Athletics: World championships in Tokyo

Athletics: World championships in Tokyo

Sprinters, including Oblique Seville (2nd form L) of Jamaica, start the men's 100-meter final at the World Athletics Championships at the National Stadium in Tokyo on Sept. 14, 2025.

Athletics: World championships in Tokyo

Athletics: World championships in Tokyo

Sprinters start in the men's 100-meter final at the World Athletics Championships at the National Stadium in Tokyo on Sept. 14, 2025.

World Athletics Championships

World Athletics Championships

Japanese sprinters Hiroki Yanagita (front) and Yuhi Mori practice a relay handover at the National Stadium in Tokyo on Sept. 4, 2025, ahead of the World Athletics Championships, set to open on Sept. 13. (Pool photo)

World Athletics Championships

World Athletics Championships

Japanese sprinters Yoshihide Kiryu (R) and Yuhi Mori practice a relay handover at the National Stadium in Tokyo on Sept. 4, 2025, ahead of the World Athletics Championships, set to open on Sept. 13. (Pool photo)

Paris 2024 - Men Marathon in Paris FA

Paris 2024 - Men Marathon in Paris FA

Sprinters run in the Men’s Marathon during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games on August 10, 2024. Photo by Firas Abdullah/ABACAPRESS.COM

Paris 2024 - Men Marathon in Paris FA

Paris 2024 - Men Marathon in Paris FA

Sprinters run in the Men’s Marathon during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games on August 10, 2024. Photo by Firas Abdullah/ABACAPRESS.COM

Paris 2024 - Men Marathon in Paris FA

Paris 2024 - Men Marathon in Paris FA

Sprinters run in the Men’s Marathon during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games on August 10, 2024. Photo by Firas Abdullah/ABACAPRESS.COM

Paris 2024 - Men Marathon in Paris FA

Paris 2024 - Men Marathon in Paris FA

Sprinters run in the Men’s Marathon during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games on August 10, 2024. Photo by Firas Abdullah/ABACAPRESS.COM

Paris 2024 - Men Marathon in Paris FA

Paris 2024 - Men Marathon in Paris FA

Sprinters run in the Men’s Marathon during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games on August 10, 2024. Photo by Firas Abdullah/ABACAPRESS.COM

Paris Olympics: Athletics

Paris Olympics: Athletics

Japan sprinters -- (from L) Yoshihide Kiryu, Koki Ueyama, Ryuichiro Sakai and Abdul Hakim Sani Brown -- are pictured after finishing fifth in the men's 4x100-meter relay final at the Paris Olympics at Stade de France in Saint-Denis near Paris on Aug. 9, 2024.

Paris Olympics: Athletics

Paris Olympics: Athletics

Dutch sprinters -- (from L) Eugene Omalla, Femke Bol, Lieke Klaver and Isaya Klein Ikkink -- celebrate after winning gold in the 4x400-meter relay mixed event at Stade de France in Saint-Denis near Paris on Aug. 3, 2024.

Paris 2024 - 100m - Noah Lyles Wins Gold

Paris 2024 - 100m - Noah Lyles Wins Gold

Sprinters compete in the men's 100 meters final on day nine of the Paris 2024 Summer Olympic Games at Stade de France on August 04, 2024 in Paris, France. Photo by Nicolas Gouhier/ABACAPRESS.COM

Paris 2024 - 100m - Noah Lyles Wins Gold

Paris 2024 - 100m - Noah Lyles Wins Gold

Sprinters compete in the men's 100 meters final on day nine of the Paris 2024 Summer Olympic Games at Stade de France on August 04, 2024 in Paris, France. Photo by Nicolas Gouhier/ABACAPRESS.COM

Paris 2024 - 100m - Noah Lyles Wins Gold

Paris 2024 - 100m - Noah Lyles Wins Gold

Sprinters compete in the men's 100 meters final on day nine of the Paris 2024 Summer Olympic Games at Stade de France on August 04, 2024 in Paris, France. Photo by Nicolas Gouhier/ABACAPRESS.COM

