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Rie Katayama from Japan in action during a Mountain Bike training session on Day 12 of the London 2012 Olympic Games at Hadleigh Farm on August 8, 2012 in Hadleigh, England. (via Photo from Getty Images)

Japan’s Mayuko Hagiwara signs in for the women’s cycling road race final at the London 2012 Olympic Games July 29, 2012. (via Photo from Reuters Pictures)

Elisabeth Osl of Austria rides under the bridge as Rie Katayama of Japan crosses over during the Women’s Cross-country Mountain Bike race on Day 15 of the London 2012 Olympic Games at Hadleigh Farm on August 11, 2012 in Hadleigh, England. (via Photo from Getty Images)

Rie Katayama of Japan competes during the Women’s Cross-country Mountain Bike race on Day 15 of the London 2012 Olympic Games at Hadleigh Farm on August 11, 2012 in Hadleigh, England. (via Photo from Getty Images)

Kohei Yamamoto of Japan in action during the Men’s Mountain Bike race on Day 16 of the 2012 Olympic Games at Hadleigh Farm on August 12, 2012 in Hadleigh, Essex. (via Photo from Getty Images)

LONDON, ENGLAND - AUGUST 01: Fumiyuki Beppu of Japan waits for the reuslts during the Men’s Individual Time Trial Road Cycling on day 5 of the London 2012 Olympic Games on August 1, 2012 in London, England. (via Photo from Getty Images)

thebeautyofsports:

Competitors cast shadows during the 2011 Triathlon ITU World Championship Yokohama in Japan on September 19, 2011. (Photo by Delly Carr) (via Boston.com)

japanlove:

Colorful Wheels by Finstr on Flickr.

japanlove:

20081111 classica 008 (by librarymook)

afrormosia:

“[Unidentified] Japanese boy scouts line up for a photograph during a halt on their 30 mile bicycle ride to attend a scout jamboree, held recently at Yamaguchi [Japan], in the area formerly occupied by J Force,” 1946-1948.

(National Library of New Zealand/Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, J-1540-F.)