lithuanian runner "The support from all of you helped a lot. I wouldn't say it was the hardest competition. I had some problems with my stomach in the middle of the run, but I felt better afterward. I was running, and in the middle of the run, I

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Sendai half marathon

SENDAI, Japan - Photo shows Japan's Mizuki Noguchi at the award ceremony for the Sendai International Half Marathon at Sendai City Athletic Stadium in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, on May 12, 2013, after she won the women's race in a time of 1 hour, 10 minutes, 36 seconds. The Athens Olympics marathon gold medalist won her first official race in five years.

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Tosen Jordan wins Emperor's Cup

TOKYO, Japan - Five-year-old Tosen Jordan (L) gallops in the autumn Emperor's Cup at Tokyo Racecourse in Fuchu, Tokyo, on Oct. 30, 2011, with Dark Shadow (R) running next to it. The seventh choice Tosen Jordan won the race, setting a new national record of 1 minute, 56.1 seconds for 2,000 meters, followed by second choice Dark Shadow. (Pool photo)

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Horiba Itech to release new in-vehicle recorder for accidents

OSAKA, Japan - Horiba Itech Co. said April 6 the system engineering company will release April 10 a type of in-vehicle equipment (in photo) that automatically captures a video recording of the scene when the car is involved in an accident. The recorder is attached with a small camera that starts recording when detecting a strong impact to the car and records the moving image for 15 seconds before and five seconds after the impact.

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(2)Yamanashi Gakuin Univ. wins 1st day of Tokyo-Hakone ekiden

HAKONE, Japan - Yamanashi Kakuin University anchor Naoto Morimoto throws up his arm in celebration just before running past the finish line on the first day Jan. 2 of the annual Tokyo-Hakone collegiate ekiden road relay. Five Yamanashi Gakuin runners combined to clock a record of 5 hours, 31 minutes, 6 seconds over the 107.2-km course as the school won the first-day title of the annual New Year race for the third time and first in nine years.

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Kiksis makes it three straight in int'l keirin series

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Ainars Kiksis of Latvia (R) waves to fans in Hiroshima on April 16 after edging Australia's Shane Kelly at the finish line to make it three wins in as many races in cycling's international keirin series. Kiksis completed five laps and 2,015 meters on the Hiroshima velodrome's banked track in 3 minutes, 3.4 seconds to defeat 1998 series winner Kelly by three-quarters of a length for the second straight final in the series.

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Juntendo University wins Tokyo-Hakone relay

TOKYO, Japan - Anchor Nobuhito Miyazaki cuts the tape as Juntendo University won its 10th championship in the Tokyo-Hakone collegiate ekiden road relay Jan. 3. The five Juntendo runners completed the 109.2-kilometer relay from Lake Ashinoko in Kanagawa Prefecture to Tokyo's Otemachi business district in 5 hours, 30 minutes and 57 seconds to win the two-day event with a total time of 11:14:05. Defending champion Komazawa University came in second at 11:17:00 while Chuo University, which won the outward leg of the competition Jan. 2, finished third at 11:19:17.

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Kenya's Chepchumba takes Tokyo Int'l Women's Marathon

TOKYO, Japan - Olympic bronze medalist Joyce Chepchumba of Kenya ends Japan's five-race winning streak in the Tokyo International Women's Marathon on Nov. 19, pulling away from Reiko Tosa over the second half of the race to win by more than 200 meters. Chepchumba, who steadily increased her lead on the return portion of the 42.195-kilometer race, crosses the finish line at National Stadium in 2 hours, 24 minutes, 2 seconds for the first-ever victory by a runner from Africa in the race.

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Tesla delivers first electric Semi trucks

STORY: Tesla delivers first electric Semi trucks DATELINE: Dec. 2, 2022 LENGTH: 00:04:03 LOCATION: SAN FRANCISCO, U.S. CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Tesla Semis trucks 2. various of Tesla CEO Elon Musk speaking 3. various of Tesla Semis trucks STORYLINE: Tesla delivered the first patch of electric Semi trucks to PepsiCo on Thursday at an event held at its Gigafactory in Sparks, U.S. state of Nevada. Tesla CEO Elon Musk drove one of three Tesla Semis in front of audiences at the event. The Semi was first unveiled in concept form five years ago. It was supposed to go into production in 2019 but was delayed mainly due to the global parts shortage and the COVID-19 pandemic. It is powered by four independent motors, and can accelerate 0-60 miles per hour in 20 seconds. It has a battery range of up to 500 miles when pulling an 82,000-pound (37,000-kilo) load. According to Tesla, the prices might start at 150,000 U.S. dollars. Musk said the company plans to ramp up Semi production to make 50,0

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South Africa's iconic marathon event resumes after two-year break

STORY: South Africa's iconic marathon event resumes after two-year break DATELINE: April 19, 2022 LENGTH: 00:04:21 LOCATION: CAPE TOWN, South Africa CATEGORY: SPORTS SHOTLIST: various of the MarathonSOUNDBITE 1 (English): GERDA STEYN, Women's championSOUNDBITE 2: EDNDALE BELACHEW, Men's championvarious of atheletes getting medals STORYLINE: The Two Oceans Marathon took place on the weekend in South Africa's Cape Town after a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic. South Africa's Gerda Steyn won the women's race for the third consecutive time in Sunday's 56-km ultra marathon, in three hours 29 minutes and 42 seconds, while Ethiopia's Edndale Belachew became the new men's champion in three hours nine minutes and five seconds. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): GERDA STEYN, Women's champion "The race strategy was quite different from what I anticipated. I didn't think that there would be such a big group at the later stages of the race, especially off the half-way mark, let alone being dropped at one stage, while

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Horiba Itech to release new in-vehicle recorder for accidents

OSAKA, Japan - Horiba Itech Co. said April 6 the system engineering company will release April 10 a type of in-vehicle equipment (in photo) that automatically captures a video recording of the scene when the car is involved in an accident. The recorder is attached with a small camera that starts recording when detecting a strong impact to the car and records the moving image for 15 seconds before and five seconds after the impact. (Kyodo)

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Tosen Jordan wins Emperor's Cup

TOKYO, Japan - Five-year-old Tosen Jordan (L) gallops in the autumn Emperor's Cup at Tokyo Racecourse in Fuchu, Tokyo, on Oct. 30, 2011, with Dark Shadow (R) running next to it. The seventh choice Tosen Jordan won the race, setting a new national record of 1 minute, 56.1 seconds for 2,000 meters, followed by second choice Dark Shadow. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)

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