Paris 2024 - 100m - Noah Lyles Wins Gold

Paris 2024 - 100m - Noah Lyles Wins Gold

Sprinters compete in the men's 100 meters final on day nine of the Paris 2024 Summer Olympic Games at Stade de France on August 04, 2024 in Paris, France. Photo by Nicolas Gouhier/ABACAPRESS.COM

Paris 2024 - 100m - Noah Lyles Wins Gold

Paris 2024 - 100m - Noah Lyles Wins Gold

Sprinters compete in the men's 100 meters final on day nine of the Paris 2024 Summer Olympic Games at Stade de France on August 04, 2024 in Paris, France. Photo by Nicolas Gouhier/ABACAPRESS.COM

Paris 2024 - 100m - Noah Lyles Wins Gold

Paris 2024 - 100m - Noah Lyles Wins Gold

Sprinters compete in the men's 100 meters final on day nine of the Paris 2024 Summer Olympic Games at Stade de France on August 04, 2024 in Paris, France. Photo by Nicolas Gouhier/ABACAPRESS.COM

Paris 2024 - 100m - Noah Lyles Wins Gold

Paris 2024 - 100m - Noah Lyles Wins Gold

Sprinters compete in the men's 100 meters final on day nine of the Paris 2024 Summer Olympic Games at Stade de France on August 04, 2024 in Paris, France. Photo by Nicolas Gouhier/ABACAPRESS.COM

Paris 2024 - 100m - Noah Lyles Wins Gold

Paris 2024 - 100m - Noah Lyles Wins Gold

Sprinters compete in the men's 100 meters final on day nine of the Paris 2024 Summer Olympic Games at Stade de France on August 04, 2024 in Paris, France. Photo by Nicolas Gouhier/ABACAPRESS.COM

Paris Olympics: Athletics

Paris Olympics: Athletics

Sprinters compete in a men's 100 meters semifinal at the Paris Olympics on Aug. 4, 2024, at Stade de France in Saint-Denis, near Paris.

Paris Olympics: Athletics

Paris Olympics: Athletics

Sprinters compete in a men's 100 meters semifinal at the Paris Olympics on Aug. 4, 2024, at Stade de France in Saint-Denis, near Paris.

Paris Olympics: Athletics

Paris Olympics: Athletics

Sprinters run in a men's 100 meters semifinal at the Paris Olympics on Aug. 4, 2024, at Stade de France in Saint-Denis, near Paris.

Paris Olympics: Athletics

Paris Olympics: Athletics

Sprinters start in a men's 100 meters semifinal at the Paris Olympics on Aug. 4, 2024, at Stade de France in Saint-Denis, near Paris.

Paris Olympics: Athletics

Paris Olympics: Athletics

Sprinters run in the women's 100-meter final at the Paris Olympics on Aug. 3, 2024, at Stade de France in Saint-Denis, near Paris. Saint Lucia's Julien Alfred (4th from L) won the race.

Paris Olympics: Athletics

Paris Olympics: Athletics

Sprinters start in the women's 100-meter final at the Paris Olympics on Aug. 3, 2024, at Stade de France in Saint-Denis, near Paris. Saint Lucia's Julien Alfred (4th from top) won the race.

Ghana's Amoah wins men's 200m race at 13th African Games

STORY: Ghana's Amoah wins men's 200m race at 13th African Games SHOOTING TIME: March 22, 2024 DATELINE: March 24, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:31 LOCATION: Accra CATEGORY: SPORTS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the men's 200m final 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): JOSEPH PAUL AMOAH, Ghanaian athlete 3. various of Ghanaian athletic team STORYLINE: Ghana's Joseph Paul Amoah grabbed the men's 200m race gold at the ongoing 13th African Games in Accra on Friday. Amoah shrugged off competition from other athletes to finish in 20.70 seconds in the final, drawing loud cheers from the audience at the University of Ghana Stadium. Sprinters from Cameroon and Nigeria took silver and bronze respectively. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): JOSEPH PAUL AMOAH, Ghanaian athlete "This is an incredible feeling to be able to do it for the whole fans. It was everything that I wished for, to be able to win a medal for Ghana, and doing it in Ghana is so amazing." He also lauded all his teammates for working hard to win some medals for the country du

Horseracing: Sprinters Stakes

Horseracing: Sprinters Stakes

Jockey Yuga Kawada is pictured aboard Mama Cocha after winning the Sprinters Stakes Grade 1 horse race at Nakayama racecourse in Funabashi, Chiba Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Oct. 1, 2023.

