TRACK AND FIELD

TRACK AND FIELD/ Bolt still flirting with more...
Usain Bolt during a news conference in Tokyo on Oct. 10 (The Asahi Shimbun)
World's fastest man Usain Bolt is still toying with the notion of adding the 400 meters or long jump to his repertoire after retaining his 100 and 200 Olympic titles.
OLYMPICS/ TRACK AND FIELD: Jamaicans eye solid-gold ...
Usain Bolt (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
LONDON -- The Jamaicans of London have got their soul food sizzling, their Red Stripe on ice and their expectations sky high.
TRACK AND FIELD/ Speedy teen chooses high school...
Kazuma Oseto, third from the left, a third-year student at Kokura Higashi High School, serves as anchor during the 1,600-meter relay at the Fukuoka Prefecture preliminaries for the Inter-High School Championships in May. (Soji Masuda)
For 17-year-old track star Kazuma Oseto, the biggest sporting spectacle in the world is taking a backseat to high school athletics.
TRACK AND FIELD/ Jamaican sprinter Bolt unhurt...
Usain Bolt (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
KINGSTON, Jamaica -- World and Olympic record-breaking sprinter Usain Bolt emerged unscathed from a car accident in the Jamaican capital on Sunday and was resting at home,...
TRACK AND FIELD/ Fukushima runners train,...
Fukushima University athletes practice while decontamination work goes on at the university's Kanayagawa campus in March. (Photo by Shinichi Iizuka)
Decontamination efforts were kicking into full gear ahead of the new academic year at the Kanayagawa campus of Fukushima University.
TRACK AND FIELD/ Track rivalry can't break...
Momoko Takahashi, left, and Chisato Fukushima talk during a training camp in Hokkaido in January. (Koichi Ueda)
Momoko Takahashi and Chisato Fukushima are the fastest women sprinters ever to represent Japan and have been fighting each other for dominance for much of their short careers.
ON THE REBOUND: Japan polishes baton passes for...
Masashi Eriguchi, left, passes the baton to Shinji Takahira at the IAAF World Championships in Daegu, South Korea, in September. (Takaharu Yagi)
This is Part 2 of a five-part series on how Japanese athletes plan to overcome some disappointing performances in pre-Olympic competitions heading into next year's London Games.
TRACK AND FIELD/ Waseda team's cookbook a recipe...
Dietician Kenichi Fukumoto holds his cookbook of recipes used to nourish the Waseda University track and field club. (The Asahi Shimbun)
Waseda University's track and field club, winner of the coveted Hakone Ekiden inter-university relay marathon this year, is publishing a cookbook of the nutritious meals served ...
TRACK AND FIELD/ Host Daegu rushes to raise...
Daegu is all spruced up to host the 13th IAAF World Championships that get under way this weekend. (AP file photo)
SEOUL -- Daegu city officials are working hard to overcome a lack of public awareness to fill the seats at the IAAF World Championships that kick off in the South Korean city...
TRACK AND FIELD/ Women's 400-meter relay team...
The women's 400-meter relay team polishes their baton passing during a recent training camp. (The Asahi Shimbun)
The members of Japan's women's 400-meter relay team recently completed a training camp where they focused on polishing their baton passing in hopes of earning a berth to the...
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