Horseracing: Sprinters Stakes

Horseracing: Sprinters Stakes

Mama Cocha (6) crosses the finish line a nose ahead of Mad Cool (10) at the Sprinters Stakes Grade 1 horse race at Nakayama racecourse in Funabashi, Chiba Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Oct. 1, 2023.

Athletics: World championships

Athletics: World championships

Sha'Carri Richardson (C) of the United States celebrates after winning the women's 100 meters final at the world athletics championships in Budapest on Aug. 21, 2023, alongside Jamaican sprinters Shericka Jackson (R) and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, who won silver and bronze, respectively.

Lord Kanaloa wins Sprinters Stakes

Lord Kanaloa wins Sprinters Stakes

CHIBA, Japan - Lord Kanaloa (10), ridden by jockey Yasunari Iwata, wins the Sprinters Stakes at Nakayama Racecourse in Chiba Prefecture on Sept. 29, 2013. The defending champion earned his fifth consecutive Grade 1 victory.

Lord Kanaloa wins Sprinters Stakes

Lord Kanaloa wins Sprinters Stakes

CHIBA, Japan - Lord Kanaloa (far R), ridden by jockey Yasunari Iwata, gallops to victory in the Sprinters Stakes at Nakayama Racecourse in Chiba Prefecture on Sept. 29, 2013. The defending champion won the race for his fifth consecutive Grade 1 victory. (Pool photo)

Lord Kanaloa wins Sprinters Stakes

Lord Kanaloa wins Sprinters Stakes

CHIBA, Japan - Jockey Yasunari Iwata (R) and Lord Kanaloa are pictured after their victory in the Sprinters Stakes at Nakayama Racecourse in Chiba Prefecture on Sept. 29, 2013.

Lord Kanaloa wins Takamatsunomiya Kinen

Lord Kanaloa wins Takamatsunomiya Kinen

TOYOAKE, Japan - Lord Kanaloa (front), ridden by jockey Yasunari Iwata, gallops to victory in the Takamatsunomiya Kinen at Chukyo Racecourse in Aichi Prefecture on March 24, 2013. The overwhelming favorite, and Hong Kong Sprint and Sprinters Stakes champion, became the first Japanese horse to capture three Grade 1 sprint titles. To the right is Hakusan Moon, which finished third.

Lord Kanaloa wins Sprinters Stakes

Lord Kanaloa wins Sprinters Stakes

FUNABASHI, Japan - Lord Kanaloa (front) gallops to victory in the 46th Sprinters Stakes at Nakayama Racecourse in Funabashi, Chiba Prefecture, near Tokyo, on Sept. 30, 2012, followed by top favorite Curren Chan. Second choice Lord Kanaloa crossed the line in a record time of 1 minute, 6.7 seconds at the 1,200-meters to claim his first Grade One title.

Fukushima wins 100 meters in Asian c'ships

Fukushima wins 100 meters in Asian c'ships

GUANGZHOU, China - Japan's Chisato Fukushima celebrates her first Asian title in the women's 100 meters at the Asian championships in Guangzhou, China, on Nov. 11, 2009. Fukushima, one of Japan's top female sprinters, finished the race in 11.27 seconds.

Fukushima wins 100 meters in Asian c'ships

Fukushima wins 100 meters in Asian c'ships

GUANGZHOU, China - Japan's Chisato Fukushima (L) races to victory in the women's 100 meters at the Asian championships in Guangzhou, China, on Nov. 11, 2009. Fukushima, one of Japan's top female sprinters, clocked 11.27 seconds to win her first 100-meter Asian title.

Takeover Target wins Sprinters Stakes

Takeover Target wins Sprinters Stakes

FUNABASHI, Japan - Jockey Jay Ford (C) of top-favorite Takeover Target of Australia is congratulated after his horse won the Sprinters Stakes in Chiba Prefecture on Oct. 1.

Silent Witness catches pack to win Sprinters Stakes

Silent Witness catches pack to win Sprinters Stakes

FUNABASHI, Japan - Hong Kong-based Silent Witness puts on a surge down the final stretch to win the Sprinters Stakes in a stunning victory at Nakayama Racecourse in Chiba Prefecture on Oct. 2. Durandal came second.

Silent Witness catches pack to win Sprinters Stakes

Silent Witness catches pack to win Sprinters Stakes

FUNABASHI, Japan - Jockey Felix Coetzee, aboard Hong Kong-based Silent Witness, responds to fans after winning the Sprinters Stakes at Nakayama Racecourse in Chiba Prefecture on Oct. 2.

(1)Japan gets best finishes in relays

(1)Japan gets best finishes in relays

ATHENS, Greece - Four Japanese sprinters, (from L to R) Hiroyasu Tsuchie, Shingo Suetsugu, Shinji Takahara and Nobuharu Asahara, smile after missing out on the podium with the best-ever fourth-place finish in the men's 4x100-meter relay at Olympic Stadium on Aug. 28. They finished in 38.49 behind Britain, the United States and Nigeria.

Believe, jockey Take win Sprinters Stakes

Believe, jockey Take win Sprinters Stakes

NIIGATA, Japan - Believe (4) puts on a fierce stretch run along the rail to overtake the front runners and win the Sprinters Stakes by half a length at Niigata Racecourse on Sept. 29, giving jockey Yutaka Take his second victory of the Grade One race.

Athletics: World championships in Oregon

Athletics: World championships in Oregon

U.S. sprinters (from L) Melissa Jefferson, Abby Steiner, Jenna Prandini and Twanisha Terry celebrate after winning the women's 4x100-meter relay final at the World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon, on July 23, 2022. (Pool photo)

Tokyo Olympics: Athletics

Tokyo Olympics: Athletics

Italian sprinters Lorenzo Patta, Lamont Marcell Jacobs, Eseosa Fostine Desalu and Filippo Tortu celebrate after winning the men's 4x100-meter relay final at the Tokyo Olympics on Aug. 6, 2021, at the National Stadium.

Tokyo Olympics: Athletics

Tokyo Olympics: Athletics

Japanese sprinters (from R) Ryota Yamagata, Shuhei Tada, Yoshihide Kiryu and Yuki Koike look dejected after failing to make a baton handover in the men's 4x100-meter relay final at the Tokyo Olympics on Aug. 6, 2021, at the National Stadium.

Tokyo Olympics: Athletics

Tokyo Olympics: Athletics

Japanese sprinters (from L) Yuki Koike, Ryota Yamagata, Yoshihide Kiryu and Shuhei Tada look dejected after failing to make a baton handover in the men's 4x100-meter relay final at the Tokyo Olympics on Aug. 6, 2021, at the National Stadium.

Tokyo Olympics: Athletics

Tokyo Olympics: Athletics

Japanese sprinters (from L) Shuhei Tada, Yoshihide Kiryu, Yuki Koike and Ryota Yamagata smile after finishing third in a first-round heat of the Tokyo Olympic men's 4x100-meter relay on Aug. 5, 2021, at the National Stadium in Tokyo.

Tokyo Olympics: Athletics

Tokyo Olympics: Athletics

Sprinters run in the first round of the men's 200 meters at the Tokyo Olympics on Aug. 3, 2021, at the National Stadium.

Tokyo Olympics: Athletics

Tokyo Olympics: Athletics

Jamaican sprinters -- silver medalist Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (front) and gold medalist Elaine Thompson-Herah -- pose with their medals for the women's 100 meters at the Tokyo Olympics on Aug. 1, 2021, at the National Stadium.

Tokyo Olympics: Athletics

Tokyo Olympics: Athletics

Jamaican sprinters -- (from L) silver medalist Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, gold medalist Elaine Thompson-Herah and bronze medalist Shericka Jackson -- pose with their medals for the women's 100 meters at the Tokyo Olympics on Aug. 1, 2021, at the National Stadium.

Tokyo Olympics: Athletics

Tokyo Olympics: Athletics

Sprinters start in the women's 100-meter final of the Tokyo Olympics on July 31, 2021, at the National Stadium. Jamaica's Elaine Thompson-Herah (4) won the race. (Kyodo)(SELECTION) ==Kyodo